Earthworm Ecology

INTRODUCTION
The Importance of Earthworms as Key Representatives of the
Soil Fauna
Clive A. Edwards

How Earthworms Affect Plant Growth: Burrowing into the Mechanisms
George G. Brown, Clive A. Edwards, and Lijbert Brussaard

EARTHWORM TAXONOMY, DIVERSITY, AND BIOGEOGRAPHY
Planetary Processes and Their Interactions with Earthworm Distributions and Ecology
Samuel W. James

The Status of Earthworm Biogeography, Diversity, and Taxonomy in North America Revisited with Glimpses into the Future
John W. Reynolds

Invasion of Exotic Earthworms into North America and Other Regions
Samuel W. James and Paul F. Hendrix

EARTHWORM BIOLOGY, ECOLOGY, BEHAVIOR, AND PHYSIOLOGY
Factors Affecting the Abundance of Earthworms in Soils
Jim P. Curry

A Comprehensive Study of the Taxonomy and Ecology of the Lumbricid Earthworm Genus Octodrilus from the Carpathians
Victor V. Pop and Adriana Antonia Pop

INFLUENCE OF EARTHWORMS ON SOIL ORGANIC MATTER DYNAMICS, NUTRIENT DYNAMICS,
AND MICROBIAL ECOLOGY
Effects of Earthworms on Soil Organic Matter and Nutrient Dynamics at a Landscape Scale over Decades
Patrick Lavelle, Beto Pashanasi, Fabienne Charpentier, Cécile Gilot, Jean-Pierre Rossi, Laurent Derouard, Jean Andre, Jean-François Ponge, and Nicolas Bernier

Integrating the Effects of Earthworms on Nutrient Cycling across
Spatial and Temporal Scales
Patrick J. Bohlen, Robert W. Parmelee, and John M. Blair

EFFECTS OF EARTHWORMS ON SOIL PHYSICAL PROPERTIES AND FUNCTION
Quantifying the Effects of Earthworms on Soil Aggregation
and Porosity
Martin J. Shipitalo and Renee-Claire Le Bayon

Effects of Earthworms on Soil Organization
André Kretzschmar

INTERACTIONS OF EARTHWORMS WITH MICROORGANISMS, INVERTEBRATES, AND PLANTS
Functional Interactions between Earthworms, Microorganisms,
Organic Matter, and Plants
George G. Brown and Bernard M. Doube

Impacts of Earthworms on Other Biota in Forest Soils, with Some
Emphasis on Cool Temperate Montane Forests
Dennis Parkinson, Mary Ann McLean, and Stefan Scheu

EARTHWORMS IN AGROECOSYSTEMS
Managing Earthworms as a Resource in Australian Pastures
Geoff H. Baker

Earthworms in Agroecosystems: Research Approaches
Paul F. Hendrix and Clive A. Edwards

EARTHWORMS AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
Earthworms as Test Organisms in Ecotoxicological Assessment of
Toxicant Impacts on Ecosystems
Adriaan J. Reinecke and S.A. Reinecke

Earthworms in Environmental Research
Herman Eijsackers

EARTHWORMS IN WASTE MANAGEMENT
The Use of Earthworms in the Breakdown of Organic Wastes to
Produce Vermicomposts and Animal Feed Protein
Clive A. Edwards and Norman Q. Arancon

The Use of Earthworms: Nature's Gift for Utilization of
Organic Wastes in Asia
Radha D. Kale

State of the Art and New Perspectives on Vermicomposting Research
Jorge Domínguez