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Artificial supplementary food influences hedgehog occupancy and activity patterns more than predator presence or natural food availability

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Supplementary feeding for declining hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus populations is popular in Great Britain and has been suggested as an important factor in explaining higher densities in urban areas compared with rural ones. Occupancy modelling was used to test whether spatial variation in supplementary feeding, natural food, habitat, or predator ...
Eleanor S. Benjamin, Adam Bates, Robert Davis, Anthony Sévêque, Jonathan Wild, Ben Clutterbuck, Richard W. Yarnell   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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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Polyploid races, genetic structure and morphological features of the earthworm Octodrіlus transpadanus (Rosa, 1884) (Oligohaeta: Lumbricidae) in the Ukraine [PDF]

, 2009
Kariological investigation of the earthworm Octodrilus transpada-nus (Rosa, 1884) in the Ukraine showed that this species is represented by at least three races of different ploidy with the basic chromosome number n=15. Strict geographic heterogeneity
Garbar, А. V., Mezhzherіn, S. V., Onyschuк, І. Р.   +2 more
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They come in all sizes: integrative systematics and morphological radiation of Scherotheca (Lumbricidae, Crassiclitellata)

Cladistics, EarlyView.
Abstract Scherotheca is amongst the most diverse earthworm genera within Lumbricidae, exhibiting striking ecomorphological radiation—from small epigeic‐like forms to giant anecic species. Accurate systematics is critical for exploring such diversification.
Daniel Fernández Marchán, Sylvain Gérard, Alejandro Martínez Navarro, Alberto Piris, Mickaël Hedde, Thibaud Decaëns, Marta Novo   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cocoon viability and evidence for delayed hatching by the earthworm Lumbricus terrestris in a laboratory-based study. [PDF]

, 2014
Clitellate Lumbricus terrestris, obtained from 5 commercial suppliers (A-E) and also field collected (F) - grassland in Preston, Lancashire, UK, were kept under controlled environmental conditions (15 °C and 24 h darkness) in a sterilised loam soil and ...
Butt, Kevin Richard, Lowe, Christopher Nathan   +1 more
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Soil biological quality of grassland fertilized with adjusted cattle manure slurries in comparison with organic and inorganic fertilizers [PDF]

, 2009
We studied the effect of five fertilizers (including two adjusted manure slurries) and an untreated control on soil biota and explored the effect on the ecosystem services they provided.
Bloem, J., Boer, Herman, de, Brussaard, L., Eekeren, N.J.M., van, Goede, R.G.M., de, Rutgers, M., Schouten, T.   +6 more
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The use of plant, bacterial and fungal resources in soil food webs of ecto‐ and arbuscular mycorrhiza‐dominated deciduous forests

Functional Ecology, Volume 39, Issue 9, Page 2398-2412, September 2025.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Soil food webs, driven by complex interactions among plants, microbes and invertebrates, are crucial for carbon and nutrient cycling in forest ecosystems. Over the last decade, it has become evident that forests dominated by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) or ...
Amelie Hauer, Anton Potapov, Ajuan Zhang, Andrey G. Zuev, Melanie M. Pollierer   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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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Isle of Rum Earthworm Conference [PDF]

, 2014
In collaboration with Scottish Natural Heritage (Isle of Rum) and the University of Rzeszow, the Earthworm Research Group (ERG) from UCLan organised a conference in the Inner Hebrides in May 2014. This involved oral and poster presentations, field visits
Butt, Kevin Richard, Kostecka, Joanna
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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
doaj   +1 more source