Impacts of Millipedes on Acari and Collembola Communities-A Microcosm Experiment.

Ecosystem engineers influence the structure and function of soil food webs through non-trophic interactions. The activity of large soil animals, such as earthworms, has a significant impact on the soil microarthropod community. However, the influence of millipedes on soil microarthropod communities remains largely unknown.

Soil nematode metacommunities in different land covers: Assessment at the local and regional scales.

The metacommunity theory enhances our understanding of how ecological processes regulate community structure. Yet, unraveling the complexities of soil nematode metacommunity structures across various spatial scales and determining the factors influencing these patterns remains challenging. Therefore, we conducted an investigation on soil nematode metacommunities spanning from north to south in the Northeastern China.

Pheretimoid earthworms (Clitellata: Megascolecidae) cultivated in a vermifacility in Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines, with description of a new species.

We report two pheretimoid earthworm species cultivated in Folia Tropica vermifacility in Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines. One species is Pheretima losbanosensis sp. nov.

Comment on "Global distribution of earthworm diversity".

Phillips (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.

New species of , , , and (Clitellata: Megascolecidae) from Mindanao and Associated Islands, Philippines.

Studies over the past decade have shown the Philippine native earthworm fauna to be highly diverse, with apparent high endemism among islands and localities. Here we describe 17 new species of pheretimoid earthworms collected from priority conservation sites on Mindanao and associated islands. Nine species of the subgenus (), distinguished by the absence of secretory diverticula on the coelomic surface of the copulatory bursae, were detected.