Assertion: earthworm's role | /r/HasProperty | indirect
Facets:
value: in areas
type: LOCATION
value: through the acceleration of microbial activity
type: MANNER
value: mostly
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: However, in areas dominated by geophagous endogeic (soil-living, soil-eating) species (e.g., many savannas), the role of earthworms in surface-litter decomposition and incorporation will be mostly indirect, through the deposition of casts on litter and the acceleration of microbial activity (Brown et al., 2000; Fragoso and Lavelle, 1995; Liu and Zou, 2002).