Results 31 to 40 of about 15,577 (176)

Global meta-analysis reveals differential effects of climate and litter quality on soil fauna-mediated litter decomposition across size classes

Geoderma
Litter decomposition is significantly influenced by soil fauna, litter quality, and climate. Effects of soil fauna on litter decomposition are largely dependent on the size classes of the fauna.
Kaiyu Li, Lihong Song, Qinyao Ran, Fang Yuan, Chengjia Deng, Hongyan Liu   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

From microbes to macrofauna: an integrated study of deep benthic communities and their response to environmental variables along the Malta Escarpment (Ionian Sea)

Scientia Marina, 2013
A comparative study for abundance, biomass and diversity was carried out for the prokaryote, meiofauna and macrofauna communities at three depth stations (1200, 1800 and 2100 m) along the Malta Escarpment (Mediterranean Sea).
Elisa Baldrighi, Stefano Aliani, Alessandra Conversi, Marc Lavaleye, Mireno Borghini, Elena Manini   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bryozoan‐Rich Carbonate Units of the Erfoud Area (SE Morocco) Record Latest Katian to Early Hirnantian Interglacial Intervals

Geological Journal, EarlyView.
In this study, we re‐examine the depositional architecture of the Erfoud limestone in Morocco. Introducing new biostratigraphic constraints from chitinozoan assemblages, we show that Katian to Hirnantian bryozoan‐pelmatozoan meadows reflect flooding events linked to a series of interglacial transgressions known to have occurred immediately prior to the
Philippe Razin, Jean‐François Ghienne, Amira Meddour, Lorena Tessitore, Thijs R. A. Vandenbroucke   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Replanting of first‐cycle oil palm results in a second wave of biodiversity loss

Ecology and Evolution, 2019
Conversion of forest to oil palm plantations results in a significant loss of biodiversity. Despite this, first‐cycle oil palm plantations can sustain relatively high biodiversity compared to other crops.
Adham Ashton‐Butt, Simon Willcock, Dedi Purnomo, Suhardi, Anak A. K. Aryawan, Resti Wahyuningsih, Mohammad Naim, Guy M. Poppy, Jean‐Pierre Caliman, Kelvin S.‐H. Peh, Jake L. Snaddon   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Grupos funcionais da macrofauna e macroporos do solo em sistemas agroflorestais da amazônia central

Prospectiva, 2015
As relações entre a macrofauna por grupo funcional sobre as propriedades e processos do solo, são essenciais, para o manejo da fertilidade biológica do solo sob os agroecossistemas tropicais.
Ivan L. Cortez Tarrá, Flávio de J. Luizão   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Composition & Ecological Role of Soil Macrofauna in Selorejo and Punten Citrus Farming, Malang - East Java

Biotropika: Journal of Tropical Biology, 2021
Conventional citrus crop farming is a citrus farming system that uses citrus cultivation techniques with maximum use of chemicals material to support a sustainable agricultural system.
Fitria Karinasari, Zulfaidah Penata Gama, Amin Setyo Leksono   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Dynamic response of communities and ecosystem functions to ecosystem engineering and multiple stressors in a marine mussel bed

Oikos, EarlyView.
Ecosystem engineers are crucial to the development of coastal ecosystem communities and functions. However, a better understanding of how environmental stressors affect ecosystem engineering and thereby influence communities and ecosystem dynamics is needed. We conducted an in situ experiment in a blue mussel Mytilus spp.
Félix Lauzon, Charlotte Carrier‐Belleau, Jérémie Boucher‐Fontaine, Philippe Archambault, Mathieu Cusson, Frédéric Guichard   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The effects of the presence of seagrasses (Zostera SSP.) on benthic intertidal invertebrate communities [PDF]

, 1992
1. A quantitative investigation of the benthic macrofauna associated with seagrass swards was carried out over a period of four months, on the intertidal mud flats at Lindisfarne, Northumberland. 2.
Hillard, N.D.
core  

Fertilidade e aporte biológico do solo decorrente da tipificação de cobertura vegetal em SAFs

Cadernos Cajuína
Este trabalho apresenta um levantamento da macrofauna e da fertilidade química do solo em duas áreas amostrais num mesmo vale encaixado; verifica se o tipo de cobertura vegetal impacta positivamente para a maior diversidade e quantidade da macrofauna ...
Juliano Avelar Moura
doaj   +1 more source

Ecosystem engineers and functional dominance: when species loss matters for ecosystem function

Oikos, EarlyView.
Understanding when and why species loss affects community function in natural communities remains an open question in ecology. Recent cross‐system analyses have shown that functional dominance is associated with whether species loss matters: in communities dominated by few high‐performing species, lost species contribute little to function.
Gianluca Sarà, Yun‐wei Dong, Maria Cristina Mangano   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source