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Does Invasive Mammal Exclusion Restore an Ecosystem Function Mediated by Invertebrates? [PDF]
Ecol EvolExcluding invasive mammals is key to protecting native biodiversity, but it is unclear if their removal also restores ecosystem functions, especially those provided by invertebrates, such as decomposition, pollination and herbivory. Fenced ecosanctuaries on mainland New Zealand, which exclude most introduced mammals except mice, offer a unique ...
Watts C +4 more
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Increasing species and trophic diversity of mesofauna affects fungal biomass, mesofauna community structure and organic matter decomposition processes [PDF]
Biology and Fertility of Soils, 2003 A laboratory mesocosm experiment was set up to study the effects of five mesofauna model communities on litter fungal biomass (ergosterol content) and litter decomposition parameters (litter mass remaining, N concentration) for 4 months. The five treatments were: (1) no soil mesofauna, (2) the collembolan Folsomia fimetaria, (3) an assemblage of the ...
Cortet, Jérôme +3 more
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Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 2021 Forest soil food webs have been assumed to be fueled substantially by root-derived resources. However, until today the flux of root-derived resources into soil animals has been investigated virtually exclusively using isotope labeling experiments ...
Sarah L. Bluhm +8 more
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Biodiversity and ecosystem function in soil [PDF]
, 2005 1. Soils are one of the last great frontiers for biodiversity research and are home to an extraordinary range of microbial and animal groups. Biological activities in soils drive many of the key ecosystem processes that govern the global system ...
Finlay B.J. +9 more
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Land use not litter quality is a stronger driver of decomposition in hyperdiverse tropical forest [PDF]
, 2017 Funded by Natural Environment Research Council.
Achard +71 more
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Diversity, 2023 Soil contains a diverse fauna and microflora that are vital for maintaining healthy soils and their various ecosystem services. Oribatid mites are typically highly abundant arthropods in the soil and are used as indicators for environmental monitoring ...
Lisa M. Lumley +3 more
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Effects of Wastewater from Oil Exploration on Soil Mesofauna [PDF]
Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2015 Wastewater from oil exploration may contain substances that can alter the diversity of soil organisms. This study evaluated whether produced water treated by filtration or reverse osmosis and glutaraldehyde from reverse osmosis treatments negatively affected the mesofauna in an irrigated area.
Raimundo N C, Ferreira +5 more
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Ekológia (Bratislava), 2021 This paper presents the study of toxicological state of the soil. It shows ecological and microbiological properties of the soil mantle in the areas of technological environmental impact and evaluates changes in the number of soil microorganisms as a ...
Stepanova Lydia Pavlovna +2 more
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Photovoltaic power stations: an opportunity to promote European semi-natural grasslands?
Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2023 European semi-natural grasslands are particularly species-rich and provide many ecosystem services but depend on extensive land management. Today, these ecosystems are highly threatened by land abandonment, land use intensification and habitat ...
Quentin Lambert +4 more
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A comparative study of the chemical and integrated treatments impact against the defoliating insects on the structure and dynamics of the edaphic mesofauna in two oak forests from North-Eastern Romania [PDF]
, 2009 The author presents in this paper some aspects about the edaphicmicroarthropods from the organic horizon of two forest soils belonging to the Ciurea Forest District, Iasi County: ªanta (mixed stands mainly with oak, chemically treated against defoliating
Adina Cãlugãr
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