Microflora, Protozoa and Nematoda in Lumbricus terrestris burrow walls: a laboratory experiment

By A. Tiunov, M. Bonkowski, Jörn Alphei Tiunov, S. Scheu. 2001

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Earthworms Building Up Soil Microbiota, a Review (2019, background): “terrestris inducedmoremicrobial biomass in soil retrieved from its burrow walls, compared with the surrounding soil (Tiunov et al., 2001).”
Earthworm invasions of ecosystems devoid of earthworms: effects on soil microbes (2006, background): “…activities tend to increase microbial respiration in casts, burrow walls or in bulk soil (Shaw and Pawluk 1986; Scheu 1987; Haimi and Huhta 1990; Görres et al. 1997; Saetre 1998; Haynes et al. 1999; Zhang et al. 2000; Tiunov et al. 2001) due to the addition of readily accessible C substrates.”
Effects of earthworms on soil organic matter and nutrient dynamics at a landscape scale over decades (2004, background): “…(2) immobilization-reorganization of nutrients in fresh casts (1 to 20 days) (Syers et al. 1979; Lavelle et al. 1992; Lopez-Hernandez et al. 1993; Tiunov et al. 2001); and (3) evolution of SOM in aging casts (3 to 30 months) (Martin 1991; Lavelle and Martin 1992; Blair et al. 1994; McInerney et…”