[Annelida] The early worm gets the bird?

[Geoff Read]

The early worm gets the bird?  The earthworm empire strikes back?

Well, you decide.  It's subtle.  And correlation is not causation.  Humankind is likely mostly to blame in the end.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/02/120229142225.htm
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10980-012-9717-4

Scott R. Loss, Gerald J. Niemi, Robert B. Blair. Invasions of non-native earthworms related to population declines of ground-nesting songbirds across a regional extent in northern hardwood forests of North America.


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