Global distribution of earthworm diversity

Helen Phillips; Carlos A Guerra; Marie L C Bartz; Maria J I Briones; George Brown; Thomas W Crowther; Olga Ferlian; Konstantin B Gongalsky; Johan van den Hoogen; Julia Krebs; Alberto Orgiazzi; Devin Routh; Benjamin Schwarz; Elizabeth M Bach; Joanne Bennett; Ulrich Brose; Thibaud Decaëns; Birgitta König-Ries; Michel Loreau; Jérôme Mathieu; Christian Mulder; Wim H van Der Putten; Kelly S Ramirez; Matthias C Rillig; David Russell; Michiel Rutgers; Madhav P Thakur; Franciska de Vries; Diana Wall; David Wardle; Miwa Arai; Fredrick Ayuke; Geoff Baker; Robin Beauséjour; José Bedano; Klaus Birkhofer; Eric Blanchart; Bernd Blossey; Thomas Bolger; Robert Bradley; Mac A. Callaham; Yvan Capowiez; Mark Caulfield; Amy Choi; Felicity Crotty; Andrea Dávalos; Darío Cosin; Anahí Dominguez; Andrés Esteban Duhour; Nick van Eekeren; Christoph Emmerling; Liliana Falco; Rosa Fernández; Steven Fonte; Carlos Fragoso; André Franco; Martine Fugère; Abegail Fusilero; Shaieste Gholami; Michael Gundale; Mónica Gutiérrez López; Davorka Hackenberger; Luis Hernández; Takuo Hishi; Andrew Holdsworth; Martin Holmstrup; Kristine Hopfensperger; Esperanza Huerta Lwanga; Veikko Huhta; Tunsisa Hurisso; Basil Iannone; Madalina Iordache; Monika Joschko; Nobuhiro Kaneko; Radoslava Kanianska; Aidan Keith; Courtland Kelly; Maria Kernecker; Jonatan Klaminder; Armand Koné; Yahya Kooch; Sanna Kukkonen; Hmar Lalthanzara; Daniel Lammel; Iurii Lebedev; Yiqing Li; Juan Lidon; Noa Lincoln; Scott Loss; Raphaël Marichal; Radim Matula; Jan Hendrik Moos; Gerardo Moreno; Alejandro Morón-Ríos; Bart Muys; Johan Neirynck; Lindsey Norgrove; Marta Novo; Visa Nuutinen; Victoria Nuzzo; Mujeeb Rahman P; Johan Pansu; Shishir Paudel; Guénola Pérès; Lorenzo Pérez-Camacho; Raúl Piñeiro; Jean-François Ponge; Muhammad Imtiaz Rashid; Salvador Rebollo; Javier Rodeiro-Iglesias; Miguel A. Rodriguez; Alexander Roth; Guillaume Rousseau; Anna Rozen; Ehsan Sayad; Loes van Schaik; Bryant Scharenbroch; Michael Schirrmann; Olaf Schmidt; Boris Schröder; Julia Seeber; Maxim Shashkov; Jaswinder Singh; Sandy Smith; Michael Steinwandter; José Talavera; Dolores Trigo; Jiro Tsukamoto; Anne de Valença; Steven Vanek; Iñigo Virto; Adrian Wackett; Matthew Warren; Nathaniel Wehr; Joann Whalen; Michael Wironen; Volkmar Wolters; Irina Zenkova; Weixin Zhang; Erin Cameron; Nico Eisenhauer

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Global distribution of earthworm diversity

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Global distribution of earthworm diversity

Helen Phillips, Carlos A Guerra, Marie L C Bartz, Maria J I Briones, George Brown, Thomas W Crowther, Olga Ferlian, Konstantin B Gongalsky, Johan van den Hoogen, Julia Krebs, …

Science, Vol.366(6464), pp.480-485

24/10/2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aax4851

PMCID: PMC7335308

PMID: 31649197

Abstract

Soil organisms, including earthworms, are a key component of terrestrial ecosystems. However, little is known about their diversity, distribution, and the threats affecting them. Here, we compiled a global dataset of sampled earthworm communities from 6928 sites in 57 countries to predict patterns in earthworm diversity, abundance, and biomass. We identified that local species richness and abundance typically peaked at higher latitudes, patterns opposite to those observed in aboveground organisms. However, diversity across the entirety of the tropics may be higher than elsewhere, due to high species dissimilarity across locations. Climate variables were more important in shaping earthworm communities than soil properties or habitat cover. These findings suggest that climate change may have serious implications for earthworm communities and therefore the functions they provide.

