Penelope J. Watt

This study examines how Allolobophora chlorotica earthworms respond to drought stress in four different soils, finding that water potential, not moisture content, drives aestivation behavior and that soil texture significantly affects their survival and mass changes.

This study investigates how repeated drought-aestivation cycles affect the reproductive output of Allolobophora chlorotica, finding reduced cocoon production with more drought events but increased cocoon size in drought-exposed worms.

This study compares environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding with hand-sorting to evaluate earthworm biodiversity recovery in regenerative agriculture, finding eDNA more effective in detecting anecic species and quantifying richness.