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The establishment of earthworm communities

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The communities, roles and morphology of present-day earthworms are the fruits of a long period of evolution: present abilities or inabilities to perform certain functions or to saturate available niches are the expression of a genome inherited from their past. This chapter attempts to trace the origins of present earthworm communities from geological times.

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  1. Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, Merlewood Research Station, Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria, UK

    J. E. Satchell

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Bouché, M.B. (1983). The establishment of earthworm communities. In: Satchell, J.E. (eds) Earthworm Ecology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5965-1_38

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