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  1. Soil Drums and Microbial Rhythms: Compartment-specific responses of soil, root, and earthworm gut microbiomes to Terra Preta de Índio–inspired amendments

    Article • January 2026, Elsevier

    Dr Luis Cunha

  2. New species of Glossoscolex and Fimoscolex earthworms (Oligochaeta: Glossoscolecidae) from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest and Cerrado biomes

    Article • Zootaxa, December 2025, Magnolia Press

    Dr Luis Cunha

  3. Establishing DNA ‐Based Strategies for Soil Biodiversity Assessment: Insights From Carabid Beetles

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, November 2025, Wiley

    Dr Luis Cunha

  4. Response of soil biota to agricultural management practices: A systematic quantitative meta-data-analysis and method selection framework

    Article • Soil Biology and Biochemistry, August 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Luis Cunha

  5. Coping with extremes: How Epigenetic and Molecular Adaptations Enable Earthworms to Thrive in Volcanic Soils

    Article • July 2025, openRxiv

    Dr Luis Cunha

  6. Tucupitermes, the largest Apicotermitinae (Isoptera, Termitidae) from the Amazon Rainforest

    Article • Zootaxa, May 2025, Magnolia Press

    Dr Luis Cunha

  7. Comparison of Morphological and DNA‐Based Identification Methods to Assess Earthworm (Clitellata: Lumbricidae) Diversity at 25 Permanent Soil Monitoring Sites in Germany

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, March 2025, Wiley

    Dr Luis Cunha

  8. Establishing DNA-Based Strategies for Soil Biodiversity Assessment: Insights from Carabid Beetles

    Article • January 2025, Wiley

    Dr Luis Cunha

  9. Integrating Morphological and Molecular Approaches for Assessing Soil Biodiversity in Agroecosystems

    Article • January 2025, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Luis Cunha

  10. Pristine and UV-aged polyethylene microplastics’ impact on gut microbiome and reproduction of earthworm Eisenia andrei

    Article • European Journal of Soil Biology, September 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Luis Cunha

  11. Amazonian earthworm biodiversity is heavily impacted by ancient and recent human disturbance

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, October 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Luis Cunha

  12. Earthworm communities in long-term no-tillage systems and secondary forest fragments in Paraná, Southern Brazil

    Article • Zootaxa, March 2023, Magnolia Press

    Dr Nuno G.C. Ferreira, Dr Luis Cunha

  13. How Do Recent and Historic Anthropic Changes Affect the Diversity of Earthworms in Amazonian Soils?

    Article • January 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Luis Cunha

  14. Land Use System Impacts on Amazonian Dark Earth Soil Quality

    Article • January 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Luis Cunha

  15. Molecular insights into high-altitude adaption and acclimatisation ofAporrectodea caliginosa

    Article • Life Science Alliance, August 2022, Life Science Alliance, LLC

    Dr Luis Cunha

  16. Evidence confirms an anthropic origin of Amazonian Dark Earths

    Article • Nature Communications, June 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Luis Cunha

  17. Carbon and nitrogen storage and stability by mineral-organic association in physical fractions of anthropogenic dark earth and of reference soils in Amazonia

    Article • CATENA, June 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Luis Cunha

  18. Micronutrient availability in amazonian dark earths and adjacent soils

    Article • Geoderma, August 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Luis Cunha

  19. A “Dirty” Footprint: Macroinvertebrate diversity in Amazonian Anthropic Soils

    Article • Global Change Biology, July 2021, Wiley

    Dr Luis Cunha

  20. Earthworm-biochar interactions: A laboratory trial using Pontoscolex corethrurus

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, July 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Luis Cunha

  21. Univariate statistical analysis of gas chromatography – mass spectrometry fingerprints analyses

    Article • Chemical Data Collections, June 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Luis Cunha

  22. Pesticides in a case study on no-tillage farming systems and surrounding forest patches in Brazil

    Article • Scientific Reports, May 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Nuno G.C. Ferreira, Dr Luis Cunha

  23. Emission of greenhouse gases and soil changes in casts of a giant Brazilian earthworm

    Article • Biology and Fertility of Soils, March 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Luis Cunha

  24. Identifying conserved polychaete molecular markers of metal exposure: Comparative analyses using the Alitta virens (Annelida, Lophotrochozoa) transcriptome

    Article • Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C Toxicology & Pharmacology, February 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Luis Cunha

  25. How Far Can Pesticides Spread? A Case Study on No-Tillage Farming Systems and Surrounding Forest Patches

    Article • December 2020, Research Square

    Dr Luis Cunha

  26. Methods and approaches to advance soil macroecology

    Article • Global Ecology and Biogeography, August 2020, Wiley

    Professor Olaf Schmidt, Dr Luis Cunha

  27. Population genetics and diversity structure of an invasive earthworm in tropical and temperate pastures from Veracruz, Mexico

    Article • ZooKeys, June 2020, Pensoft Publishers

    Dr Luis Cunha

  28. Genetic evidence of multiple introductions and mixed reproductive strategy in the peregrine earthworm Pontoscolex corethrurus

