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Assessment of earthworms activity based on eaten biomass from selected catch crops

Annales Universitatis Paedagogicae Cracoviensis Studia Naturae, 2019
The trophic activity of soil mesofauna, especially earthworms (the Lumbricidae family), is a key element in increasing the fertility of agroecosystems. Thee food strategies that earthworms use as part of the trophic networks in soil, and especially their
Angelika Kliszcz, Joanna Puła
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Over three‐quarters of earthworm species lack protection in China, a crisis exacerbated by climate change

Ecography, Volume 2026, Issue 6, June 2026.
Earthworms, as ‘ecosystem engineers', play a crucial role in regulating ecosystem functions and shaping community structures. Due to climate change, earthworms face severe survival pressures and extinction risks. However, whether conservation efforts targeting aboveground biodiversity can cover the long‐neglected earthworm diversity remains unknown. To
Yajie Zhou, Shuo Zhang, Wen Qin, Zhuoyi Wu, , Shaolin Peng, Ting Zhou   +6 more
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Географiчний партеногенез на прикладі видових угруповань дощових червів (Oligochaeta, Lumbricidae) відкритих ландшафтів України

Доповiдi Нацiональної академiї наук України, 2021
Угруповання дощових червів відкритих ландшафтів України виявляють географічну неоднорідність, по в’я- зану з видоспецифічними особливостями розмноження видів, що до них належать. Якщо в північно-західних областях України переважають амфіміктичні види, то
S.V. Mezhzherin, Yu.Yu. Chayka, V.V. Popov, R.P. Vlasenko, O.I. Zhalay, O.V. Harbar   +5 more
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Assessment of Preservation and Extraction Methods for Environmental DNA in Sediments

Environmental DNA, Volume 8, Issue 3, May–June 2026.
We assessed how different preservation methods (freezing, room temperature, silica gel, Longmire buffer) affect eDNA metabarcoding results for bacterial, fungal, microeukaryotic, and metazoan communities in marine and freshwater sediments. Results demonstrate taxonomic‐ and habitat‐specific responses to preservation methods, providing evidence‐based ...
Alessia Guerrieri, Camille Sessegolo, Héloïse Archambeau, Marie Pierron, Thomas Merzi, Eva Bellemain, Aurélie Bonin   +6 more
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DNA barcoding: how many earthworm species are there in the south of West Siberia?

Вавиловский журнал генетики и селекции, 2016
Earthworms are a widespread and ecologically important group of animals, which has the highest total biomass in some ecosystems and often defines the composition of soil fauna. Earthworms are known to have high cryptic genetic diversity. In this study we
S. V. Shekhovtsov, N. E. Bazarova, D. I. Berman, N. A. Bulakhova, E. V. Golovanova, S. V. Konyaev, T. M. Krugova, I. I. Lyubechanskii, S. E. Peltek   +8 more
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Biological Flora of Britain and Ireland: Geranium sylvaticum*

Journal of Ecology, Volume 114, Issue 2, February 2026.
Geranium sylvaticum is a perennial forb of upland grasslands, woodlands and riverbanks in northern Britain, with scattered native occurrences also in Wales, central England and Northern Ireland. It has an extensive native range in Europe and Asia. The species is gynodioecious, with individual plants typically female or hermaphrodite.
Markus Wagner, Richard G. Jefferson, Ruth E. Starr‐Keddle, Sandra Varga, Irina Tatarenko, Duncan B. Westbury, Lucy Hulmes   +6 more
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Genetic diversity of the earthworm Eisenia nordenskioldi (Lumbricidae, Annelida)

Вавиловский журнал генетики и селекции, 2017
Eisenia nordenskioldi (Eisen, 1879) is the most widespread earthworm species in Siberia. It inhabits a wide range of habitats, from tundra to forest steppe, and is characterized by high morphological, ecological, and karyotypic diversity.
S. V. Shekhovtsov, D. I. Berman, E. V. Golovanova, S. E. Peltek   +3 more
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Forest patches as stepping stones: evidence from invertebrate taxonomic and functional diversity in experimentally created water‐filled tree holes

Ecography, Volume 2026, Issue 1, January 2026.
Tree‐related microhabitats (TreMs), such as water‐filled tree holes (WTHs), are important structures for forest biodiversity, providing habitats for many specialized species, which are however impaired by the intensive forest management of the past. Strategies to maintain and promote TreMs in managed forests, e.g.
Martin M. Gossner, Nicolas Roth, Julia Rothacher, Mark Wong, Jürgen Schmidl   +4 more
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Experimental droughts in mesocosms reveal a gradient of tolerance in Alpine stream macroinvertebrates

Limnology and Oceanography, Volume 70, Issue S2, Page S352-S363, December 2025.
Abstract Prolonged droughts, driven by climate change and human pressures on water resources, are increasing in frequency and intensity, particularly impacting Alpine rivers. Benthic macroinvertebrates are one of the most important structural and functional components of Alpine lotic ecosystems.
Anna Marino, Stefano Fenoglio, Tiziano Bo   +2 more
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The earthworm – Verminephrobacter symbiosis: an emerging experimental system to study extracellular symbiosis

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2014
Almost all Lumbricid earthworms (Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae) harbor extracellular species-specific bacterial symbionts of the genus Verminephrobacter (Betaproteobacteria) in their nephridia.
Marie Braad Lund, Kasper Urup Kjeldsen, Andreas eSchramm   +2 more
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