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Spatial variation in biodiversity, soil degradation and productivity in agricultural landscapes in the highlands of Tigray, northern Ethiopia [PDF]

, 2009
There is a growing concern about food security and sustainability of agricultural production in developing countries. However, there are limited attempts to quantify agro-biodiversity losses and relate these losses to soil degradation and crop ...
Bruggen, A.H.C., van, Hadgu, K.M., Kooistra, L., Rossing, W.A.H.   +3 more
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Towards an integrative understanding of soil biodiversity [PDF]

, 2019
Soil is one of the most biodiverse terrestrial habitats. Yet, we lack an integrative conceptual framework for understanding the patterns and mechanisms driving soil biodiversity.
Brose, Ulrich, De Vries, Franciska T., Lavelle, Patrick, Loreau, Michel, Mathieu, Jerome, Mulder, Christian, Phillips, Helen R. P., Rillig, Matthias C., Thakur, Madhav P., Van der Putten, Wim H.   +9 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., Finlay B.J., Groombridge B., Kowalchuk G.A., Liu W.T., Manefield M., Meselson M., Morton J.B., Torsvik V., Wall D.   +9 more
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Potential Impacts of Agroforestry on Controlling Soil Degradation by Water Erosion in the Agricultural Lands of Foothills North-West of Dahra (Mostaganem, Algeria)

Proceedings, 2020
Located in the North-West of Algeria, the foothills of Dahra are affected by the problems of water erosion where agricultural soils are under severe degradation due to the mismatch influence between a semi-arid climate and the prevailing cropping systems
Amina Hamadi, Mohamed Larid, José Alfonso Gómez, Habib Ouabel   +3 more
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Spotlight on the unseen majority – the way to open community-driven publishing for global soil biodiversity

Soil Organisms, 2023
Soil biodiversity does not only represent a major share of the total Earth’s biodiversity, but has also major importance for the functioning of terrestrial ecosystems.
Nico Eisenhauer, Willi E. R. Xylander, Anton Potapov   +2 more
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Mapping Soil Biodiversity in Europe and the Netherlands

Soil Systems, 2019
Soil is fundamental for the functioning of terrestrial ecosystems, but our knowledge about soil organisms and the habitat they provide (shortly: Soil biodiversity) is poorly developed.
Michiel Rutgers, Jeroen P. van Leeuwen, Dirk Vrebos, Harm J. van Wijnen, Ton Schouten, Ron G. M. de Goede   +5 more
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How 75 years of rubber monocropping affects soil fauna and nematodes as the bioindicators for soil biodiversity quality index

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica. Section B, Soil and Plant Science, 2022
Natural rubber consumption has led to the expansion of rubber (Hevea brasiliensis) plantations which affects the deforestation and ecosystem. However, no study of the long-term effect of rubber plantations on soil biodiversity has been carried out yet ...
Phantip Panklang, Philippe Thaler, Alexis Thoumazeau, Rawee Chiarawipa, Sayan Sdoodee, Alain Brauman   +5 more
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Humusica: Soil biodiversity and global change [PDF]

Bulletin of Geography. Physical Geography Series, 2018
Abstract Born in Trento (Italy, 2003) for the purpose of standardising vocabulary and units of humus form classification, after publishing a first synthetic classification e-book (Zanella et al. 2011) they do not cover all site conditions in the European area.
Zanella, Augusto, Ascher-Jenull, Judith, Ponge, Jean-François, Bolzonella, Cristian, Banas, Damien, de Nobili, Maria, Fusaro, Silvia, Sella, Luca, Giannini, Raffaello   +8 more
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Linking soil bacterial biodiversity and soil carbon stability [PDF]

The ISME Journal, 2014
Abstract Native soil carbon (C) can be lost in response to fresh C inputs, a phenomenon observed for decades yet still not understood. Using dual-stable isotope probing, we show that changes in the diversity and composition of two functional bacterial groups occur with this ‘priming’ effect.
Rebecca L, Mau, Cindy M, Liu, Maliha, Aziz, Egbert, Schwartz, Paul, Dijkstra, Jane C, Marks, Lance B, Price, Paul, Keim, Bruce A, Hungate   +8 more
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Microbial responses to changes in land use [PDF]

, 2011
Background/Question/Methods Land use change is one of the greatest threats to biodiversity worldwide. This is especially true for land use change that results in the destruction of intact forest, or "deforestation”.
Brendan Bohannan, Brigitte Feigl, James Tiedje, Jorge Rodrigues, Klaus Nü, Rebecca C. Mueller, Vivian Pellizari   +6 more
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