Open AccessGlobal distribution of earthworm diversity
Author(s) -
Helen R. P. Phillips,
Carlos A. Guerra,
Marie Luise Carolina Bartz,
María J.I. Briones,
George Gardner 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 KönigRies,
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 Baker,
Robin Beauséjour,
José Camilo Bedano,
Klaus Birkhofer,
Éric Blanchart,
Bernd Blossey,
Thomas Bolger,
Robert L. Bradley,
Mac A. Callaham,
Yvan Capowiez,
Mark E. Caulfield,
Amy Choi,
Felicity Crotty,
Jasmine M. Crumsey,
Andrea Dávalos,
Darío J. Diaz Cosin,
Anahí Domínguez,
Andrés Duhour,
N.J.M. van Eekeren,
Christoph Emmerling,
Liliana Falco,
Rosa Fernández,
Steven J. Fonte,
Carlos Fragoso,
André L.C. Franco,
Martine Fugère,
Abegail Fusilero,
Shaieste Gholami,
Michael J. Gundale,
Mónica Gutiérrez,
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. Ian,
M. Iordache,
Monika Joschko,
Nobuhiro Kaneko,
Radoslava Kanianska,
Aidan M. Keith,
Courtland Kelly,
Maria Kernecker,
Jonatan Klaminder,
Armand W. Koné,
Yahya Kooch,
Sanna Kukkonen,
H. Lalthanzara,
Daniel R. Lammel,
Iurii M. Lebedev,
Yiqing Li,
Juan B. Jesús Lidón,
Noa Kekuewa Lincoln,
Scott R. Loss,
Raphaël Marichal,
Radim Matula,
Jan Hendrik Moos,
Gerardo Moreno,
Alejandro MorónRíos,
Bart Muys,
Johan Neirynck,
Lindsey Norgrove,
Marta Novo,
Visa Nuutinen,
Victoria Nuzzo,
Johan Pansu,
Shishir Paudel,
Guénola Pérès,
Lorenzo PérezCamacho,
Raúl Piñeiro,
JeanFrançois Ponge,
Muhammad Imtiaz Rashid,
Salvador Rebollo,
Javier Rodeiro Iglesias,
Miguel Á. Rodrı́guez,
Alexander M. Roth,
Guillaume Xavier Rousseau,
Anna Rożen,
Ehsan Sayad,
Loes van Schaik,
Bryant C. Scharenbroch,
Michael Schirrmann,
Olaf Schmidt,
Boris Schröder,
Julia Seeber,
Maxim Shashkov,
Jaswinder Singh,
Sandy M. Smith,
Michael Steinwandter,
José Antonio Talavera,
Dolores Trigo,
Jiro Tsukamoto,
Anne W. de Valença,
Steven J. Vanek,
Iñigo Virto,
Adrian A. Wackett,
Matthew Warren,
Nathaniel H. Wehr,
Joann K. Whalen,
Michael Wironen,
Volkmar Wolters,
И. В. Зенкова,
Weixin Zhang,
Erin K. Cameron,
Nico Eisenhauer
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 12.556
H-Index - 1186
eISSN - 1095-9203
pISSN - 0036-8075
DOI - 10.1126/science.aax4851
Subject(s) - earthworm , abundance (ecology) , ecology , species richness , biomass (ecology) , habitat , ecosystem , tropics , terrestrial ecosystem , diversity (politics) , species diversity , biology , geography , sociology , anthropology
Earthworm distribution in global soils Earthworms are key components of soil ecological communities, performing vital functions in decomposition and nutrient cycling through ecosystems. Using data from more than 7000 sites, Phillipset al. developed global maps of the distribution of earthworm diversity, abundance, and biomass (see the Perspective by Fierer). The patterns differ from those typically found in aboveground taxa; there are peaks of diversity and abundance in the mid-latitude regions and peaks of biomass in the tropics. Climate variables strongly influence these patterns, and changes are likely to have cascading effects on other soil organisms and wider ecosystem functions.Science , this issue p.480 ; see also p.425
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