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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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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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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A soil food web approach to integrate soil fauna into multitrophic biogeochemistry [PDF]
Communications Earth & EnvironmentSoil fauna is essential in mediating the formation and turnover of soil organic matter, the largest terrestrial pool of organic carbon, yet remains absent from nearly all existing biogeochemical conceptual frameworks.
Justine D. M. Lejoly +2 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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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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Soil Fauna Accelerate Litter Decomposition of Cry1Ac Transgenic Maize Independently of Microbial α-Diversity: A Multi-Year, Multi-Region Field Study [PDF]
AnimalsThe return of Bt transgenic maize litter to farmland may affect soil fauna and litter decomposition. From 2015 to 2018, we carried out a multi-year, multi-region litterbag experiment in three major maize-growing regions of China using Cry1Ac transgenic ...
Baifeng Wang +5 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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