Global distribution of earthworm diversity
H. R. P. Phillips, C. A. Guerra, M. L. C. Bartz, M. J. I. Briones, G. Brown, O. Ferlian, K. B. Gongalsky, J. Krebs, A. Orgiazzi, B. Schwarz, E. M. Bach, J. Bennett, U. Brose, T. Decaëns, F. T. De Vries, , N. Eisenhauer
The paper predicts global patterns of earthworm diversity, abundance, and biomass using a dataset from 7000 sites, finding climate drives these patterns but with differences from aboveground taxa.
bioRxiv · Apr 9, 2019Ecology