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Biological Invasions Belowground: Earthworms as Invasive Species
The most conspicuous biological invasions in terrestrial ecosystems have been by exotic plants, insects and vertebrates. Less conspicuous but possibly of equal importance are invasions by soil invertebrates, which are occurring literally beneath our feet. Familiar examples include the South American...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer,
2006.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. 2006. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto Completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Biological invasions belowground-earthworms as invasive species
- Dispersal and clonal diversity of North-European parthenogenetic earthworms
- Lumbricid earthworm invasion in the Carpathian Mountains and some other sites in Romania
- Invasion patterns of Lumbricidae into the previously earthworm-free areas of northeastern Europe and the western Great Lakes region of North America
- Earthworm invasion into previously earthworm-free temperate and boreal forests
- Earthworm invasions in the tropics
- Earthworm invasions of ecosystems devoid of earthworms: effects on soil microbes
- The influence of invasive earthworms on indigenous fauna in ecosystems previously uninhabited by earthworms
- Invasion of exotic earthworms into ecosystems inhabited by native earthworms
- Introduced earthworms in agricultural and reclaimed land: their ecology and influences on soil properties, plant production and other soil biota
- Policy and management responses to earthworm invasions in North America.