Can commercial mulches be reservoirs of invasive earthworms? Promotion of ligninolytic enzyme activity and survival of Amynthas agrestis (Goto and Hatai, 1899)
Authors:
- Korkmaz BellitürkKBKorkmaz Bellitürk
- Josef Hubert GörresJGJosef Hubert Görres
- Jeanne KunkleJKJeanne Kunkle
- Ryan Dustin Scott MelnichukRMRyan Dustin Scott Melnichuk
- 1 March 2015
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Applied Soil Ecology
- Vol. 87, 27-31
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Funding Information
- University of Vermont Agricultural Experiment Station
- YOK
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