Claim · #6494020
Lumbricus terrestris · facilitation · Soil
facilitation · effect: beneficial
interactsWith GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“night crawler Lumbricus terrestris is an important... soil engineer”
- Authors
- Vandermeer J.H.
- Year
- 2009
- Page
- 197
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Lumbricus terrestris is a well-documented anecic earthworm soil engineer; deep vertical burrowing and organic matter incorporation are textbook mechanisms confirmed by source quote.”
- soil-scientist · plausible
“L. terrestris is a well-documented anecic earthworm; vertical burrows, soil aeration, and organic-matter incorporation are its established ecological functions.”
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