Landscape-scale distribution patterns of earthworms ...
2015-4-1u2002·u20021. Introduction. Earthworm communities play an important role in terrestrial ecosystems as ecosystem engineers (Lavelle et al., 1997): they regulate aeration, water infiltration, and nutrient cycling in soils.Their distribution is mainly influenced by soil properties and vegetation type (Curry, 2004, Salomé et al., 2011).At the landscape-scale, human land-use induces a strong spatial ...
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