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Distribution and diversity of earthworms in different land use systems in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

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  • 1. Federal University of Paraná, Department of Soil and Agriculturas Engineering, Rua dos Funcionários 1540, CEP 80035-050, Curitiba-PR, Brazil.
  • 2. Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield, IA, USA.
  • 3. Municipal Center for Culture and Development - Organic Farming: Agriculture and Organic Production Partnership, Centre for Organic and Regenerative Agriculture, Zona Industrial - 6060-182, Idanha-a-Nova, Portugal. & Centre for Functional Ecology, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, 3000-456 Coimbra, Portugal.
  • 4. Federal University of Pelotas, Department of Soil, R. Gomes Carneiro, 1 - Centro, Pelotas - RS, 96010-610. anacrlima@hotmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9036-8199
  • 5. Embrapa Forestry, Estrada da Ribeira, Km 111, Caixa postal:319, CEP: 83411-000, Colombo-PR, Brazil.

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Ferreira, Talita, James, Samuel W., Bartz, Marie Luise Carolina, Lima, Ana Claudia Rodrigues De, Dudas, Rafaela, Brown, George Gardner (2023): Distribution and diversity of earthworms in different land use systems in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Zootaxa 5255 (1): 399-416, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5255.1.32, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5255.1.32

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