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North America did not have an extensive earthworm ecology like Eurasia even though they had some worms. They are an invasive animal[0] brought from Europe that
by jandrewrogers 1y ago
North America did not have an extensive earthworm ecology like Eurasia even though they had some worms. They are an invasive animal[0] brought from Europe that creates problems for the many North American plants and ecosystems not adapted to the pervasive effects of such worms. The worms you find in soil are largely non-native.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasive_earthworms_of_North_America https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasive_earthworms_of_North_A...
- kevin_thibedeau 1y agoThat is the spiel from academics on the publish or perish treadmill. Fossil burrows of the same form as the European worms exist in North America. Worms were also maintained to the south of the ice cover so it is disingenuous to declare that all North American worms are nonnative.
- BoiledCabbage 1y ago> it is disingenuous to declare that all North American worms are nonnative. Nobody made that claim. That's the strawman you chose to argue against instead.
- user3939382 1y agoPressure to publish = dismiss any academic claim without evidence? No