For decades, scientists have known where the highest numbers of
species that live aboveground are found. So, they made maps of
the world showing these patterns. For most of the aboveground
groups, the highest numbers of species occur in the tropics and
numbers decrease toward the poles. However, until recently, we did
not understand such global patterns for many organisms living in
the soil. We decided to create global maps of earthworm species
richness. Earthworms provide humans with many useful services,
such as moving the soils and improving their quality, which can
increase the amount of food that is grown. If we want to protect
earthworms and the services they provide, these global maps of
earthworms are important because we need to understand where
they are and why they live there.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:DRESDEN/oai:qucosa:de:qucosa:88563 |
| Date | 11 December 2023 |
| Creators | R. P. Phillips, Helen, K. Cameron, Erin, Eisenhauer, Nico |
| Publisher | Frontiers Media S.A. |
| Source Sets | Hochschulschriftenserver (HSSS) der SLUB Dresden |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion, doc-type:article, info:eu-repo/semantics/article, doc-type:Text |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Relation | 2296-6846, 10.3389/frym.2021.547660 |
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