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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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- Date (Publication)
- 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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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Mason, K.E. Author Forest Research
Ashwood, F. Author University College Dublin
Schmidt, O. Author UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Cosby, J. Author UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Keith, A.M. Author UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Mason, K.
Point of contact NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Custodian NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Publisher UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Owner
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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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- English
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- Biota
- Begin date
- 1891-01-01
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- 2021-12-31
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- WGS 84
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
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Protocol Linkage Name https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/1a1000a8-4e7e-4851-8784-94c7ba3e164f Download the data
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Protocol Linkage Name https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/1a1000a8-4e7e-4851-8784-94c7ba3e164f.zip Supporting information
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Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
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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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- English
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- 2025-03-21T13:35:47
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Point of contact
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