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2016
One of the most striking things about soil is that it harbours a remarkable diversity of life. A handful of soil from any well-kept garden, forest, or agricultural field, can contain literally billions of individual organisms and thousands of species.
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One of the most striking things about soil is that it harbours a remarkable diversity of life. A handful of soil from any well-kept garden, forest, or agricultural field, can contain literally billions of individual organisms and thousands of species.
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Ecosystem Carbon and Soil Biodiversity
2013Soils harbor a great diversity and abundance of soil biota, but because it is mostly invisible to our naked eye we are only just starting to discover it. This is not surprising given the estimated diversity of up to 106 species of bacteria per g of soil.
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Assessing soil biodiversity potentials in Europe
Science of The Total Environment, 2017Soil is important as a critical component for the functioning of terrestrial ecosystems. The largest part of the terrestrial biodiversity relies, directly or indirectly, on soil. Furthermore, soil itself is habitat to a great diversity of organisms. The suitability of soil to host such a diversity is strongly related to its physico-chemical features ...
Ece Aksoy +5 more
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Interpreting soil ciliate biodiversity
Plant and Soil, 1995The results of soil ciliate frequency studies of 47 field studies, from 12 ecosystem types, were combined with recent concepts and observations to assess the importance of soil ciliate biodiversity in ecosystem functioning. A few species typically furnish most of the individuals; increases in biodiversity, produced by less common species, alters soil ...
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The most abundant multicellular organisms in the soil are fungi (although the group also contains unicellular members – yeasts). Fungi are an extremely diverse group of heterotrophic organisms. Most are saprophytic, playing key roles in decomposition and pedogenesis processes.
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Linking soil biodiversity and agricultural soil management
Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 2012Soil biodiversity vastly exceeds aboveground biodiversity, and is prerequisite for ecosystem stability and services. This review presents recent findings in soil biodiversity research focused on interrelations with agricultural soil management. Richness and community structure of soil biota depend on plant biodiversity and vice versa. Soil biota govern
Thiele-Bruhn, S. +4 more
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Soil Biodiversity and Tree Crops Resilience
2017Promoting resilience in agroecosystems is a promising strategy for sustainable management of tree crops. Belowground biological communities provide several environmental services, including food webs structure stability and biodiversity conservation in aggregates, that contribute to crop production and effectively respond to disturbances caused by ...
Ciancio A, Gamboni M
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Soil phosphorus constrains biodiversity across European grasslands
Global Change Biology, 2014AbstractNutrient pollution presents a serious threat to biodiversity conservation. In terrestrial ecosystems, the deleterious effects of nitrogen pollution are increasingly understood and several mitigating environmental policies have been developed. Compared to nitrogen, the effects of increased phosphorus have received far less attention, although ...
Ceulemans, Tobias +18 more
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