Global distribution of soil fauna functional groups and their estimated litter consumption across biomes. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2022 Soil invertebrates (i.e., soil fauna) are important drivers of many key processes in soils including soil aggregate formation, water retention, and soil organic matter transformation.
Heděnec P +10 more
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Effects of soil fauna on litter decomposition in Chinese forests: a meta-analysis. [PDF]
PeerJ, 2022 Litter quality and climate have been presumed to be the dominant factors regulating litter decomposition rates on broad spatial scales. However, the role of soil fauna on litter decomposition is poorly understood, despite the fact that it could strongly ...
Zan P, Mao Z, Sun T.
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Ecological Indicators, 2021 The relationship between soil fauna and vegetation diversity has been of continuous concern. The effects of the “Grain-for-Green” program on the Loess Plateau in maintaining the abundance and diversity of soil fauna are poorly understood.
Xi Yang +4 more
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Plant diversity increases the abundance and diversity of soil fauna: A meta-analysis
Geoderma, 2022 Soil fauna communities are an important component of soil biodiversity, which is key to myriad terrestrial ecosystem processes. However, despite the current alarming loss of plant diversity, it remains unclear how plant diversity affects soil fauna ...
Yakun Zhang +3 more
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Litter decomposition by soil fauna: effect of land use in agroecosystems. [PDF]
Heliyon, 2021 Soil fauna plays a key role in organic matter decomposition. Litter decomposition depends on the relationships of soil fauna and microorganisms as well as climate and litter quality. The decomposer community is sensitive to land use.
Cassani MT +4 more
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Population and Distribution of Some Soil MesoFauna in the Inactive Tailing Deposition Areas of Freeport Indonesia, Timika-Papua [PDF]
Journal of Tropical Soils, 2013 Soil fauna has played an important role in ecosystem functioning, especially as ecosystem engineers which contribute to soil fertility in tropical environment.
Irnanda Aiko Fifi Djuuna
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Collembola are Among the Most Pesticide-Sensitive Soil Fauna Groups: A Meta-Analysis. [PDF]
Environ Toxicol Chem, 2022 Pesticides are a major concern because of their deleterious impacts on biodiversity and on the ecological functions provided by living organisms. Although earthworms are well studied, smaller‐sized organisms, such as Collembola, also contribute to the ...
Joimel S +3 more
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Soil fauna drives vertical redistribution of soil organic carbon in a long-term irrigated dry pine forest. [PDF]
Glob Chang Biol, 2022 Summer droughts strongly affect soil organic carbon (SOC) cycling, but net effects on SOC storage are unclear as drought affects both C inputs and outputs from soils.
Guidi C +12 more
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Conceptualizing soil fauna effects on labile and stabilized soil organic matter. [PDF]
Nat CommunFauna is highly abundant and diverse in soils worldwide, but surprisingly little is known about how it affects soil organic matter stabilization. Here, we review how the ecological strategies of a multitude of soil faunal taxa can affect the formation ...
Angst G +6 more
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Gammaproteobacteria, a core taxon in the guts of soil fauna, are potential responders to environmental concentrations of soil pollutants. [PDF]
Microbiome, 2021 Background The ubiquitous gut microbiotas acquired from the environment contribute to host health. The gut microbiotas of soil invertebrates are gradually assembled from the microecological region of the soil ecosystem which they inhabit, but little is ...
Zhang Q +6 more
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