Earthworms

URI: https://soilwise-he.github.io/soil-health#Earthworms

Broaders

• common soil fauna

• functional groups

• soil biodiversity indicators

Narrowers

• anecics

• endogeics

• epigeics

Exact match

• http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_29109

affects

soil properties

benefitsFrom

organic management

greaterThan

enchytraeids

isAffectedBy

intensive land use

isPartOf

soil fauna biomass

RO_0002507

taxonomy

source

Breure2004

source

Tsiafouli2015

source

Blakemore2018

note

In the medium term (up to 4 years) under organic management, earthworms are found at two or three times the level found in conventionally managed fields.

hasBiomass

• unit: KiloGM-PER-HA
• hasInterval: 100-1000

hasDensity

• unit: NUM-PER-M2
• hasUpperBound: 1000

hasFreshBiomass

• hasUpperBound: 3000
• unit: KiloGM-PER-HA

isCharacterisedBy

ecology

consumes

soil organisms

consumes

microorganisms

consumes

plant residues