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SynthesisNature2025

Global engineering effects of soil invertebrates on ecosystem functions.

Donghao Wu, Enzai Du, Nico Eisenhauer, Jérome Mathieu, Chengjin Chu

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Synthesis in Nature, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
15citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Mature-StageInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  8. Combined effects of earthworms andFrontiers in microbiology · 2026
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  13. The economic strategies of superorganisms.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Donghao WuState Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Ecology, Shenzhen Campus of Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, China.
Enzai DuState Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0002-5519-0150
Nico EisenhauerGerman Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-0371-6720
Jérome MathieuSorbonne Université, CNRS, IRD, INRAE, Université Paris Est Créteil, Université de Paris Cité, Institute of Ecology and Environmental Sciences of Paris (iEES-Paris), Paris, France.ORCID 0000-0002-9106-6106
Chengjin ChuState Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Ecology, Shenzhen Campus of Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, China. chuchjin@mail.sysu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-0606-449X

Funding

French Foundation for ResearchNational Natural Science Foundation of China
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The biogenic structures produced by termites, ants and earthworms provide key functions across global ecosystems

Indexed as

AntsEcosystemIsopteraOligochaetaSoilAnimalsBiomassNitrogenPhosphorusPlant DevelopmentPlantsSoil MicrobiologyTemperatureTropical ClimateNitrogenPhosphorusSoil

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