Earthworm-vegetation-soil relationships in the Romanian Carpathians

The structure of six earthworm community patterns, labelled by the name of the characteristic species, is presented. In forest ecosystems the earthworm communities are characteristic for classes of vegetation (coniferous, beech, beech-hornbeam and oak-hornbeam), while in grasslands they correspond to alliances related by their trophicity (eu-, mezobasic, oligobasic). A table shows the earthworm-vegetation-soil relationships.