A review of earthworm impact on soil function and ecosystem services

Functional attributes: Compactingvsdecompacting earthworms and influence on soil structure

(2016) Arnauth Martinez Guéi et al.   Current Zoology

Greenhouse-gas emissions from soils increased by earthworms

(2013) Ingrid M. Lubbers et al.   Nature Climate Change

Impacts of invasive Asian (Amynthas hilgendorfi) and European (Lumbricus rubellus) earthworms in a North American temperate deciduous forest

(2012) Holly G. Greiner et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

An assessment of a bait industry and angler behavior as a vector of invasive species

(2012) Jay V. Kilian et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

Leaf Litter Disappearance in Earthworm-Invaded Northern Hardwood Forests: Role of Tree Species and the Chemistry and Diversity of Litter

(2012) Andrew R. Holdsworth et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Molecular phylogeny of earthworms (Annelida�:�Crassiclitellata) based on 28S, 18S and 16S gene sequences

(2012) Samuel W. James et al.   INVERTEBRATE SYSTEMATICS

Invasions of non-native earthworms related to population declines of ground-nesting songbirds across a regional extent in northern hardwood forests of North America

(2012) Scott R. Loss et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Effect of earthworms on plant Lantana camara Pb-uptake and on bacterial communities in root-adhering soil

(2012) My Dung Jusselme et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Influence of plant–earthworm interactions on SOM chemistry and p,p′-DDE bioaccumulation

(2011) Jason W. Kelsey et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Endogeic earthworms shape bacterial functional communities and affect organic matter mineralization in a tropical soil

(2011) Laetitia Bernard et al.   ISME Journal

Impact of gut passage and mucus secretion by the earthworm Lumbricus terrestris on mobility and speciation of arsenic in contaminated soil

(2011) Tom Sizmur et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Independent effects of arbuscular mycorrhiza and earthworms on plant diversity and newcomer plant establishment

(2011) Susanne Wurst et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

New insight into the genetic structure of the Allolobophora chlorotica aggregate in Europe using microsatellite and mitochondrial data

(2011) L. Dupont et al.   PEDOBIOLOGIA

Field margins and management affect settlement and spread of an introduced dew-worm (Lumbricus terrestris L.) population

(2011) Visa Nuutinen et al.   PEDOBIOLOGIA

Distinct microbial and faunal communities and translocated carbon in Lumbricus terrestris drilospheres

(2011) Mary E. Stromberger et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Effects of earthworms on above- and belowground herbivores

(2010) Susanne Wurst   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

Earthworms and litter management contributions to ecosystem services in a tropical agroforestry system

(2010) Steven J. Fonte et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

A framework for classifying and quantifying the natural capital and ecosystem services of soils

(2010) Estelle Dominati et al.   ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS

Transformation of buffalo manure by composting or vermicomposting to rehabilitate degraded tropical soils

(2010) Phuong Thi Ngo et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

Transcriptomic underpinning of toxicant-mediated physiological function alterations in three terrestrial invertebrate taxa: A review

(2010) Franck Brulle et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Lumbricus terrestris L. activity increases the availability of metals and their accumulation in maize and barley

(2010) E. Ruiz et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Impact of the earthworm Lumbricus terrestris (L.) on As, Cu, Pb and Zn mobility and speciation in contaminated soils

(2010) Tom Sizmur et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Relationship between bacterial diversity and function under biotic control: the soil pesticide degraders as a case study

(2010) Cécile Monard et al.   ISME Journal

Impacts of epigeic, anecic and endogeic earthworms on metal and metalloid mobility and availability

(2010) Tom Sizmur et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING

The effects of earthworms on the demography of annual plant assemblages in a long-term mesocosm experiment

(2010) Kam-Rigne Laossi et al.   PEDOBIOLOGIA

Earthworm community in conventional, organic and direct seeding with living mulch cropping systems

(2009) Céline Pelosi et al.   Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Characteristics of earthworms (Eisenia fetida) in PAHs contaminated soil amended with sewage sludge or vermicompost

