Dolores Trigo

TL;DR: In the humid tropics, part of the existing species richness may have originated from an increased base of resources resulting from the development of mutualistic relationships, and consequences for soil function and the species richness of plants and consumers are discussed.

TL;DR: It was found that local species richness and abundance typically peaked at higher latitudes, displaying patterns opposite to those observed in aboveground organisms, which suggest that climate change may have serious implications for earthworm communities and for the functions they provide.

TL;DR: Results showed a pattern of isolation by distance and a positive but weak correlation between some soil properties and genetic distances, which indicates that these populations may have been shaped genetically but not morphologically, by the environment.

TL;DR: Intestinal mucus production suggests the existence of the Mutualistic digestion system, and the organic matter content of the substratum seems to play a regulating role in the mutualistic system.

TL;DR: Although entomopathogenic nematodes have no deleterious effects on earthworms, their passage through E. fetida gut seriously affected their mobility and virulence, and this study presents the infectivity results of Steinernema feltiae after passing through the Eisenia Fetida gut.