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   Production and physico-chemical properties of surface casts from microchaetid earthworms in central Eastern Cape

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: S.A. Materechera --- Faculty of Agriculture, Republic of South Africa O.T. Mandiringana --- Agronomy Department, Republic of South Africa K. Nyamapfene --- , Republic of South Africa

   The study was undertaken to estimate surface cast production by microchaetid earthworms and to compare the physical and chemical properties of the casts with the surrounding non-cast soil. An average of 104 (range 64–132) and 192 (range 182–222) t ha−1...

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   The leaf-litter earthworm fauna (Annelida: Oligochaeta) of forests in Limpopo Province, South Africa: diversity, communities and conservation

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Johanna L. Horn --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa J. Danuta Plisko --- Natal Museum, South Africa Michelle L. Hamer --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

   A qualitative survey of the leaf-litter earthworm fauna of 11 selected indigenous forests in Limpopo Province, South Africa, was conducted to identify the species present, to describe the communities and to assess the relationship between indigenous and exotic species. A...

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