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Title: Global distribution of earthworm diversity
Creators - without role: Helen Phillips - German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research
Carlos A Guerra - German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research
Marie L C Bartz - Universidade Positivo
Maria J I Briones - Universidade de Vigo
George Brown - Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation
Thomas W Crowther - ETH Zurich
Olga Ferlian - Leipzig University
Konstantin B Gongalsky - Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution
Johan van den Hoogen - ETH Zurich
Julia Krebs - German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research
Alberto Orgiazzi - Joint Research Centre
Devin Routh - ETH Zurich
Benjamin Schwarz - University of Freiburg
Elizabeth M Bach - Colorado State University
Joanne Bennett - German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research
Ulrich Brose - German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research
Thibaud Decaëns - Université de Montpellier, Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive - CEFE
Birgitta König-Ries - Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Michel Loreau - Station d’Écologie Théorique et Expérimentale
Jérôme Mathieu - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Christian Mulder - University of Catania
Wim H van Der Putten - Netherlands Institute of Ecology
Kelly S Ramirez - Netherlands Institute of Ecology
Matthias C Rillig - Berlin Brandenburg Institute of Advanced Biodiversity Research
David Russell - Senckenberg Museum für Naturkunde Görlitz
Michiel Rutgers - National Institute for Public Health and the Environment
Madhav P Thakur - Netherlands Institute of Ecology
Franciska de Vries - University of Amsterdam
Diana Wall - Colorado State University
David Wardle - Nanyang Technological University
Miwa Arai - National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
Fredrick Ayuke - University of Nairobi
Geoff Baker - CSIRO Health and Biosecurity
Robin Beauséjour - Université de Sherbrooke
José Bedano - National University of Río Cuarto
Klaus Birkhofer - Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg
Eric Blanchart - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement
Bernd Blossey - Cornell University
Thomas Bolger - University College Dublin
Robert Bradley - Université de Sherbrooke
Mac A. Callaham - Southern Research Station
Yvan Capowiez - AgroParisTech
Mark Caulfield - Wageningen University & Research
Amy Choi - University of Toronto
Felicity Crotty - Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences
Andrea Dávalos - Cornell University
Darío Cosin - Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Anahí Dominguez - National University of Río Cuarto
Andrés Esteban Duhour - National University of Luján
Nick van Eekeren - Louis Bolk Institute
Christoph Emmerling - Universität Trier
Liliana Falco - National University of Luján
Rosa Fernández - Institut de Biologia Evolutiva
Steven Fonte - Colorado State University
Carlos Fragoso - Instituto de Ecología
André Franco - Colorado State University
Martine Fugère - Université de Sherbrooke
Abegail Fusilero - Ghent University
Shaieste Gholami - Razi University
Michael Gundale - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Mónica Gutiérrez López - Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Davorka Hackenberger - University of Osijek
Luis Hernández - Universidade Estadual do Maranhão
Takuo Hishi - Kyushu University
Andrew Holdsworth - Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
Martin Holmstrup - Aarhus University
Kristine Hopfensperger - Northern Kentucky University
Esperanza Huerta Lwanga - El Colegio de la Frontera Sur
Veikko Huhta - University of Jyväskylä
Tunsisa Hurisso - Lincoln University - Missouri
Basil Iannone - University of Florida
Madalina Iordache - Univesity of Life Science "King Mihai I" from Timisoara
Monika Joschko - Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research
Nobuhiro Kaneko - Fukushima University
Radoslava Kanianska - Matej Bel University
Aidan Keith - UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Courtland Kelly - Colorado State University
Maria Kernecker - Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research
