Experimental Evaluation of Herbivory on Live Plant Seedlings by the Earthworm Lumbricus terrestris L. in the Presence and Absence of Soil Surface Litter

BACKGROUND: Recent studies suggested that the earthworm Lumbricus terrestris might act as a seedling predator by ingesting emerging seedlings, and individuals were observed damaging fresh leaves of various plant species in the field. To evaluate the significance of herbivore behavior of L. terrestri...

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Autores principales: Kirchberger, Johannes, Eisenhauer, Nico, Weisser, Wolfgang W., Türke, Manfred
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4401770/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25885861
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0123465

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4401770/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25885861
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0123465

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