Authors
Helen RP Phillips, Carlos A Guerra, Marie LC Bartz, Maria JI Briones, George Brown, Thomas W Crowther, Olga Ferlian, Konstantin B Gongalsky, Johan Van Den Hoogen, Julia Krebs, Alberto Orgiazzi, Devin Routh, Benjamin Schwarz, Elizabeth M Bach, Joanne M Bennett, Ulrich Brose, Thibaud Decaëns, Birgitta König-Ries, Michel Loreau, Jérôme Mathieu, Christian Mulder, Wim H Van Der Putten, Kelly S Ramirez, Matthias C Rillig, David Russell, Michiel Rutgers, Madhav P Thakur, Franciska T De Vries, Diana H Wall, David A Wardle, Miwa Arai, Fredrick O Ayuke, Geoff H Baker, Robin Beauséjour, José C Bedano, Klaus Birkhofer, Eric Blanchart, Bernd Blossey, Thomas Bolger, Robert L Bradley, Mac A Callaham, Yvan Capowiez, Mark E Caulfield, Amy Choi, Felicity V Crotty, Jasmine M Crumsey, Andrea Dávalos, Darío J Diaz Cosin, Anahí Dominguez, Andrés Esteban Duhour, Nick van Eekeren, Christoph Emmerling, Liliana B Falco, Rosa Fernández, Steven J Fonte, Carlos Fragoso, André LC Franco, Martine Fugère, Abegail T Fusilero, Shaieste Gholami, Michael J Gundale, Mónica Gutiérrez López, Davorka K Hackenberger, Luis M Hernández, Takuo Hishi, Andrew R Holdsworth, Martin Holmstrup, Kristine N Hopfensperger, Esperanza Huerta Lwanga, Veikko Huhta, Tunsisa T Hurisso, Basil V Iannone III, Madalina Iordache, Monika Joschko, Nobuhiro Kaneko, Radoslava Kanianska, Aidan M Keith, Courtland A Kelly, Maria L Kernecker, Jonatan Klaminder, Armand W Koné, Yahya Kooch, Sanna T Kukkonen, H Lalthanzara, Daniel R Lammel, Iurii M Lebedev, Yiqing Li, Juan B Jesus Lidon, Noa K Lincoln, Scott R Loss, Raphael Marichal, Radim Matula, Jan Hendrik Moos, Gerardo Moreno, Alejandro Morón-Ríos, Bart Muys, Johan Neirynck, Lindsey Norgrove, Marta Novo, Visa Nuutinen, Victoria Nuzzo, Mujeeb Rahman P 95, Johan Pansu, Shishir Paudel, Guénola Pérès, Lorenzo Pérez-Camacho, Raúl Piñeiro, Jean-François Ponge, Muhammad Imtiaz Rashid, Salvador Rebollo, Javier Rodeiro-Iglesias, Miguel Á Rodríguez, Alexander M Roth, Guillaume X Rousseau, Anna Rozen, Ehsan Sayad, Loes van Schaik, Bryant C Scharenbroch, Michael Schirrmann, Olaf Schmidt, Boris Schröder, Julia Seeber, Maxim P Shashkov, Jaswinder Singh, Sandy M Smith, Michael Steinwandter, José A Talavera, Dolores Trigo, Jiro Tsukamoto, Anne W de Valença, Steven J Vanek, Iñigo Virto, Adrian A Wackett, Matthew W Warren, Nathaniel H Wehr, Joann K Whalen, Michael B Wironen, Volkmar Wolters, Irina V Zenkova, Weixin Zhang, Erin K Cameron, Nico Eisenhauer
Publication date
2019/10/25
Journal
Science
Volume
366
Issue
6464
Pages
480-485
Publisher
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Description
Soil organisms, including earthworms, are a key component of terrestrial ecosystems. However, little is known about their diversity, their distribution, and the threats affecting them. We compiled a global dataset of sampled earthworm communities from 9212 sites in 57 countries as a basis for predicting patterns in earthworm diversity, abundance, and biomass. We found that local species richness and abundance typically peaked at mid-latitudes, displaying patterns opposite to those observed in aboveground organisms. However, high species dissimilarity across tropical locations may cause diversity across the entirety of the tropics to be higher than elsewhere. Climate variables and habitat cover were found to be more important in shaping earthworm communities than soil properties. These findings suggest that climate and habitat change may have serious implications for earthworm communities and for the …
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HRP Phillips, CA Guerra, MLC Bartz, MJI Briones… - Science, 2019