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Soil properties changes earthworm diversity indices in different agro-ecosystem
BMC Ecology, 2020 Background Earthworm communities are generally very sensitive to physico-chemical properties of the soil in different agro-ecosystem i.e. cultivated or non-cultivated which directly or indirectly influence the earthworm survival.
Sharanpreet Singh +4 more
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An earthworm-like modular soft robot for locomotion in multi-terrain environments
Scientific Reports, 2023 Robotic locomotion in subterranean environments is still unsolved, and it requires innovative designs and strategies to overcome the challenges of burrowing and moving in unstructured conditions with high pressure and friction at depths of a few ...
Riddhi Das +4 more
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Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2023 The accumulation of microplastics poses potential risks to soil health. Here, we did a preliminary exploration on the potential of Lumbricus terrestris (Oligochaeta) to reduce low-density polyethylene (LDPE), polylactic acid (PLA), and polybutylene ...
Ke Meng +4 more
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Soil Security, 2023 Earthworms an ecologically important group of invertebrates that are crucial to delivery of many ecosystem services, but also considered ecosystem engineers playing an important role in soil fertility and land productivity.
Marco E. Mng'ong'o
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Science of the Total Environment, 2021 Biodegradable plastics have been developed to eliminate the progressive accumulation and ever-growing threat posed by conventional fossil fuel-derived plastics. The impact of these bioplastics, particularly in an agricultural context (e.g.
Weili Ding +6 more
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Carbendazim shapes microbiome and enhances resistome in the earthworm gut
Microbiome, 2022 Background It is worrisome that several pollutants can enhance the abundance of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in the environment, including agricultural fungicides. As an important bioindicator for environmental risk assessment, earthworm is still a
Jiajin Song +9 more
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Earthworm density differences among tallgrass prairies over time in the Ozark Highlands
Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment, 2021 To mitigate the loss of tallgrass prairies through fragmentation and conversion to other land uses, prairie restoration efforts have been undertaken to reclaim areas that have been previously used for agricultural production.
Carlee Hensley +4 more
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Campsites, forest fires, and entry point distance affect earthworm abundance in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness [PDF]
PeerJ, 2020 Factors controlling the spread of invasive earthworms in Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness are poorly known. Believed to have been introduced by anglers who use them as bait, invasive earthworms can alter the physical and chemical ...
Todd Wellnitz +6 more
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PLoS ONE, 2021 Abundance and distribution of earthworms in agricultural fields is frequently proposed as a measure of soil quality assuming that observed patterns of abundance are in response to improved or degraded environmental conditions.
Mark E Hodson +6 more
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Proximal Soil Sensing - A Contribution for Species Habitat Distribution Modelling of Earthworms in Agricultural Soils? [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 Earthworms are important for maintaining soil ecosystem functioning and serve as indicators of soil fertility. However, detection of earthworms is time-consuming, which hinders the assessment of earthworm abundances with high sampling density over entire
Michael Schirrmann +6 more
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