Earthworms Use Odor Cues to Locate and Feed on Microorganisms in Soil

Earthworms are key components of temperate soil ecosystems but key aspects of their ecology remain unexamined. Here we elucidate the role of olfactory cues in earthworm attraction to food sources and document specific chemical cues that attract Eisenia fetida to the soil fungi Geotrichum candidum. F...

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Autores principales: Zirbes, Lara, Mescher, Mark, Vrancken, Véronique, Wathelet, Jean-Paul, Verheggen, François J., Thonart, Philippe, Haubruge, Eric
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3140477/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21799756
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0021927

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3140477/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21799756
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0021927

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