| impact of age of rubber (hevea brasiliensis) plantation on earthworm communities of west tripura (india). | a comparative analysis of earthworm communities was carried out in the rubber plantations (hevea brasiliensis) of different age groups in west tripura to understand the impact of such exotic and monoculture plantation in biodiversity conservation. earthworm communities were studied on monthly basis over a period of one year (2006-2007) in the 3, 10, 14, 20 and 25 year-old plantations. among twelve earthworm species collected from the studied sites, six species belonged to octochaetidae [eutyphoe ... | 2013 | 24006808 |
| community structure of earthworms under rubber plantations and mixed forests in tripura, india. | studies on community structures of earthworms of rubber (hevea brasiliensis) plantations and their adjacent mixed forests in west tripura (india) revealed that both the studied sites harvoured 10 earthworm species. nine species (pontoscolex corethrurus, kanchuria sp 1, metaphire houlleti, drawida papillifer papillifer, drawida assamensis, gordiodrilus elegans, eutyphoeus assamensis, eutyphoeus comillahnus and eutyphoeus gigas) were common to both. while octochaetona beatrixwas found only in the ... | 2011 | 22319866 |