Comment on “Global distribution of earthworm diversity”
Samuel W. James, Csaba Csuzdi, Chih‐Han Chang, Nonillon M. Aspe, Juan J. Jiménez, Alexander Feijoo, Manuel Blouin, Patrick Lavelle
Abstract
(Reports, 25 October 2019, p. 480) incorrectly conclude that tropical earthworm communities are less diverse and abundant than temperate communities. This result is an artifact generated by some low-quality datasets, lower sampling intensity in the tropics, different patterns in richness-area relationships, the occurrence of invasive species in managed soils, and a focus on local rather than regional richness.
Topics & Concepts
EarthwormSpecies richnessTemperate climateTropicsEcologyArtifact (error)Distribution (mathematics)GeographyDiversity (politics)Sampling (signal processing)Oligochaeta (plant)Environmental scienceBiologyMathematicsMathematical analysisAnthropologySociologyComputer scienceComputer visionFilter (signal processing)NeuroscienceInvertebrate Taxonomy and EcologySoil Carbon and Nitrogen DynamicsStudy of Mite Species