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Baker, G.H. 1989. Damage, population dynamics, movement and control of pest helicid snails in southern
Australia, in
Slugs and Snails in World Agriculture
, BCPC Monograph no. 41, I. Henderson, Ed.,
BCPC, Thornton Heath, U.K., pp. 175Ï185.
Baker, G.H. 1992. Optimising earthworm activity in soils, in
Proc. 33rd Annu. Conf. Grassl. Soc. Vic.
, pp. 59Ï66.
Baker, G.H. 1997. Influence of the introduced anecic earthworm,
Aporrectodea longa
(Lumbricidae) on pasture
production in south-western Victoria, in
Soil Invertebrates in 1997
, P.G. Allsopp, D.J. Rogers, and
L.N. Robertson, Eds., BSES, Brisbane, Australia, pp. 21Ï25.
Baker, G.H. 1998a. The ecology, management, and benefits of earthworms in agricultural soils, with particular
reference to southern Australia, in
Earthworm Ecology
, C.A. Edwards, Ed., St. Lucie Press, Boca
Raton, FL, pp. 229Ï257.
Baker, G.H. 1998b. Recognising and responding to the influences of agriculture and other land-use practices
on soil fauna in Australia,
Appl. Soil Ecol
. 9, 303Ï310.
Baker, G.H. 1999. Spatial and temporal patterns in the abundance and biomass of earthworm populations in
pastures in southern Australia,
Pedobiologia,
43, 487Ï496.
Baker, G.H. 2002. Helicidae and Hygromiidae as pests in cereal crops and pastures in southern Australia, in
Molluscs as Crop Pests
, G.M. Barker, Ed., CAB International, Wallingford, U.K., pp. 193Ï215.
Baker, G.H. and Amato, M. 2001. Increasing earthworm activity benefits crop yields,
Farming Ahead
, 113, 52Ï53.
Baker, G.H., Amato, M., and Ladd, J. 2004a. Influences of
Aporrectodea trapezoides
and
A. rosea
(Lumbri-
cidae) on the uptake of nitrogen and yield of oats (
Avena fatua
) and lupins (
Lupinus angustifolius
),
Pedobiologia
, 47, in press.
Baker, G.H. and Barrett, V.J. 1994.
Earthworm Identifier
, CSIRO, Melbourne, Australia.
Baker, G.H., Barrett, V.J., Carter, P.J., Cayley, J.W.D., and Saul, G.R. 1993a. The influence of fertiliser on the
abundance and diversity of earthworms in pastures in western Victoria,
Proc. Seventh Aust. Conf.
,
Grassl. Invertebrate Ecol.
, pp. 312Ï315.
Baker, G.H., Barrett, V.J., Carter, P.J., Cayley, J.W.D., and Saul, G.R. 1993b. The influence of phosphate
application and stocking rate on the abundance of earthworms in a Victorian pasture, in
Proc. Sixth
Australasian Conf. Grassl. Invert. Ecol
., pp. 85Ï91.
Baker, G.H., Barrett, V.J., Carter, P.J., Williams, P.M.L., and Buckerfield, J.C. 1993c. Seasonal changes in the
abundance of earthworms (Annelida : Lumbricidae and Acanthodrilidae) in soils used for cereal and
lucerne production in South Australia,
Aust. J. Agric. Res
., 44, 1291Ï1301.
Baker, G.H., Barrett, V.J., Carter, P.J., and Woods, J.P. 1996. Method for caging earthworms for use in field
experiments,
Soil Biol. Biochem
., 28, 331Ï339.
Baker, G.H., Barrett, V.J., Grey-Gardner, R., and Buckerfield, J.C. 1992a. The life history and abundance of
the introduced earthworms
Aporrectodea trapezoides
and
A. caliginosa
(Annelida: Lumbricidae) in
pasture soils in the Mount Lofty Ranges, South Australia,
Aust. J. Ecol
., 17, 177Ï188.
Baker, G.H., Barrett, V.J., Grey-Gardner, R., and Buckerfield, J.C. 1993d. Abundance and life history of native
and introduced earthworms (Annelida: Megascolecidae and Lumbricidae) in pasture soils in the Mount
Lofty Ranges, South Australia,
Trans. Roy. Soc. S.A
., 117, 47Ï53.
Baker, G.H., Buckerfield, J.C., Grey-Gardner, R., Merry, R., and Doube, B.M. 1992b. The abundance and
diversity of earthworms in pasture soils in the Fleurieu Peninsula, South Australia,
Soil Biol. Biochem
.,
24, 1389Ï1395.
Baker, G.H., Carter, P.J., and Barrett, V.J. 1999a. Influence of earthworms,
Aporrectodea
spp. (Lumbricidae),
on lime burial in pasture soils in south-eastern Australia,
Aust. J. Soil Res
., 37, 831Ï845.
Baker, G.H., Carter, P.J., and Barrett, V.J. 1999b. Influence of earthworms,
Aporrectodea
spp. (Lumbricidae),
on pasture production in south-eastern Australia,
Aust. J. Agric. Res
., 50, 1247Ï1257.
Baker, G.H., Carter, P.J., and Barrett, V.J. 1999c. Survival and biomass of exotic earthworms,
Aporrectodea
spp. (Lumbricidae), when introduced to pastures in south-eastern Australia,
Aust. J. Agric. Res
., 50,
1233Ï1245.
Baker, G.H., Carter, P.J., Barrett, V.J., Hirth, J., Mele, P., and Gourley, C. 2002a. Does the deep-burrowing
earthworm,
Aporrectodea longa
, compete with resident earthworm communities when introduced to
pastures in south-eastern Australia?
Eur. J. Soil Biol
., 38, 39Ï42.
Baker, G.H., Carter, P.J., Barrett, V.J., Kilpin, G.P., Buckerfield, J.C., and Dalby, P.R. 1994. The introduction
and management of earthworms to improve soil structure and fertility in south-eastern Australia, in
Soil Biota. Management in Sustainable Farming Systems
, C.E. Pankhurst, B.M. Doube, V.V.S.R.
Gupta, and P.R. Grace, Eds., Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, pp. 42Ï49.
