TY  - GEN
AB  - The concept of ecosystem engineering has emerged decades ago and highlights the direct or indirect modulation of available resources by organisms through their biological activities. Ecosystem engineers create biogenic structures (aggregates, burrows) that may serve as habitats for other species than themselves. This chapter aims at overviewing the key role played by earthworms as ecosystem engineers through their bioturbation activities involving soil mixing as well as their influence on the decomposition and mineralization of litter by breaking down organic matter, and their influence on the gas and water exchange or nutrient transfer in the soil. Focus is made on the engineering processes and especially the formation of biogenic structures in relation to soil structure (burrows, casts) in the framework of soil function interactions, particularly in the drilosphere. Special attention is paid to soil aggregates’ fabric and new tools that may help to discriminate their origin. Finally, management and ecosystem engineer’s future challenges will be highlighted regarding soil ecosystem services in the context of ecosystem restoration.
AD  - University of Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
AD  - School of Engineering and Architecture (HEIA-FR), HES-SO University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland
AD  - University of Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
AD  - EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
AD  - EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
AD  - EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
AU  - Le Bayon, Renée-Claire
AU  - Bullinger-Weber, Géraldine
AU  - Schomburg, Andreas
AU  - Turberg, Pascal
AU  - Schlaepfer, Rodolphe
AU  - Guenat, Claire
CY  - New York
DA  - 2017-06
ED  - Horton, Clayton G.
ID  - 8765
JF  - Earthworms : types, roles and research
KW  - earthworms
KW  - bioturbation
KW  - hotspots
KW  - drilosphere
KW  - ecosystem services
L1  - https://arodes.hes-so.ch/record/8765/files/Author%27s%20version.pdf
L2  - https://arodes.hes-so.ch/record/8765/files/Author%27s%20version.pdf
L4  - https://arodes.hes-so.ch/record/8765/files/Author%27s%20version.pdf
LA  - eng
LK  - https://arodes.hes-so.ch/record/8765/files/Author%27s%20version.pdf
N2  - The concept of ecosystem engineering has emerged decades ago and highlights the direct or indirect modulation of available resources by organisms through their biological activities. Ecosystem engineers create biogenic structures (aggregates, burrows) that may serve as habitats for other species than themselves. This chapter aims at overviewing the key role played by earthworms as ecosystem engineers through their bioturbation activities involving soil mixing as well as their influence on the decomposition and mineralization of litter by breaking down organic matter, and their influence on the gas and water exchange or nutrient transfer in the soil. Focus is made on the engineering processes and especially the formation of biogenic structures in relation to soil structure (burrows, casts) in the framework of soil function interactions, particularly in the drilosphere. Special attention is paid to soil aggregates’ fabric and new tools that may help to discriminate their origin. Finally, management and ecosystem engineer’s future challenges will be highlighted regarding soil ecosystem services in the context of ecosystem restoration.
PB  - Nova Science Publishers, Inc
PP  - New York
PY  - 2017-06
SN  - 9781536121766
T1  - Earthworms as ecosystem engineers :a review
TI  - Earthworms as ecosystem engineers :a review
UR  - https://arodes.hes-so.ch/record/8765/files/Author%27s%20version.pdf
VL  - Insects and other terrestrial arthropods: biology, chemistry and behavior
Y1  - 2017-06
ER  -