    Article • Biological Invasions, May 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Luis Cunha

  29. Recommendations for assessing earthworm populations in Brazilian ecosystems

    Article • Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira, January 2020, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Dr Luis Cunha

  30. Anthropogenic disturbance and environmental factors drive the diversity and distribution of earthworms in São Miguel Island (Azores, Portugal)

    Article • Applied Soil Ecology, January 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Luis Cunha

  31. Unravelling the molecular mechanisms of nickel in woodlice.

    Article • Environmental Research, September 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Nuno G.C. Ferreira, Dr Luis Cunha

  32. Anthropogenic Soils Promote Biodiversity in Amazonian Rainforests

    Article • February 2019, openRxiv

    Dr Luis Cunha

  33. A neotype for Pontoscolex corethrurus (Müller, 1857) (Clitellata)

    Article • Zootaxa, January 2019, Magnolia Press

    Dr Luis Cunha

  34. The role of soil fauna in soil health and delivery of ecosystem services

    Article • August 2018, Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited

    Dr Luis Cunha

  35. Complex taxonomy of the ‘brush tail’ peregrine earthworm Pontoscolex corethrurus

    Article • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, July 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Luis Cunha

  36. Genetic variation in populations of the earthworm, Lumbricus rubellus, across contaminated mine sites

    Article • BMC Genetics, November 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Luis Cunha

  37. A large set of microsatellites for the highly invasive earthworm Amynthas corticis predicted from low coverage genomes

    Article • Applied Soil Ecology, October 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Luis Cunha

  38. Biological endpoints in earthworms ( Amynthas gracilis ) as tools for the ecotoxicity assessment of soils from livestock production systems

    Article • Ecological Indicators, October 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Luis Cunha

  39. The complete mitochondrial DNA sequence of the pantropical earthworm Pontoscolex corethrurus (Rhinodrilidae, Clitellata): Mitogenome characterization and phylogenetic positioning

    Article • ZooKeys, August 2017, Pensoft Publishers

    Dr Luis Cunha

  40. Genetic diversity and population structure in an invasive pantropical earthworm along an altitudinal gradient

    Article • June 2017, PeerJ

    Dr Luis Cunha

  41. Genetic diversity and population structure in an invasive pantropical earthworm along an altitudinal gradient

    Article • June 2017, PeerJ

    Dr Luis Cunha

  42. The genome, transcriptome, and proteome of the nematode Steinernema carpocapsae: evolutionary signatures of a pathogenic lifestyle

    Article • Scientific Reports, November 2016, Nature

    Dr Luis Cunha, Dr. Norberto Chavarría-Hernández

  43. Development of genomic resources for four potential environmental bioindicator species: Isoperla grammatica , Amphinemura sulcicollis , Oniscus asellus and Baetis rhodani .

    Article • March 2016, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Luis Cunha

  44. Untangling the Volcanic Earthworm Genome

    Article • March 2016, Experiment

    Dr Luis Cunha

  45. Soil Animals and Pedogenesis

    Article • Soil Science, January 2016, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Luis Cunha

  46. Phylogenomic analyses of a Mediterranean earthworm family (Annelida: Hormogastridae)

    Article • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, January 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Luis Cunha

  47. Multiple introductions and environmental factors affecting the establishment of invasive species on a volcanic island

    Article • Soil Biology and Biochemistry, June 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Luis Cunha

  48. The functional ghost in the genome machine: Holistic mapping of environmentally induced changes in the epigenome of a soil sentinel

    Article • Toxicology Letters, September 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Luis Cunha

  49. Living on a volcano’s edge: genetic isolation of an extremophile terrestrial metazoan

    Article • Heredity, September 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Pablo Orozco-terWengel, Dr Luis Cunha

  50. Morphometry of the epidermis of an invasive megascoelecid earthworm (Amynthas gracilis, Kinberg 1867) inhabiting actively volcanic soils in the Azores archipelago

    Article • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, January 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Luis Cunha

  51. Bioavailability of heavy metals and apoptotic effects on the midgut cells of Pseudaletia unipuncta (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) inhabiting volcanic environments

    Article • Toxicology Letters, September 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Luis Cunha, Andre FS Amaral

  52. Bioavailability of heavy metals and their effects on the midgut cells of a phytopaghous insect inhabiting volcanic environments

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, November 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Luis Cunha, Andre FS Amaral

  53. Experimental studies on the effect of food in early larvae of the cleaner shrimp Lysmata amboinensis (De Mann, 1888) (Decapoda: Caridea: Hippolytidae)

    Article • Aquaculture, May 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Nuno Simoes, Dr Luis Cunha

  54. Bioavailable metals and cellular effects in the digestive gland of marine limpets living close to shallow water hydrothermal vents

    Article • Chemosphere, April 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Luis Cunha, Andre FS Amaral

  55. A case of simultaneous hermaphroditism in the Azorean endemic limpetPatella candei gomesii(Mollusca: Patellogastropoda), a gonochoristic species

    Article • Invertebrate Reproduction & Development, January 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Luis Cunha, Andre FS Amaral