Global data on earthworm abundance, biomass, diversity and corresponding environmental properties

14 p.Earthworms are an important soil taxon as ecosystem engineers, providing a variety of crucial ecosystem functions and services. Little is known about their diversity and distribution at large spatial scales, despite the availability of considerable amounts of local-scale data. Earthworm diversity data, obtained from the primary literature or provided directly by authors, were collated with information on site locations, including coordinates, habitat cover, and soil properties. Datasets were required, at a minimum, to include abundance or biomass of earthworms at a site. Where possible, site-level species lists were included, as well as the abundance and biomass of individual species and ecological groups. This global dataset contains 10,840 sites, with 184 species, from 60 countries and all continents except Antarctica. The data were obtained from 182 published articles, published between 1973 and 2017, and 17 unpublished datasets. Amalgamating data into a single global database will assist researchers in investigating and answering a wide variety of pressing questions, for example, jointly assessing aboveground and belowground biodiversity distributions and drivers of biodiversity change

Decay of the neutron-rich isotope 113Ruto{^113} Ru to {^113} Rh

The decay of neutron-rich isotope $^{113}$Ru obtained as on-line mass separated product of proton-induced fission has been investigated by $\gamma\gamma$ coincidence and spectrum multiscaling measurements. Decay schemes for both low- and high-spin isomers of $^{113}$Ru have been constructed. The level scheme of $^{113}$Rh is considerably extended. Systematics of the lowest-lying rhodium levels is smooth. The picture of shape coexistence established for neutron-rich Rh isotopes near-neutron midshell is confirmed with the observation of a $K=1/2$ deformed band, with its 3/2$^+$ state at 600 keV being the lowest-lying level and of probable 7/2$^+$ and 5/2$^+$ band members. A large fraction of $\beta$ feeding is found to populate high-lying levels in $^{113}$Rh. The GT strength in $^{113}$Ru$^{\rm m}$ decay is significantly larger than for the decay of $^{113}$Ru$_{\rm g}$ and of lighter rhodium isotopes