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Earthworms inhabiting bromeliads in Mexican tropical rainforests: ecological and historical determinants

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

Carlos Fragoso  and
Patricia Rojas-Fernández
Carlos Fragoso
Affiliation:
Institute de Ecología, A.C., A.P. 63 C.P. 91000, Xalapa, Veracruz, México
Patricia Rojas-Fernández
Affiliation:
Institute de Ecología, A.C., A.P. 63 C.P. 91000, Xalapa, Veracruz, México
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Keywords

bromeliadsearthwormsMéxicotropical rainforests
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Journal of Tropical Ecology , Volume 12 , Issue 5 , September 1996 , pp. 729 - 734
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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