The second wave of earthworm invasions in North America: biology, environmental impacts, management and control of invasive jumping worms

CH Chang, MLC Bartz, G Brown, MA Callaham… - Biological …, 2021 - Springer
The invasion of jumping worms, a small group of pheretimoid earthworm species from Asia,
has increasingly become an ecological, environmental and conservation issue in forest …

Can earthworms simultaneously enhance decomposition and stabilization of plant residue carbon?

IM Lubbers, MM Pulleman… - Soil Biology and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Earthworm activity can strongly influence soil structure and organic matter (OM) dynamics of
agricultural soils. Several short-term studies (≤ 90 days) have shown that earthworms can …

[PDF][PDF] The potential of earthworms in soil carbon storage: a review.

E Thomas, VS Prabha, VT Kurien… - … & Experimental Biology, 2020 - researchgate.net
Earthworms are known to modify the soil structure and alter the physico-chemical as well as
biological regimes of the inhabiting soil. Numerous studies focussing on the role earthworms …

Interactions of native and introduced earthworms with soils and plant rhizospheres in production landscapes of New Zealand

YN Kim, B Robinson, S Boyer, HT Zhong… - Applied Soil Ecology, 2015 - Elsevier
Native and exotic earthworms and plants co-exist on the margins of agricultural land in New
Zealand. Remnants of native vegetation support mixed assemblages of depleted …

Impacts of earthworm activity on the fate of straw carbon in soil: a microcosm experiment

Y Wu, M Shaaban, Q Peng, A Zhou, R Hu - Environmental Science and …, 2018 - Springer
Earthworms not only facilitate carbon (C) stabilization, but also accelerate organic matter
mineralization by enhancing microbial respiration. However, the fate (mineralization vs …

Influence of agroforestry systems on earthworm diversity and soil properties in a Sudano-Sahelian landscape

A Zoungrana, M Cissé, M Traoré, C De Cannière… - Geoderma …, 2024 - Elsevier
Agroforestry systems promote a range of ecological base management to support
sustainable agriculture. However, the influence of agroforestry management on soil …

[PDF][PDF] A case study of woody leaf litter vermicompost as a promising calcium fertilizer.

K Petrochenko, A Kurovsky, A Godymchuk… - Bulgarian Journal of …, 2019 - academia.edu
Vermicomposting of organic wastes aimed to obtain fertilizers and other beneficial
substances is of major importance in modern bioresource technologies. Earthworms Eisenia …

Agroecology niche for New Zealand's native earthworms

YN Kim, B Robinson, S Boyer, H Zhong, KA Lee… - Applied Soil …, 2022 - Elsevier
Exotic lumbricid earthworms have had some limited success colonising productive
agricultural pastures in New Zealand, in place of native megascolecid species that did not …

Interactions between soil biogeochemistry and native earthworms in New Zealand

Y Kim - 2016 - researcharchive.lincoln.ac.nz
Despite apparently similar burrowing and feeding behaviours to introduced Lumbricidae
earthworms, native Megascolecidae, with more than 179 recognised species, have become …

The kinetics curve of nitrogen mineralization from perennial leaves litter decomposed by earthworm (Phretima californica)

K Utami, E Hanudin, M Nurudin - SAINS TANAH-Journal of Soil …, 2020 - jurnal.uns.ac.id
The kinetics of N release during the process of decomposition of organic matter is influenced
by organic matter quality, temperature, humidity, and decomposer. Acacia, coffee, salacca …