Earthworm activities and the soil system

By Patrick Lavelle. Biology and Fertility of Soils, 2004

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Soil Science

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Morphological and functional characterisation of the burrow systems of six earthworm species (Lumbricidae) (2015, background): “However, L. terrestris is known to have behavioural plasticity and, for example, can live as an epigeic earthworm in forest soils (Lavelle 1988).”
Earthworm abundance and functional group diversity regulate plant litter decay and soil organic carbon level: A global meta-analysis (2020, background): “Earthworm communities are broadly categorized into three functional groups (Bouché, 1977; Lavelle, 1988).”
The Ecology of Soil Carbon: Pools, Vulnerabilities, and Biotic and Abiotic Controls (2017, background): “Detritivores feed at or near the soil surface on plant detritus, and include epigeic earthworms, which restrict feeding to the organic-rich surface horizons, and anecic earthworms, which preferentially feed at the surface on litter but reside in burrows in deeper horizons (Lavelle 1988).”
Role of Earthworms in Soil Fertility Maintenance through the Production of Biogenic Structures (2010, background): “Although EWs may speed up the initial breakdown of organic residues [35, 36], several studies have indicated that they may also stabilize SOM through its incorporation and protection in their casts [37–40].”
Macrofauna invertebrada do solo sob diferentes sistemas de produção em Latossolo da Região do Cerrado (2006, background): “Conforme observações de Lavelle (1988), as áreas com pastagens permanentes podem apresentar uma densidade de minhocas três a quatro vezes superior à das áreas ocupadas com lavoura.”
Biochar in bioenergy cropping systems: impacts on soil faunal communities and linked ecosystem processes (2013, background): “Drought is, however, detrimental to both earthworms and enchytraeids (Lavelle, 1988; Lindberg et al., 2002), and the reduced activity of these soil organisms is likely to decrease decomposition, soil mixing and physical stabilization of soil organic matter (Bardgett, 2005).”
Effect of earthworm addition on soil nitrogen availability, microbial biomass and litter decomposition in mesocosms (2004, result): “In contrast to the above-mentioned authors, an increase of the microbial activity, as an indirect effect of earthworms, has been reported by several authors (Scheu 1987; Lavelle 1988; Barros 1999; Decaens et al. 1999).”
Wildland fire in ecosystems: effects of fire on soils and water (2005, background): “Earthworms are best known for their beneficial effects of building and conserving soil structure, which results from burrowing and soil ingestion activities (Lavelle 1988).”
Introduced earthworms in agricultural and reclaimed land: their ecology and influences on soil properties, plant production and other soil biota (2006, background): “Earthworms can influence soil properties and plant productivity in several ways (Lee 1985; Lavelle 1988; Curry 1994) and there are many examples in the literature of the contributions exotic earthworms make in this regard in agricultural soils and reclaimed land throughout the world.”