The positive effect of earthworms on soil processes and plant growth has been extensively
documented. The capacity of earthworms to decompose organic matter has been attributed …

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 …

Priming effect (PE) is defined as a stimulation of the mineralization of soil organic matter
(SOM) following a supply of fresh organic matter. This process can have important …

The importance of earthworms for soils, plant growth, and society has undergone various
phases, from profound recognition to utter ignorance and disdain. They were highly …

European earthworms are colonizing worm-free hardwood forests across North America.
Leading edges of earthworm invasion in forests of northern Minnesota provide a rare …

Earthworm populations are important decomposers contributing to aggregate formation and
nutrient cycling processes involving nitrogen cycles, phosphorus and carbon. They are …

In laboratory controlled soil microcosms, the distribution and availability of phosphorous (P)
were determined in the surface-casts and the burrows-linings of the anecic earthworm L …

Global agriculture is now at the crossroads. The Green Revolution of the last century is
losing momentum. Rates of growth in food production are now declining, with land and …

The role of earthworms as one of the most important groups of ecosystem engineers in
human-modified and natural environments has been increasingly recognized only during …

Pontoscolex corethrurus (Glossoscolecidae, Oligochaeta) is an invasive endogeic
earthworm that has colonized most land transformed by human activities in the humid …