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Bentley, Peter ORCID: 0009-0007-2592-8461 and Butt, Kevin Richard ORCID: 0000-0003-0886-7795 (2026) Responses of the earthworms Lumbricus terrestris and Aporrectodea caliginosa to wheat straw provision across a range of residue sizes. European Journal of Soil Biology, 128 . p. 103799. ISSN 1164-5563

Phillips, Helen R. P. ORCID: 0000-0002-7435-5934, Hoeffner, Kevin ORCID: 0000-0003-3740-6058, Muys, Bart ORCID: 0000-0001-9421-527X, Le Bayon, Renée-Claire ORCID: 0000-0002-1237-497X, Cluzeau, Daniel ORCID: 0000-0003-4636-0645, Butt, Kevin Richard ORCID: 0000-0003-0886-7795, Maréchal, Jeanne, Briones, Maria J. I. ORCID: 0000-0002-4051-8117, Decaëns, Thibaud ORCID: 0000-0003-0915-3882 et al (2025) Urban earthworm communities driven more by climate and elevation than urbanisation intensity. Urban Ecosystems, 28 (6). p. 210. ISSN 1083-8155

Hoeffner, Kevin, Bergerot, Benjamin, Butt, Kevin Richard ORCID: 0000-0003-0886-7795, Gérard, Sylvain, Pelosi, Céline, Pérès, Guénola, Briones, Maria J.I., Decaëns, Thibaud, Delaveau, Natacha et al (2025) Reliability of earthworm data from citizen science: Lessons from 7 years of a French national monitoring protocol. Applied Soil Ecology, 214 . p. 106329. ISSN 0929-1393

Mazur-Pączka, Anna, Butt, Kevin Richard ORCID: 0000-0003-0886-7795, Jaromin, Marcin, Hajduk, Edmund, Garczyńska, Mariola, Kostecka, Joanna and Pączka, Gregory (2025) Fertilization Effects of Solid Digestate Treatments on Earthworm Community Parameters and Selected Soil Attributes. Agriculture, 15 (14). p. 1511.

Hoeffner, Kevin, Diallo, Abdourahmane, Pelosi, Céline, Horrigue, Walid, Briones, Maria J. I., Butt, Kevin Richard ORCID: 0000-0003-0886-7795, Decaëns, Thibaud, Gérard, Sylvain, Guillocheau, Sarah et al (2024) Predicting earthworm diversity and distribution: A comparative approach at national scale using multiple modeling algorithms. XIX International Colloquium on Soil Zoology ICSZ . ISSN 0467-2435

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Hoeffner, Kevin, Bergerot, Benjamin, Butt, Kevin Richard ORCID: 0000-0003-0886-7795, Gérard, Sylvain, Pelosi, Céline, Pérès, Guénola, Briones, Maria J. I., Decaëns, Thicaud, Delaveau, Natacha et al (2025) Citizen-based identification of earthworm morphotypes: insights from a large-scale biodiversity monitoring network in France. In: EUROSOIL 2025, 8-12 September 2025, Seville, Spain.

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