Global distribution of earthworm diversity

Soil organisms, including earthworms, are a key component of terrestrial ecosystems. However, little is known about their diversity, their distribution, and the threats affecting them. We compiled a global dataset of sampled earthworm communities from 6928 sites in 57 countries as a basis for predicting patterns in earthworm diversity, abundance, and biomass. We found that local species richness and abundance typically peaked at higher latitudes, displaying patterns opposite to those observed in aboveground organisms. However, high species dissimilarity across tropical locations may cause diversity across the entirety of the tropics to be higher than elsewhere. Climate variables were found to be more important in shaping earthworm communities than soil properties or habitat cover. These findings suggest that climate change may have serious implications for earthworm communities and for the functions they provide.

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Main Authors: Phillips, Helen R. P. autora, Guerra, Carlos A. autor, Bartz, Marie L. C. autor/a, Briones, Maria J. I. autora, Brown, George autor, Crowther, Thomas W. autor, Ferlian, Olga autora, Gongalsky, Konstantin B. autor, van den Hoogen, Johan autor, Krebs, Julia autora, Orgiazzi, Alberto autor, Routh, Devin autor, Schwarz, Benjamin autor, Bach, Elizabeth M. autora, Bennett, Joanne autor/a, Brose, Ulrich autor/a, Decaëns, Thibaud autor/a, König Ries, Birgitta autora, Loreau, Michel autor, Mathieu, Jérôme autor/a, Mulder, Christian autor, van der Putten, Wim H. autor/a, Ramirez, Kelly S. autor/a, Rillig, Matthias C. autor, Russell, David autor, Rutgers, Michiel autor, Thakur, Madhav P. autor/a, de Vries, Franciska T. autora, Wall, Diana H. autora, Wardle, David A. autor, Arai, Miwa autor/a, Ayuke, Fredrick O. autor, Baker, Geoff H. autor/a, Beauséjour, Robin autor, Bedano, José C. autor, Birkhofer, Klaus autor/a, Blanchart, Eric autor, Blossey, Bernd autor, Bolger, Thomas autor, Bradley, Robert L. autor, Callaham, Mac A. autor/a, Capowiez, Yvan autor/a, Caulfield, Mark E. autor/a, Choi, Amy autor/a, Crotty, Felicity V. autor/a, Dávalos, Andrea autor/a, Díaz Cosin, Darío J. autor, Domínguez, Anahí autora, Duhour, Andrés Esteban autor, van Eekeren, Nick autor/a, Emmerling, Christoph autor, Falco, Liliana B. autora, Fernández, Rosa autora, Fonte, Steven J. autor, Fragoso González, Carlos Enrique autor 14707, Franco, André L. C. autor/a, Fugère, Martine autor/a, Fusilero, Abegail T. autora, Gholami, Shaieste autor/a, Gundale, Michael J. autor, Gutiérrez López, Mónica autora, Hackenberger, Davorka K. autor/a, Hernández, Luis M. autor, Hishi, Takuo autor/a, Holdsworth, Andrew R. autor/a, Holmstrup, Martin autor, Hopfensperger, Kristine autora, Huerta Lwanga, Esperanza Doctora autora 2039, Huhta, Veikko autor/a, Hurisso, Tunsisa T. autor/a, Iannone III, Basil V. autor/a, Iordache, Madalina autora, Joschko, Monika autora, Kaneko, Nobuhiro autor/a, Kanianska, Radoslava autor/a, Keith, Aidan M. autor/a, Kelly, Courtland A. autor/a, Kernecker, Maria L. autora, Klaminder, Jonatan autor, Koné, Armand W. autor, Kooch, Yahya autor/a, Kukkonen, Sanna T. autor/a, Lalthanzara, H. autor/a, Lammel, Daniel R. autor, Lebedev, Iurii M. autor/a, Li, Yiqing autor/a, Lidon, Juan B. Jesús autor, Lincoln, Noa K. autor, Loss, Scott R. autor, Marichal, Raphael autor, Matula, Radim autor/a, Moos, Jan Hendrik autor, Moreno, Gerardo autor, Morón Ríos, Alejandro 1960- Doctor autor 5457, Muys, Bart autor/a, Neirynck, Johan autor, Norgrove, Lindsey autor/a, Novo, Marta autora, Nuutinen, Visa autor/a, Nuzzo, Victoria autora, Mujeeb Rahman P. autor/a, Pansu, Johan autor, Paudel, Shishi autor/a, Pérès, Guénola autor/a, Pérez Camacho, Lorenzo autor, Piñeiro, Raúl autor, Ponge, Jean François autor, Rashid, Muhammad Imtiaz autor/a, Rebollo, Salvador autor, Rodeiro Iglesias, Javier autor, Rodríguez, Miguel Ángel autor, Roth, Alexander M. autor, Rousseau, Guillaume X. autor/a, Rozen, Anna autora, Sayad, Ehsa autora, van Schaik, Loes Doctora autor/a 22524, Scharenbroch, Bryant C. autor/a, Schirrmann, Michael autor, Schmid, Olaf autor/a, Schröder, Boris autor/a, Seeber, Julia autora, Shashkov, Maxim P. autor/a, Singh, Jaswinder autor/a, Smith, Sandy M. autora, Steinwandter, Michael autor, Talavera, José A. autor, Trigo, Dolores autora, Tsukamoto, Jiro autor/a, de Valença, Anne W. autora, Vanek, Steven J. autor/a, Virto, Iñigo autor, Wackett, Adrian A. autor, Warren, Matthew W. autor, Wehr, Nathaniel H. autor/a, Whalen, Joann K. autor, Wironen, Michael B. autor/a, Wolters, Volkmar autor/a, Zenkova, Irina V. autora, Zhang, Weixin autor/a, Cameron, Erin K. autor, Eisenhauer, Nico autor
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Language:eng
Subjects:Lombrices de tierra, Comunidades de animales, Cambio climático, Gestión ambiental, Diversidad de especies,
Online Access:https://science.sciencemag.org/content/366/6464/480.full
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