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Endemic-Exotic Earthworm Competition in the American Midwest

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IT is commonly believed that in areas of European colonization introduced lumbricids tend to supplant the endemic earthworm fauna. Stephenson1 gives several examples. More recently the spread of Allolobophora caliginosa in New Zealand has been documented2,3, and G. E. Gates4 has described the distribution of European species in India.

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STEBBINGS, J. Endemic-Exotic Earthworm Competition in the American Midwest. Nature 196, 905–906 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/196905b0

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