Review On The Role Of Earthworms On Hillslope Hydrology And Soil Erosion With Special Reference To Danum Valley, Sabah, Malaysia

Noor Ain Yahya (), Carolyn Payus and Kawi Bidin
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Noor Ain Yahya: Faculty of Science and Natural Resources, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, 84000, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.
Carolyn Payus: Faculty of Science and Natural Resources, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, 84000, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
Kawi Bidin: Faculty of Science and Natural Resources, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, 84000, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.

Journal Clean WAS (JCleanWAS), 2020, vol. 4, issue 2, 84-88

Abstract: Hydrological routes exist through active burrowing of soil fauna, and in numbers improve soil drainage systems. Earthworms are of particular interest because their presence is known widely to increase infiltration and reduce erosion rates by creating macropores and stable casts. Ideally during non-extreme rainfall events on flatlands, earthworm macropores lengthens the time prior to soil surface saturation thus slowing down occasions of overland flow resulting in runoff. Hypothesizing similar effects on hillslopes with gradients can be misleading whereas laboratory experiments which try to recreate and simulate field consistency cannot match the natural soil architecture which is vital in the dissection of the many bio-geophysical processes involved in the rainfall-runoff process. This review paper aims to summarize past studies conducted around the world and highlighting possible gaps on earthworm’s studies related to hillslopes and erosion.

Keywords: Review; earthworm; hillslope; erosion (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.26480/jcleanwas.02.2020.84.88

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