Global data on earthworm abundance, biomass, diversity and corresponding environmental properties

Helen R. P. Phillips; Elizabeth M. Bach; Marie L. C. Bartz; Joanne M. Bennett; Remy Beugnon; Maria J. I. Briones; George G. Brown; Olga Ferlian; Konstantin B. Gongalsky; Carlos A. Guerra; Birgitta Koenig-Ries; Julia J. Krebs; Alberto Orgiazzi; Kelly S. Ramirez; David J. Russell; Benjamin Schwarz; Diana H. Wall; Ulrich Brose; Thibaud Decaens; Patrick Lavelle; Michel Loreau; Jerome Mathieu; Christian Mulder; Wim H. van der Putten; Matthias C. Rillig; Madhav P. Thakur; Franciska T. de Vries; David A. Wardle; Christian Ammer; Sabine Ammer; Miwa Arai; Fredrick O. Ayuke; Geoff H. Baker; Dilmar Baretta; Dietmar Barkusky; Robin Beausejour; Jose C. Bedano; Klaus Birkhofer; Eric Blanchart; Bernd Blossey; Thomas Bolger; Robert L. Bradley; Michel Brossard; James C. Burtis; Yvan Capowiez; Timothy R. Cavagnaro; Amy Choi; Julia Clause; Daniel Cluzeau; Anja Coors; Felicity V. Crotty; Jasmine M. Crumsey; Andrea Davalos; Dario J. Diaz Cosin; Annise M. Dobson; Anahi Dominguez; Andres Esteban Duhour; Nick van Eekeren; Christoph Emmerling; Liliana B. Falco; Rosa Fernandez; Steven J. Fonte; Carlos Fragoso; Andre L. C. Franco; Abegail Fusilero; Anna P. Geraskina; Shaieste Gholami; Grizelle Gonzalez; Michael J. Gundale; Monica Gutierrez Lopez; Branimir K. Hackenberger; Davorka K. Hackenberger; Luis M. Hernandez; Jeff R. Hirth; Takuo Hishi; Andrew R. Holdsworth; Martin Holmstrup; Kristine N. Hopfensperger; Esperanza Huerta Lwanga; Veikko Huhta; Tunsisa T. Hurisso; III Iannone Basil V.; Madalina Iordache; Ulrich Irmler; Mari Ivask; Juan B. Jesus; Jodi L. Johnson-Maynard; Monika Joschko; Nobuhiro Kaneko; Radoslava Kanianska; Aidan M. Keith; Maria L. Kernecker; Armand W. Kone; Yahya Kooch; Sanna T. Kukkonen; H. Lalthanzara; Daniel R. Lammel; Iurii M. Lebedev; Edith Le Cadre; Noa K. Lincoln; Danilo Lopez-Hernandez; Scott R. Loss; Raphael Marichal; Radim Matula; Yukio Minamiya; Jan Hendrik Moos; Gerardo Moreno; Alejandro Moron-Rios; Hasegawa Motohiro; Bart Muys; Johan Neirynck; Lindsey Norgrove; Marta Novo; Visa Nuutinen; Victoria Nuzzo; P. Mujeeb Rahman; Johan Pansu; Shishir Paudel; Guenola Peres; Lorenzo Perez-Camacho; Jean-Francois Ponge; Joerg Prietzel; Irina B. Rapoport; Muhammad Imtiaz Rashid; Salvador Rebollo; Miguel A. Rodriguez; Alexander M. Roth; Guillaume X. Rousseau; Anna Rozen; Ehsan Sayad; Loes van Schaik; Bryant Scharenbroch; Michael Schirrmann; Olaf Schmidt; Boris Schroeder; Julia Seeber; Maxim P. Shashkov; Jaswinder Singh; Sandy M. Smith; Michael Steinwandter; Katalin Szlavecz; Jose Antonio Talavera; Dolores Trigo; Jiro Tsukamoto; Sheila Uribe-Lopez; Anne W. de Valenca; Inigo Virto; Adrian A. Wackett; Matthew W. Warren; Emily R. Webster; Nathaniel H. Wehr; Joann K. Whalen; Michael B. Wironen; Volkmar Wolters; Pengfei Wu; Irina V. Zenkova; Weixin Zhang; Erin K. Cameron; Nico Eisenhauer

doi:10.1038/s41597-021-00912-z

Global data on earthworm abundance, biomass, diversity and corresponding environmental properties

