José Antonio Talavera

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: A phylogeographic study of two cosmopolitan megascolecid earthworms of Asian origin finds the presence of multiple mitochondrial lineages within each species, one of them found exclusively in the Azores, suggests a complex invasion history.

TL;DR: The Earthworm diversity data, obtained from the primary literature or provided directly by authors, were collated with information on site locations, including coordinates, habitat cover, and soil properties.

TL;DR: In this article, an evaluation of earthworm fauna in Sao Miguel Island (Azores, Portugal) revealing that it is rich in species in relation to its size and nature.

TL;DR: The present work constitutes the first catalogue with commentaries of the earthworms of Madeira, of which Lumbricidae are the most numerous and representative, while Octochaetidae and Ocnerodrilidae are scarcely represented and have a very limited distribution range.