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A compendium of earthworm data sources and associated information from the UK and Ireland, 1891-2021

This dataset presents a compendium of field-based earthworm data sources and associated meta-data from across the United Kingdom and Ireland (‘Worm source’). These were compiled up to 2021 and include 257 data sources, the earliest dating back to 1891. Source meta-data covers the type of quantitative earthworm data (i.e. incidence, abundance, biomass, taxa), methodological details (e.g. sampling method/s, location/s, whether sampled plots were natural or experimental, sampling year/s), and environmental information (e.g. habitat/land-use, inclusion of climate data and basic soil properties). Data sources were collected through literature searches on Web of Science and Google Scholar, as well as directly from original authors/data holders where possible. The data sources were compiled with the aim of gathering quantitative data on earthworm species and populations to develop earthworm abundance and niche models, and toward a modelling framework for earthworm impacts on soil processes. This work is part of the Soil Organic Carbon Dynamics (SOC-D) project funded by the NERC UK-SCAPE programme (Grant reference NE/R016429/1). Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/1a1000a8-4e7e-4851-8784-94c7ba3e164f

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2022-05-30
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https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/1a1000a8-4e7e-4851-8784-94c7ba3e164f
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doi: / 10.5285/1a1000a8-4e7e-4851-8784-94c7ba3e164f
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Mason, K.E., Ashwood, F., Schmidt, O., Cosby, J., Keith, A.M. (2022). A compendium of earthworm data sources and associated information from the UK and Ireland, 1891-2021. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/1a1000a8-4e7e-4851-8784-94c7ba3e164f
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  UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Mason, K.E.
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3426-3178
Author
  Forest Research - Ashwood, F.
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7540-1712
Author
  University College Dublin - Schmidt, O.
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0098-7960
Author
  UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Cosby, J.
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5645-3373
Author
  UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Keith, A.M.
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9619-1320
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  UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Mason, K.
Custodian
  NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
Publisher
  NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
Owner
  UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
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If you reuse this data, you should cite: Mason, K.E., Ashwood, F., Schmidt, O., Cosby, J., Keith, A.M. (2022). A compendium of earthworm data sources and associated information from the UK and Ireland, 1891-2021. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/1a1000a8-4e7e-4851-8784-94c7ba3e164f
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Begin date
1891-01-01
End date
2021-12-31
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2010-12-08
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A systematic literature search was conducted to find data sources using Web of Science and Google Scholar (in June/July 2020). This used the following search term: (Earthworm* OR Oligochaeta OR Annelid* OR Lumbric* OR Clitellat*) AND (Diversity OR “Species richness” OR “OTU” OR Abundance OR individual* OR Density OR “tax* richness” OR “Number” OR Richness OR Biomass) AND (UK OR “United Kingdom” OR England OR Wales OR Scotland OR “NI” OR “Northern Ireland” OR “Ireland” OR “ROI”) Publications were selected and meta-data recorded if they contained location information and the presence of at least one species of earthworm or abundance/biomass data obtained from the field. Further publications were found through screening of review papers and contact with selected authors for additional information and resources, including published and unpublished datasets. In total, 257 data sources were compiled. Original sources (i.e. published papers, book chapters) could not be obtained for 17 studies at the time of compiling meta-data and are thus lacking any additional information.
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2025-11-13T16:14:51
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Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg , Lancaster , LA1 4AP , UK
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