Authors: Devin Routh; Aidan M. Keith; Geoff H. Baker; Boris Schröder; Fredrick O. Ayuke; Iñigo Virto; Thomas W. Crowther; Anahí Domínguez; Yvan Capowiez; Irina V. Zenkova; Konstantin B. Gongalsky; Martin Holmstrup; Sandy M. Smith; Mark E. Caulfield; Christian Mulder; Robin Beauséjour; Shishir Paudel; Matthias C. Rillig; Michael Steinwandter; Michiel Rutgers; Takuo Hishi; Loes van Schaik; Jérôme Mathieu; Guillaume Xavier Rousseau; José Antonio Talavera; Miguel Á. Rodríguez; Nico Eisenhauer; Carlos Fragoso; H. Lalthanzara; Thibaud Decaëns; Luis M. Hernández; Adrian A. Wackett; David J. Russell; Weixin Zhang; David A. Wardle; Scott R. Loss; Steven J. Fonte; Liliana B. Falco; Olaf Schmidt; Radim Matula; Shaieste Gholami; Darío J. Díaz Cosín; Anna Rożen; Robert L. Bradley; Wim H. van der Putten; Michael J. Gundale; Andrea Dávalos; Rosa Fernández; Johan van den Hoogen; Franciska T. de Vries; Victoria Nuzzo; Mujeeb Rahman P; André L.C. Franco; Jan Hendrik Moos; Joann K. Whalen; Martine Fugère; Mac A. Callaham; Miwa Arai; Elizabeth M. Bach; Yiqing Li; Raphaël Marichal; Jonatan Klaminder; Monika Joschko; George G. Brown; Michael B. Wironen; Dolores Trigo; Nathaniel H. Wehr; Maria Kernecker; Kristine N. Hopfensperger; Amy Choi; Esperanza Huerta Lwanga; Sanna T. Kukkonen; Basil V. Iannone; Veikko Huhta; Birgitta König-Ries; Guénola Pérès; Salvador Rebollo; Olga Ferlian; Nick van Eekeren; Anne W. de Valença; Eric Blanchart; Matthew W. Warren; Johan Pansu; Christoph Emmerling; Courtland Kelly; Javier Rodeiro-Iglesias; Armand W. Koné; Muhammad Rashid; Alexander M. Roth; Davorka K. Hackenberger; Michael Schirrmann; Alberto Orgiazzi; Bryant C. Scharenbroch; Ulrich Brose; Helen Phillips; Diana H. Wall; Noa Kekuewa Lincoln; Andrew R. Holdsworth; Raúl Piñeiro; Tunsisa T. Hurisso; Mónica Gutiérrez López; Klaus Birkhofer; Yahya Kooch; Michel Loreau; Julia Seeber; Jaswinder Singh; Volkmar Wolters; Radoslava Kanianska; Jiro Tsukamoto; Visa Nuutinen; Gerardo Moreno; Marie Luise Carolina Bartz; Juan B. Jesús Lidón; Daniel R. Lammel; Madhav P. Thakur; Felicity Crotty; Julia Krebs; Iurii M. Lebedev; Steven J. Vanek; Marta Novo; Carlos A. Guerra; José Camilo Bedano; Bernd Blossey; Lorenzo Pérez-Camacho; Joanne M. Bennett; Nobuhiro Kaneko; Madalina Iordache; Andrés Esteban Duhour; Maria J. I. Briones; Abegail T Fusilero; Maxim Shashkov; Ehsan Sayad; Thomas Bolger; Alejandro Morón-Ríos; Lindsey Norgrove; Benjamin Schwarz; Bart Muys; Johan Neirynck; Jean-François Ponge; Erin K. Cameron; Kelly S. Ramirez

Venue: Science

Type: Publication

Abstract: 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, Phillips et 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 vari... (read more)

DOI: 10.24451/arbor.8776