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Earthworms Modulate Impacts of Soil Heterogeneity on Plant Growth at Different Spatial Scales
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021 Soil heterogeneity (uneven distribution of soil nutrients and/or other properties) is ubiquitous in nature and can greatly affect plant growth. As earthworm activity can influence nutrient redistribution in the soil, we hypothesize that earthworms may ...
Michael Opoku Adomako +7 more
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Animal ecosystem engineers modulate the diversity-invasibility relationship. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2008 BackgroundInvasions of natural communities by non-indigenous species are currently rated as one of the most important global-scale threats to biodiversity. Biodiversity itself is known to reduce invasions and increase stability. Disturbances by ecosystem
Nico Eisenhauer +3 more
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Soil pH governs production rate of calcium carbonate secreted by the earthworm Lumbricus terrestris [PDF]
, 2011 Lumbricus terrestris earthworms exposed to 11 soils of contrasting properties produced, on average, 0.8 ± 0.1 mgCaCO3 earthworm−1 day−1 in the form of granules up to 2 mm in diameter.
Canti, M. G. +5 more
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Analysis of reproductive damage in earthworms (Amynthas corticis) exposed to cypermethrin
Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2022 Cypermethrin contamination was a potential threat to soil organisms. In the present work, reproductive damage in earthworms (Amynthas corticis) exposed to cypermethrin was investigated.
X.Z. Zhu +6 more
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Earthworms Building Up Soil Microbiota, a Review
Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2019 The positive effect of earthworms on soil processes and plant growth has been extensively documented. The capacity of earthworms to decompose organic matter has been attributed to the microbial communities that inhabit their digestive track or the ...
Regina M. Medina-Sauza +10 more
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Deževniki kot kazalniki onesnaženosti tal
Acta Silvae et Ligni, 2013 The metal levels were determined in soil samples in earthworms collected in the vicinity of the abandoned lead smelter (the Upper Meža Valley, Žerjav) andthe largest thermal power plant in Slovenia (the Šalek Valley, Veliki Vrh),near Velenje - Celje road
Samar Al Sayegh-Petkovšek +1 more
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Acta Technologica Agriculturae, 2020 The objective of this study was to determine the capacity of Lumbricus rubellus, Eisenia fetida and Eudrilus eugeniae earthworms in vermicompost production utilizing mushroom waste substrate based on weight; number and weight loss of earthworms ...
Purnawanto Agus Mulyadi +3 more
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Basic Research Tools for Earthworm Ecology [PDF]
, 2010 Earthworms are responsible for soil development, recycling organic matter and form a vital component within many food webs. For these and other reasons earthworms are worthy of investigation. Many technologically-enhanced approaches have been used within
Butt, Kevin Richard, Grigoropoulou, Niki
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Soil & Environment, 2020 Effective plant residue management is crucial in the replanting operation of mature oil palm plantations. Control of the large amount and volume of the fallen palm trunks is challenging.
Okto Prandi Sihombing +2 more
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Plant, Soil and Environment, 2011 Both earthworms and symbiotic arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) often co-occurr in ecosystems, however very little is known on their interrelationships.
J.G. Zaller, F. Saccani, T. Frank
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