Tuesday, April 5, 2016

Just where do worms prefer to live?


According to a study of earthworms in Baltimore, Maryland by Eric Ellis at the University of Maryland, the density of earthworm masses were heavier in a woodland area than those found in a nearby urban subdivision. Image taken from Chapter 6, Biodiversity on the Urban Landscape by Szlavecz, Warren and Pickett in Human Population: Its Influences on Biological Diversity, Ecological Studies 214, 2011.

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