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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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 ...
Peng Zan, Zijun Mao, Tao Sun
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Global distribution of soil fauna functional groups and their estimated litter consumption across biomes [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 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.
Petr Heděnec +10 more
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Climate and litter traits affect the response of litter decomposition to soil fauna [PDF]
BMC Research Notes, 2023 Objectives Soil fauna plays a crucial role in contributing to litter breakdown, accelerating the decomposition rate and enhancing the biogeochemical cycle in terrestrial ecosystems.
Dangjun Wang +5 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.
M.T. Cassani +4 more
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Soil Fauna Alter the Relationship Between Plant Litter Diversity and Microbial Communities in Mixed Litter Decomposition [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionUnderstanding how litter diversity and soil fauna drive microbial communities is critical for revealing trophic cascades in decomposition processes. We conducted a 460‐day field decomposition experiment in a subtropical forest, placing litter mixtures of
Pengpeng Dou, Dunmei Lin
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Environmental Effects on Taxonomic Turnover in Soil Fauna across Multiple Forest Ecosystems in East Asia [PDF]
Insects, 2022 The large-scale spatial variation in and causes of biotic turnover of soil fauna remain poorly understood. Analyses were conducted based on published data from 14 independent sampling sites across five forest ecosystems in East Asia. Jaccard and Sørensen’
Peikun Li +5 more
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Monitoring soil fauna with ecoacoustics. [PDF]
Proc Biol SciEcoacoustics—or acoustic ecology—aids in monitoring elusive and protected species in several ecological contexts. For example, passive acoustic monitoring (PAM), which involves autonomous acoustic sensors, is widely used to detect various taxonomic groups in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, from birds and bats to fish and cetaceans.
Robinson JM +6 more
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Yak (Bos grunniens) excreta further facilitate the positive effects of soil fauna on litter decomposition in alpine meadow ecosystems [PDF]
Communications BiologyThe influence of grazing activity, specifically excreta deposition, on the positive contributions of soil fauna to litter decomposition was not comprehensively examined.
Yingxin Wang +5 more
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Enhancement of soil microbial community stability by earthworms and collembolans in soil from abandoned coal mine lands [PDF]
Frontiers in MicrobiologySoil fauna play a critical role in the restoration of abandoned mining areas, uniquely contributing to soil formation, development, and the rehabilitation of degraded soils. This role is intricately linked with miwcrobial activity.
Junli Jia +7 more
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