Metacommunity ecology combines local (eg, environmental filtering and biotic interactions)
and regional (eg, dispersal and heterogeneity) processes to understand patterns of species …

Soils are home to more than 25% of the earth's total biodiversity and supports life on land
and water, nutrient cycling and retention, food production, pollution remediation, and climate …

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 …

Invertebrates comprise the most diversified animal group on Earth. Due to their long
evolutionary history and small size, invertebrates occupy a remarkable range of ecological …

The invasion of jum** worms, a small group of pheretimoid earthworm species from Asia,
has increasingly become an ecological, environmental and conservation issue in forest …

Non‐native, invasive earthworms are altering soils throughout the world. Ecological
cascades emanating from these invasions stem from rapid consumption of leaf litter by …

Biological invasions pose a serious threat to biodiversity and ecosystem functioning across
ecosystems. Invasions by ecosystem engineers, in particular, have been shown to have …

Recent studies have shown that invasive earthworms can dramatically reduce native
biodiversity, both above and below the ground. However, we still lack a synthetic …

Declines in the diversity of herbaceous and woody plant species in the understory of eastern
North American hardwood forests are increasingly common. Forest managers are tasked …

Using earthworms to remove soil organic pollutants is a common bioremediation method.
However, it remains challenging to evaluate and predict their effect on removing soil organic …