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Soil Organisms Activities in Red Onion Cultivation with Application of Plant Extract Suspension and Compost

open access: yesJournal of Tropical Soils, 2022
Agro-industrial waste such as banana weevil, pineapple rhizome, and empty fruit bunches of oil palm has not been utilized properly, even though the waste can be processed into liquid organic fertilizer after extracting the beneficial microorganisms ...
Icha Deska Rani   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

METADATA - file naming system and mesofauna counts

open access: yes, 2020
Spreadsheet including file naming system for mesofauna slide images. Additionally includes deployment dates, collection dates, treatment information, and mesofauna counts for ...
Kirsten Pearsons (8333202)
core   +1 more source

Litterfall, litter decomposition, soil macrofauna, and nutrient contents in rubber monoculture and rubber-based agroforestry plantations [PDF]

open access: yesForest and Society, 2018
This study is a comparison of the litterfall, litter decomposition, soil macrofauna, and nutrient contents in rubber monoculture and rubber-based agroforestry plantations. The three intra-couple differences examined are rubber with pakliang (RP) compared
Uraiwan Tongkaemkaew   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Impact of Root-Derived Resources on Forest Soil Invertebrates Depends on Body Size and Trophic Position

open access: yesFrontiers 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
doaj   +1 more source

Mesofauna as effective indicators of soil quality differences in the agricultural systems of central Cuba

open access: yes, 2023
Soil mesofauna play an essential role in soil functioning. However, in studies on the impact of agricultural management on soil quality, the overall abundance of soil mesofauna and specific groups thereof has not been widely used as an indicator in ...
Hernández Arboláez, Héctor Pablo   +7 more
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Evaluation of mesofauna communities as soil quality indicators in a national-level monitoring programme [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Mesofauna underpin many ecosystem functions in soils. However, mesofauna communities are often overlooked when discussing these functions on large scales. They have been proposed as bioindicators of soil quality and ecosystem health.
Aidan M. Keith   +19 more
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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

Effects of Natural Land Cover, Anthropogenic Disturbance, Space, and Climate on Oribatid Mite Communities in Canada’s Oil Sands Region

open access: yesDiversity, 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
doaj   +1 more source

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

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