A review of earthworm impact on soil function and ecosystem services

By M. Blouin, M. Hodson, E. A. Delgado, G. Baker, L. Brussaard, K. Butt, J. Dai, L. Dendooven, G. Pérès, J. Tondoh and 2 more. 2013

1,145 citations recorded by the source corpus.

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

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In Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

1. Daniel K. Manter
2. Thomas Guillemaud
3. J. Lundgren
4. M. Blouin
5. P. Mäder
6. D. Bourguet

In Soil Science

1. C. Cambardella
2. V. Acosta‐Martínez
3. D. Karlen
4. M. Blouin
5. P. Mäder

Citations in the corpus

• Macro- and micro- plastics in soil-plant system: Effects of plastic mulch film residues on wheat (Triticum aestivum) growth. (2018, background): “Considering the limited space in the pot, the growing roots and earthworms may have competed with each other which makes it very difficult to study this interaction mechanism profoundly (Blouin et al., 2013; van Groenigen et al., 2014).”
• Understanding and Enhancing Soil Biological Health: The Solution for Reversing Soil Degradation (2015, background): “The activities of ants [78] and earthworms [60] are widely recognized for promoting soil structure.”
• Influence of reduced tillage on earthworm and microbial communities under organic arable farming (2013, background): “as earthworms play a central role providing such services (Blouin et al. 2013; Mulder et al. 2011).”
• The Hidden and External Costs of Pesticide Use (2016, background): “…are widely recognized as ‘ecosystem engineers’, contribute to several ecosystem services through pedogenesis, the development of soil structure, water regulation, nutrient cycling, primary production, climate regulation, the remediation of pollution and cultural services (Blouin et al. 2013 ).”
• Copper in plant protection: current situation and prospects (2018, background): “Earthworms are typical ecosystem engineers having major impacts on soil structure (Blouin et al., 2013), with their activity affecting biotic and abiotic soil properties and plant growth (van Groenigen et al., 2014).”
• Earthworms Building Up Soil Microbiota, a Review (2019, background): “Earthworms are considered as ecosystem engineers that play an important role in shaping soil structure and cycling nutrients (Blouin et al., 2013).”