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Assessment of the State of Soil’s Microbial Community in Condition of Intensive Influence of Pollutants

open access: yesEkológia (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
doaj   +1 more source

Photovoltaic power stations: an opportunity to promote European semi-natural grasslands?

open access: yesFrontiers 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
doaj   +1 more source

Land use not litter quality is a stronger driver of decomposition in hyperdiverse tropical forest [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Funded by Natural Environment Research Council.
Achard   +71 more
core   +2 more sources

Diversity of Soil Gamasine Mites (Acari: Mesostigmata: Gamasina) in an Area of Natural Vegetation and Cultivated Areas of the Cerrado Biome in Northern Brazil

open access: yesDiversity, 2020
The Brazilian Cerrado biome has undergone major changes, with the incorporation of new areas for agricultural production. While this can certainly provide for the worldwide growing need for agricultural products, especially food, care should be taken to ...
Emiliano Brandão de Azevedo   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

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]

open access: yes, 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
core   +2 more sources

Biodiversity and ecosystem function in soil [PDF]

open access: yes, 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
core   +1 more source

Structure and diversity of ground mesofauna inUlmus and Populus consortia in the industrial areas of mining and smelting complex of krivyi rig basin

open access: yesVìsnik Dnìpropetrovsʹkogo Unìversitetu: Serìâ Bìologìâ, Ekologìâ, 2010
The structure and biological diversity of ground mesofauna on a consortium level of organisation of ecosystems are considered. Indicators of structural organisation and biodiversity of ground mesofauna were analised in Ulmus and Populus consortia in the ...
V. V. Kachinskaya
doaj   +1 more source

Population and Diversity of Soil and Leaf Litter Mesofauna in Arable Soils at the Agriculture Experimental Field of University of Lampung [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
This research was conducted to study the population and diversity of soil and leaf litter mesofauna in arable soils under different types of vegetation and slope at the Agriculture Experimental Field (AEF) of University of Lampung.
Arif, M. A. (Mas)   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Fine Scale Determinants of Soil Litter Fauna on a Mediterranean Mixed Oak Forest Invaded by the Exotic Soil-Borne Pathogen Phytophthora cinnamomi [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
16 páginas.-- 5 figuras.-- 1 tablas.-- 56 referencias.-- This article belongs to the Special Issue "Ecology and Management of Invasive Species in Forest Ecosystems".There is growing recognition of the importance of soil fauna for modulating nutrient ...
Godoy, Óscar   +4 more
core   +2 more sources

Impact of emerging compound droughts on forests: A water supply and demand perspective

open access: yesPlant Biology, EarlyView.
This review examines the physiological and ecological responses of trees to emerging compound droughts from a water demand and supply perspective, as well as the role of acclimation and consequences for ecosystem‐level functions. Abstract The intensification of climate change‐induced drought results in unprecedented tree and forest die‐offs worldwide ...
C. Werner   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

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