Visa Nuutinen

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: 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: The Hebrides of Scotland constitute a unique set of island environments with a long history of human settlement and agriculture, and management had a significant effect on species richness and abundance with most earthworms present in recently restored lazybeds.