Earthworms: Their Ecology and Relationships with Soils and Land UseEarthworms and their environment; The physical environment; Phenology; Populations and association; Ecological energetics; Predators, parasites and pathogens; Dispersal; Altitudinal zonation; Physical effects on soils; chemical effects on soils; Earthworms and pedogenesis; Earthworms and plant growth; Earthworms and land use practices; Use of earthworms for waste disposal; Earthworms; as a protein source. |
Common terms and phrases
acid activity adult Allolobophora chlorotica Amynthas anéciques animals Aporrectodea caliginosa Aporrectodea longa benomyl biocides biomass Bouché calciferous glands calcium carbon castaneus cocoon production cocoons coelomic compared concentrations concluded density depth diameter dry weight dung earthworm burrows earthworm casts earthworm populations ecological effects Eisenia fetida endogées energy épigées Eudrilidae eugeniae excreted feeding fertility field forest fresh weight g/m² geophagous Ghabbour grassland growth habitats hand sorting hatching heavy metals humus increase infiltration ingested Ivory Coast K-selection kg/ha Lamto Lavelle layer levels litter lumbricid lumbricid earthworms lumbricid species Lumbricus rubellus Lumbricus terrestris material maximum Megascolecidae method microbial nitrogen normal dose rates numbers organic matter oxygen pasture Phillipson plant plant litter plots protein ratio rosea samples Satchell savanna seasonal significant soil horizons soil moisture soil surface subsoil survival temperature tissue toxic tropical vermicomposting worms Zealand µg/g