Impacts of earthworms and their excreta on peat soil properties and bacterial community

Peatlands store 20–30 % of the global soil carbon (C). Earthworms simultaneously increase net C stabilization and net C mineralization. But little is known about the impact of earthworm invasion on the C cycling in peat soils. Earthworm excreta, such as casts and mucus, have been shown to affect soi...

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Main Authors: Hui Zhang, Xinya Huang, Xuhui Chen, Haitao Wu, Huai Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-10-01
Series:Global Ecology and Conservation
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989423002299