Emmanuel Lapied

This study examines how biotic interactions and environmental factors influence earthworm diversity in tropical rainforests, finding that habitat filtering and competition affect alpha diversity, while distance and environmental variables drive beta diversity.

This study assesses earthworm diversity in French Guiana, finding that regional mechanisms drive diversity while local environmental factors shape community composition.

The paper estimates the global number of earthworm species using the Joppa model, suggesting around 30,000 species with current descriptions representing only 20%.

The study examines the phylogeography of the earthworm Eiseniella tetraedra to assess compatibility between the nunatak and tabula rasa hypotheses, finding both were necessary to explain its distribution.