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The Formation of Vegetable Mould Through the Action of Worms, with Observations on their Habits (sometimes shortened to Worms) is an 1881 book by Charles Darwin on earthworms. It was his last scientific book, and was published shortly before his death (see Darwin from Insectivorous Plants to Worms).
The Formation of Vegetable Mould through the Action of Worms, with Observations on their Habits. GEORGE J. ROMANES. Nature 24 , 553–556 ( 1881) Cite this article. 354 Accesses. 1...
27 de jun. de 2024 · In many parts of England a weight of more than ten tons (10,516 kilogrammes) of dry earth annually passes through their bodies and is brought to the surface on each acre of land; so that the whole superficial bed of vegetable mould passes through their bodies in the course of every few years.
8 de oct. de 2023 · FORMATION OF VEGETABLE MOULD, THROUGH THE ACTION OF WORMS, WITH OBSERVATIONS ON THEIR HABITS. INTRODUCTION. THE share which worms have taken in the formation of the layer of vegetable mould, which covers the whole surface of the land in every moderately humid country, is the subject of the present volume.
The Formation of Vegetable Mould, through the Action of Worms, with Observations on Their Habits-by Charles Darwin. 1881. Facsimile edition, 1985, with Foreword by Stephen Jay Gould. xvii, 326 p., 15 b/w engravings. $11.95 (paper). Pub-lished by The University of Chicago Press. If the world were not already accus-tomed to the unprecedented ...
The Formation of Vegetable Mould through the Action of Worms. This book, published in 1881, was the result of many years of experimentation and observation by Darwin in the open-air laboratory of his garden at Down House in Kent.
27 de jun. de 2024 · He goes on to demonstrate the immensity – in size and over time – of the accumulated tiny movements of soil by earthworms, and their vital role in aerating the soil and breaking down vegetable material to keep the topsoil, the growing medium for all plant life and thus vital to human existence, fertile and healthy.