Jonatan Klaminder - Umeå University
Armand Koné - Université Nangui Abrogoua
Yahya Kooch - Tarbiat Modares University
Sanna Kukkonen - Natural Resources Institute Finland
Hmar Lalthanzara - Auteur indépendant
Daniel Lammel - Freie Universität Berlin
Iurii Lebedev - Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution
Yiqing Li - University of Hawaii at Hilo
Juan Lidon - Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Noa Lincoln - University of Hawaii System
Scott Loss - Oklahoma State University
Raphaël Marichal - Université de Montpellier
Radim Matula - Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
Jan Hendrik Moos - Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut
Gerardo Moreno - Universidad de Extremadura
Alejandro Morón-Ríos - El Colegio de la Frontera Sur
Bart Muys - KU Leuven
Johan Neirynck - Research Institute for Nature and Forest
Lindsey Norgrove - Bern University of Applied Sciences
Marta Novo - Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Visa Nuutinen - Natural Resources Institute Finland
Victoria Nuzzo - Natural Area Consultants
Mujeeb Rahman P - Auteur indépendant
Johan Pansu - CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere
Shishir Paudel - Oklahoma State University
Guénola Pérès - Soil Agro and Hydrosystems Spatialization
Lorenzo Pérez-Camacho - Universidad de Alcalá
Raúl Piñeiro - Universidade de Vigo
Jean-François Ponge - Vivant
Muhammad Imtiaz Rashid - King Abdulaziz University
Salvador Rebollo - Universidad de Alcalá
Javier Rodeiro-Iglesias - Universidade de Vigo
Miguel A. Rodriguez - Universidad de Alcalá
Alexander Roth - Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Guillaume Rousseau - Universidade Estadual do Maranhão
Anna Rozen - Jagiellonian University
Ehsan Sayad - Razi University
Loes van Schaik - Technische Universität Berlin
Bryant Scharenbroch - University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point
Michael Schirrmann - Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy
Olaf Schmidt - University College Dublin
Boris Schröder - Technische Universität Braunschweig
Julia Seeber - Universität Innsbruck
Maxim Shashkov - Institute of Mathematical Problems of Biology
Jaswinder Singh - Government Medical College, Amritsar
Sandy Smith - University of Toronto
Michael Steinwandter - Eurac Research
José Talavera - Universidad de La Laguna
Dolores Trigo - Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Jiro Tsukamoto - Kōchi University
Anne de Valença - World Wide Fund
Steven Vanek - Colorado State University
Iñigo Virto - Universidad Publica de Navarra
Adrian Wackett - University of Minnesota
Matthew Warren - Earth Island Institute
Nathaniel Wehr - University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Joann Whalen - McGill University
Michael Wironen - The Nature Conservancy
Volkmar Wolters - University of Giessen
Irina Zenkova - Auteur indépendant
Weixin Zhang - Henan University
Erin Cameron - Saint Mary's University
Nico Eisenhauer - German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research
Publication Details: Science, Vol.366(6464), pp.480-485
Grant note: This work was developed during and following two ‘sWorm’ workshops. HRPP and the sWorm workshops were supported by the sDiv (Synthesis Centre of the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig (DFG FZT 118)). HRPP, OF and NE acknowledge funding by the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement no. 677232 to NE). CAG and NE acknowledge funding by iDiv (DFG FZT118) Flexpool proposal 34600850. EKC acknowledges funding from the Academy of Finland (285882) and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (postdoctoral fellowship and RGPIN-2019-05758). TWC, JVDH and DR were supported by DOB Ecology. MR was supported by ERC-AdG 694368. ML was supported by the TULIP Laboratory of Excellence (ANR-10-LABX-41). KSR and WvdP were supported by (ERC-ADV grant 323020 to WvdP). In addition, data collection was funded by: Russian Foundation for Basic Research (12-04-01538-а, 12-04-01734-a, 14-44-03666-r_center_a, 15-29-02724-ofi_m, 16-04-01878-a 19-05-00245), Tarbiat Modares University, Aurora Organic Dairy, UGC(NERO) (F. 1-6/Acctt./NERO/2007-08/1485), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (RGPIN-2017-05391), Slovak