Nest site selection and nutritional provision through excreta: a form of parental care in a tropical endogeic earthworm

Nest construction is a common form of parental care in soil organisms. However, it is unknown whether the tropical earthworm Pontoscolex corethrurus produces nests in soils with low nutritional quality habitats. Here we studied the reproductive behaviour and nest site selection of P. corethrurus, an...

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Main Authors: Angel I. Ortiz-Ceballos, Diana Pérez-Staples, Paulino Pérez-Rodríguez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2016-05-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/2032.pdf