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Earthworm ecological categories are not functional groups
Biology and Fertility of Soils ( IF 5.1 ) Pub Date : 2020-10-17 , DOI: 10.1007/s00374-020-01517-1
Nicolas Bottinelli , Yvan Capowiez

Seven earthworm ecological categories, including anecics, endogeics and epigeics, were defined by Marcel Bouché in 1972 based only on morpho-anatomical characteristics measured on European lumbricids. These categories had an outstanding success, and their use was generalized even outside of Europe. However, most of the time, only the three main categories are used, and over two decades, these categories have been considered functional groups, i.e. to presume how earthworms influence the soil functioning. Moreover, this relationship between ecological categories and functional groups is seldom tested and often uncritically accepted by soil biology researchers. It is then not surprising to observe unexpected trends when earthworm species are gathered in ecological categories to, for instance, analyze burrow systems or cast properties. We believe it is time to acknowledge that ecological categories are not functional, because they were not made for this purpose. We also propose three future directions in order to either improve our knowledge on the functional effects of earthworms or to build new authentically functional groups: (i) going back to the seven initial ecological categories to provide greater accuracy than the usage of the simplified three-level classification; (ii) testing, for a set of selected species, the functionality of the groups, being ecological categories or new tailored ones; and (iii) using trait-based approach in order to study the correlation between some earthworm traits and main soil functions.

中文翻译:

蚯蚓生态类别不是功能群

Marcel Bouché 于 1972 年仅根据对欧洲 lumbricids 测量的形态解剖特征定义了七个蚯蚓生态类别,包括 anecics、endgeics 和 epigeics。这些类别取得了巨大的成功,它们的使用甚至在欧洲以外也得到了推广。然而,在大多数情况下,只使用了三个主要类别,并且在二十多年来,这些类别被认为是功能组,即推测蚯蚓如何影响土壤功能。此外,生态类别和功能组之间的这种关系很少被土壤生物学研究人员测试并且经常不加批判地接受。因此,当蚯蚓物种被收集到生态类别中以分析洞穴系统或铸造特性时,观察到意想不到的趋势也就不足为奇了。我们认为是时候承认生态类别没有功能,因为它们不是为此目的而设计的。我们还提出了三个未来的方向,以提高我们对蚯蚓功能影响的认识或建立新的真正功能组:(i)回到七个初始生态类别,以提供比使用简化的三个生态类别更高的准确性-等级分类;(ii) 测试一组选定物种的组的功能,是生态类别或新定制的类别;(iii) 使用基于性状的方法来研究一些蚯蚓性状与主要土壤功能之间的相关性。我们还提出了三个未来的方向,以提高我们对蚯蚓功能影响的认识或建立新的真正功能组:(i)回到七个初始生态类别,以提供比使用简化的三个生态类别更高的准确性-等级分类;(ii) 测试一组选定物种的组的功能,是生态类别或新定制的类别;(iii) 使用基于性状的方法来研究一些蚯蚓性状与主要土壤功能之间的相关性。我们还提出了三个未来的方向,以提高我们对蚯蚓功能影响的认识或建立新的真正功能组:(i)回到七个初始生态类别,以提供比使用简化的三个生态类别更高的准确性-等级分类;(ii) 测试一组选定物种的组的功能,是生态类别或新定制的类别;(iii) 使用基于性状的方法来研究一些蚯蚓性状与主要土壤功能之间的相关性。对于一组选定的物种,群体的功能,是生态类别或新定制的类别;(iii) 使用基于性状的方法来研究一些蚯蚓性状与主要土壤功能之间的相关性。对于一组选定的物种,群体的功能,是生态类别或新定制的类别;(iii) 使用基于性状的方法来研究一些蚯蚓性状与主要土壤功能之间的相关性。
更新日期:2020-10-17
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