Julia Krebs

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 global dataset of sampled earthworm communities from over 7000 sites in 56 countries is compiled to predict patterns in earthworm diversity, abundance, and biomass, and the environmental drivers shaping these patterns are identified.

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.