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SUBMITTER: Phillips HRP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7335308 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Science (New York, N.Y.) 20191001 6464
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 6928 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 higher latitudes, displaying patterns opposite to those observed in ...[more]