The feeding ecology of earthworms – A review

By J. Curry, O. Schmidt. 2007

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Subfields: Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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Earthworms Building Up Soil Microbiota, a Review (2019, background): “Epigeic earthworms can ingest 3–50mg (dry matter) of dung or any other kind of litter per gram of earthworm per day and the geophagous worms 200–6,700mg (dry matter) of soil per gram of earthworm per day (Curry and Schmidt, 2007).”
Mechanisms and ecological implications of the movement of bacteria in soil (2018, background): “Additionally, earthworms utilize plant roots and fungi as food (Curry and Schmidt, 2007).”
Plant community impacts on the structure of earthworm communities depend on season and change with time. (2009, background): “Sand particles presumably enforce grinding of plant residues and seeds in the earthworm gut (Schulmann and Tiunov, 1999; Marhan and Scheu, 2005; Curry and Schmidt, 2007; Eisenhauer et al., 2009b) which likely enhance the digestion of swallowed materials (Eisenhauer et al.”
The Role of Plant Litter in Driving Plant-Soil Feedbacks (2019, background): “For example, earthworms often prefer palatable residues, such as litter with low carbon:nitrogen ratios and tend to avoid ingestion of root litter (Curry and Schmidt, 2007; Vidal et al., 2017).”
Earthworm abundance and functional group diversity regulate plant litter decay and soil organic carbon level: A global meta-analysis (2020, background): “All three functional groups of earthworms feed on humified SOC to various degrees (Curry and Schmidt, 2007).”
Tree Species Identity Shapes Earthworm Communities (2017, background): “The anecic species Lumbricus ter e tris is known for removing s gnificant quantities of litter from the forest floor [12] while casts are mainly deposited at the soil surface [19].”
Direct and indirect effects of endogeic earthworms on plant seeds (2009, background): “Studies on earthworm nutrition questioned the role of plant seeds as food source (Curry and Schmidt, 2007) and focussed on anecic earthworm species (McRill and Sagar, 1973; Grant, 1983; Shumway and Koide, 1994).”