Research and Development Agency (APVV-0098-12), Science for Global Development through Wageningen University, Norman Borlaug LEAP Programme and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), São Paulo Research Foundation - FAPESP (12/22510-8), Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station, INIA - Spanish Agency (SUM 2006-00012-00-0), Royal Canadian Geographical Society, Environmental Protection Agency (Ireland) (2005-S-LS-8), University of Hawai'i at Mānoa (HAW01127H; HAW01123M), CAPES, European Union FP7 (FunDivEurope, 265171), U.S. Department of the Navy, Commander Pacific Fleet (W9126G-13-2-0047), Science and Engineering Research Board (SB/SO/AS-030/2013) Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi, India, Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) of the U.S. Department of Defense (RC-1542), Maranhão State Research Foundation (FAPEMA), Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES), Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic (LTT17033), Colorado Wheat Research Foundation, Zone Atelier Alpes, French National Research Agency (ANR-11-BSV7-020-01, ANR-09-STRA-02-01, ANR 06 BIODIV 009-01), Austrian Science Fund (P16027, T441), Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank Frankfurt am Main, Welsh Government and the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (Project Ref. A AAB 62 03 qA731606), SÉPAQ, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of Finland, McKnight Foundation, Science Foundation Ireland (EEB0061), University of Toronto (Faculty of Forestry), National Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Haliburton Forest & Wildlife Reserve, NKU College of Arts & Sciences Grant, Österreichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft (837393 and 837426), Mountain Agriculture Research Unit of the University of Innsbruck, Higher Education Commission of Pakistan, Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi, Kerala, UNEP/GEF/TSBF-CIAT Project on Conservation and Sustainable Management of Belowground Biodiversity, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of Finland, Complutense University of Madrid / European Union FP7 project BioBio (FPU UCM 613520), GRDC, AWI, LWRRDC, DRDC, CONICET (National Scientific and Technical Research Council) and FONCyT (National Agency of Scientific and Technological Promotion) (PICT, PAE, PIP), Universidad Nacional de Luján y FONCyT (PICT 2293 (2006)), Fonds de recherche sur la nature et les technologies du Québec (131894), Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (SCHR1000/3-1, SCHR1000/6-1, 6-2 (FOR 1598), WO 670/7-1, WO 670/7-2, & SCHA 1719 / 1-2), CONACYT (FONDOS MIXTOS720 TABASCO/PROYECTO11316 ), NSF (DGE-0549245, DGE-0549245, DEB-BE-0909452, NSF1241932), Institute for Environmental Science and Policy at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Dean's Scholar Program at UIC, Garden Club of America Zone VI Fellowship in Urban Forestry from the Casey Tree Endowment Fund, J.E. Weaver Competitive Grant from the Nebraska Chapter of The Nature Conservancy, The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Depaul University, Elmore Hadley Award for Research in Ecology and Evolution from the UIC Dept. of Biological Sciences, Spanish CICYT (AMB96-1161; REN2000-0783/GLO; REN2003-05553/GLO; REN2003-03989/GLO; CGL2007-60661/BOS), Yokohama National University, MEXT KAKENHI (25220104), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science KAKENHI (25281053, 17KT0074, 25252026), ADEME (0775C0035), Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities of Spain (CGL2017-86926-P), Syngenta Philippines, UPSTREAM, LTSER (Val Mazia/Matschertal), Marie Sklodowska Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship (747607), National Science & Technology Base Resource Survey Project of China (2018FY100306), McKnight Foundation (14-168), Program of Fundamental Researches of Presidium of Russian Academy of Sciences , Brazilian National Council of Research CNPq, French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs.
Identifiers: 9963905509311
Academic Unit: Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive - CEFE
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article
Local Fields: hal-02352980