Helen R. P. Phillips, Elizabeth M. Bach, Marie L. C. Bartz, Joanne M. Bennett, Remy Beugnon, Maria J. I. Briones, George G. Brown, Olga Ferlian, Konstantin B. Gongalsky, Carlos A. Guerra, Birgitta Koenig-Ries, Julia J. Krebs, Alberto Orgiazzi, Kelly S. Ramirez, David J. Russell, Benjamin Schwarz, Diana H. Wall, Ulrich Brose, Thibaud Decaens, Patrick LavelleMichel Loreau, Jerome Mathieu, Christian Mulder, Wim H. van der Putten, Matthias C. Rillig, Madhav P. Thakur, Franciska T. de Vries, David A. Wardle, Christian Ammer, Sabine Ammer, Miwa Arai, Fredrick O. Ayuke, Geoff H. Baker, Dilmar Baretta, Dietmar Barkusky, Robin Beausejour, Jose C. Bedano, Klaus Birkhofer, Eric Blanchart, Bernd Blossey, Thomas Bolger, Robert L. Bradley, Michel Brossard, James C. Burtis, Yvan Capowiez, Timothy R. Cavagnaro, Amy Choi, Julia Clause, Daniel Cluzeau, Anja Coors, Felicity V. Crotty, Jasmine M. Crumsey, Andrea Davalos, Dario J. Diaz Cosin, Annise M. Dobson, Anahi Dominguez, Andres Esteban Duhour, Nick van Eekeren, Christoph Emmerling, Liliana B. Falco, Rosa Fernandez, Steven J. Fonte, Carlos Fragoso, Andre L. C. Franco, Abegail Fusilero, Anna P. Geraskina, Shaieste Gholami, Grizelle Gonzalez, Michael J. Gundale, Monica Gutierrez Lopez, Branimir K. Hackenberger, Davorka K. Hackenberger, Luis M. Hernandez, Jeff R. Hirth, Takuo Hishi, Andrew R. Holdsworth, Martin Holmstrup, Kristine N. Hopfensperger, Esperanza Huerta Lwanga, Veikko Huhta, Tunsisa T. Hurisso, III Iannone Basil V., Madalina Iordache, Ulrich Irmler, Mari Ivask, Juan B. Jesus, Jodi L. Johnson-Maynard, Monika Joschko, Nobuhiro Kaneko, Radoslava Kanianska, Aidan M. Keith, Maria L. Kernecker, Armand W. Kone, Yahya Kooch, Sanna T. Kukkonen, H. Lalthanzara, Daniel R. Lammel, Iurii M. Lebedev, Edith Le Cadre, Noa K. Lincoln, Danilo Lopez-Hernandez, Scott R. Loss, Raphael Marichal, Radim Matula, Yukio Minamiya, Jan Hendrik Moos, Gerardo Moreno, Alejandro Moron-Rios, Hasegawa Motohiro, Bart Muys, Johan Neirynck, Lindsey Norgrove, Marta Novo, Visa Nuutinen, Victoria Nuzzo, P. Mujeeb Rahman, Johan Pansu, Shishir Paudel, Guenola Peres, Lorenzo Perez-Camacho, Jean-Francois Ponge, Joerg Prietzel, Irina B. Rapoport, Muhammad Imtiaz Rashid, Salvador Rebollo, Miguel A. Rodriguez, Alexander M. Roth, Guillaume X. Rousseau, Anna Rozen, Ehsan Sayad, Loes van Schaik, Bryant Scharenbroch, Michael Schirrmann, Olaf Schmidt, Boris Schroeder, Julia Seeber, Maxim P. Shashkov, Jaswinder Singh, Sandy M. Smith, Michael Steinwandter, Katalin Szlavecz, Jose Antonio Talavera, Dolores Trigo, Jiro Tsukamoto, Sheila Uribe-Lopez, Anne W. de Valenca, Inigo Virto, Adrian A. Wackett, Matthew W. Warren, Emily R. Webster, Nathaniel H. Wehr, Joann K. Whalen, Michael B. Wironen, Volkmar Wolters, Pengfei Wu, Irina V. Zenkova, Weixin Zhang, Erin K. Cameron, Nico Eisenhauer

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Earthworms are an important soil taxon as ecosystem engineers, providing a variety of crucial ecosystem functions and services. Little is known about their diversity and distribution at large spatial scales, despite the availability of considerable amounts of local-scale data. 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. Datasets were required, at a minimum, to include abundance or biomass of earthworms at a site. Where possible, site-level species lists were included, as well as the abundance and biomass of individual species and ecological groups. This global dataset contains 10,840 sites, with 184 species, from 60 countries and all continents except Antarctica. The data were obtained from 182 published articles, published between 1973 and 2017, and 17 unpublished datasets. Amalgamating data into a single global database will assist researchers in investigating and answering a wide variety of pressing questions, for example, jointly assessing aboveground and belowground biodiversity distributions and drivers of biodiversity change.

Original language	English
Article number	136
Pages (from-to)	1-12
Number of pages	12
Journal	Scientific Data
Volume	8
Issue number	1
Early online date	21 May 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00912-z
Publication status	Published - Dec 2021

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Phillips, H. R. P., Bach, E. M., Bartz, M. L. C., Bennett, J. M., Beugnon, R., Briones, M. J. I., Brown, G. G., Ferlian, O., Gongalsky, K. B., Guerra, C. A., Koenig-Ries, B., Krebs, J. J., Orgiazzi, A., Ramirez, K. S., Russell, D. J., Schwarz, B., Wall, D. H., Brose, U., Decaens, T., ... Eisenhauer, N. (2021). Global data on earthworm abundance, biomass, diversity and corresponding environmental properties. Scientific Data, 8(1), 1-12. Article 136. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00912-z

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