Earthworms and Ecological Processes

Part I: Global distribution of earthworms and ecological processes.- Invasive earthworms and agricultural ecosystem processes in America.- Earthworms in Canadian forest regions revisited.- Earthworm ecology in Northern European forests.- Earthworms, ecological processes and climate change.- Part II: Earthworm communities in managed ecosystems.- Earthworms: functional traits and soil properties.- Earthworms and humus forms.- Earthworms and soil nutrients in agricultural ecosystems.- City dwellers: Earthworms in urban ecosystems.- The role of earthworms in grasslands.- Earthworm contributions to agricultural sustainability.- Part III: Earthworms, ecosystem services and future perspectives.- The role of earthworms in soil formation.- Earthworms and soil biogeochemical processes.- Earthworm effects on microbial and enzyme activities in soil.- Earthworms for soil organic matter mineralization and carbon sequestration.- Role of earthworms on C and N biogeochemical cycles and potential links to greenhouse gas emissions.- Earthworm biopores for transport and nutrient cycling.- Earthworm role in soil food webs.- Earthworms as soil ecosystem engineers.- Advances in earthworms as biological remediators of polluted soils.- Perspectives on the study of earthworms: the global impact of earthworms on soil health and plant ecology.- Part IV: Conclusion.- Historical perspectives on the study of earthworms: global issue.

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• Ciência ecológica, a biosfera
• Zoologia: Invertebrados
• Ciência agrícola
• Ciências do solo, sedimentologia
• Aquecimento global
• Biodiversidade

Soil biology;Soil science;Agriculture;Earthworm activity hotspots;Landscape dynamics and processes;Litter decomposition;Ecosystem health and function;Ecosystem services;Climate change;Soil pollution;Bioremediation