Earthworm (lumbricus terrestris) (IMAGE)

German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig

Earthworm (lumbricus terrestris)

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Earthworms are considered essential ecosystem engineers underground. Researchers from iDiv and Leipzig University have now shown that they also play a major role in shaping aboveground communities.

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V. Gutekunst

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