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Nest site selection and nutritional provision through excreta: a form of parental care in a tropical endogeic earthworm
Nest construction is a common form of parental care in soil organisms. However, it is unknown whether the tropical earthworm Pontoscolex corethrurus produces nests in soils with low nutritional quality habitats. Here we studied the reproductive behaviour and nest site selection of P. corethrurus, an...
Autores principales: | Ortiz-Ceballos, Angel I., Pérez-Staples, Diana, Pérez-Rodríguez, Paulino |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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PeerJ Inc.
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4878366/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27231655 http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2032 |
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