(2009) Silvia M. Contreras-Ramos et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

Meta-analysis in applied ecology

(2009) G. Stewart   Biology Letters

Do earthworms impact metal mobility and availability in soil? – A review

(2009) Tom Sizmur et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Impact of roots, mycorrhizas and earthworms on soil physical properties as assessed by shrinkage analysis

(2009) R. Milleret et al.   JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY

Continental-scale patterns in benthic invertebrate diversity: insights from the MacroBen database

(2009) PE Renaud et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Effect of the Earthworms Lumbricus terrestris and Aporrectodea caliginosa on Bacterial Diversity in Soil

(2009) Taras Y. Nechitaylo et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Earthworm and belowground competition effects on plant productivity in a plant diversity gradient

(2009) Nico Eisenhauer et al.   OECOLOGIA

Is tagging with visual implant elastomer a reliable technique for marking earthworms?

(2009) Kevin Richard Butt et al.   PESQUISA AGROPECUARIA BRASILEIRA

Earthworm effects on plant growth do not necessarily decrease with soil fertility

(2009) Kam-Rigne Laossi et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Effects of an endogeic and an anecic earthworm on the competition between four annual plants and their relative fecundity

(2009) Kam-Rigne Laossi et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Worms from the cold: Lumbricid life stages in boreal clay during frost

(2009) Visa Nuutinen et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Are the sexual, somatic and genetic characters enough to solve nomenclatural problems in lumbricid taxonomy?

(2009) María Jesús Iglesias Briones et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

A six year study of earthworm (Lumbricidae) populations in pasture woodland in southern England shows their responses to soil temperature and soil moisture

(2009) Paul Eggleton et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Habitat quality, conspecific density, and habitat pre-use affect the dispersal behaviour of two earthworm species, Aporrectodea icterica and Dendrobaena veneta, in a mesocosm experiment

(2009) Jérôme Mathieu et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Soil structure, organic matter and earthworm activity in a comparison of cropping systems with contrasting tillage, rotations, fertilizer levels and manure use

(2008) Hugh Riley et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Pandora's Box Contained Bait: The Global Problem of Introduced Earthworms

(2008) Paul F. Hendrix et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

The effect of macro-invertebrates and plant litter of different quality on the release of N from litter to plant on alpine pastureland

(2008) Julia Seeber et al.   BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY OF SOILS

Above-ground earthworm casts affect water runoff and soil erosion in Northern Vietnam

(2008) Pascal Jouquet et al.   CATENA

SWORM: an agent-based model to simulate the effect of earthworms on soil structure

(2008) E. Blanchart et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE

The LEDA Traitbase: a database of life-history traits of the Northwest European flora

(2008) M. Kleyer et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Evidence for human-mediated dispersal of exotic earthworms: support for exploring strategies to limit further spread

(2008) CINDY M. HALE   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Non-native earthworms in riparian soils increase nitrogen flux into adjacent aquatic ecosystems

(2008) David M. Costello et al.   OECOLOGIA

Carbon and nitrogen mobilisation by earthworms of different functional groups as affected by soil sand content

(2008) O. Butenschoen et al.   PEDOBIOLOGIA

Root, mycorrhiza and earthworm interactions: their effects on soil structuring processes, plant and soil nutrient concentration and plant biomass

(2008) Roxane Milleret et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Earthworms in Soil Restoration: Lessons Learned from United Kingdom Case Studies of Land Reclamation

(2008) Kevin R Butt   RESTORATION ECOLOGY

Organic carbon sequestration in earthworm burrows

(2008) Axel Don et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Earthworms as drivers of the competition between grasses and legumes

(2008) Nico Eisenhauer et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Variable selection in near infrared spectra for the biological characterization of soil and earthworm casts

(2008) Lauric Cécillon et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Removal of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from soil amended with biosolid or vermicompost in the presence of earthworms (Eisenia fetida)

(2008) Silvia M. Contreras-Ramos et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY