A framework to incorporate biological soil quality indicators into assessing the sustainability of territories in the Ecuadorian Amazon

T Huera-Lucero, J Labrador-Moreno, J Blanco-Salas… - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
In Amazonian Ecuador, land-use change from tropical rainforest to different productive
purposes is leading to irreversible situations from an environmental perspective. The …

Harmful or useful? A case study of the exotic peregrine earthworm morphospecies Pontoscolex corethrurus

S Taheri, C Pelosi, L Dupont - Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2018 - Elsevier
Exotic peregrine earthworms are often considered to cause environmental harm and to have
a negative impact on native species, but, as ecosystem engineers, they enhance soil …

Earthworm abundance and functional group diversity regulate plant litter decay and soil organic carbon level: A global meta-analysis

W Huang, G González, X Zou - Applied Soil Ecology, 2020 - Elsevier
A previous review of earthworm impacts on greenhouse-gas emissions concluded that
earthworms elevated soil CO 2 emissions with no apparent influence on soil organic carbon …

[HTML][HTML] Caracterização da fauna edáfica em diferentes coberturas vegetais na região norte fluminense

MKS Moço, EF Gama-Rodrigues… - Revista brasileira de …, 2005 - SciELO Brasil
O sistema solo-serapilheira é o habitat natural para grande variedade de organismos, que
diferem em tamanho e metabolismo, responsáveis por inúmeras funções. O monitoramento …

La macrofauna edáfica como indicador biológico del estado de conservación/perturbación del suelo. Resultados obtenidos en Cuba

G Cabrera - Pastos y forrajes, 2012 - scielo.sld.cu
Para predecir el estado de degradación de un suelo se utiliza un grupo de variables que
abarcan sus propiedades físicas, químicas y/o biológicas. La macrofauna, que incluye los …

Effect of earthworm addition on soil nitrogen availability, microbial biomass and litter decomposition in mesocosms

Y Araujo, FJ Luizão, E Barros - Biology and Fertility of Soils, 2004 - Springer
The aim of the study was to determine the effect of adding two tropical earthworm species,
Rhinodrilus contortus and Pontoscolex corethrurus, to mesocosms on the availability of …

Fauna de solo: aspectos gerais e metodológicos.

MEF Correia, LCM De Oliveira - 2000 - sidalc.net
Fauna de solo como agente de modificações de processos no solo. Organização de
comunidades. Estrutura da comunidade. A densidade e a diversidade das comunidades de …

Invasion of exotic earthworms into ecosystems inhabited by native earthworms

PF Hendrix, GH Baker, MA Callaham… - … : earthworms as invasive …, 2006 - Springer
The most conspicuous biological invasions in terrestrial ecosystems have been by exotic
plants, insects and vertebrates. Invasions by exotic earthworms, although not as well …

Earthworm community structure and diversity in different land-use systems along an elevation gradient in the Western Himalaya, India

S Ahmed, N Marimuthu, B Tripathy, JM Julka… - Applied Soil …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The state Himachal Pradesh in Western Himalaya was explored to know the
community structure of earthworms in agroecosystems along the elevation gradient ranges …

The role of earthworms in tropics with emphasis on Indian ecosystems

RD Kale, N Karmegam - Applied and Environmental Soil …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The paper highlights the research carried out by different scientists in India on aspects of
earthworm population dynamics and species diversity, associated with other soil fauna and …