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Soil fauna: key to new carbon models [PDF]
SOIL, 2016 Abstract. Soil organic matter (SOM) is key to maintaining soil fertility, mitigating climate change, combatting land degradation, and conserving above- and below-ground biodiversity and associated soil processes and ecosystem services. In order to derive management options for maintaining these essential services provided by soils, policy makers depend
Juliane Filser +13 more
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Ecosystem Health and Sustainability, 2020 Introduction: Wetland soil fauna support material cycling and restoration processes in wetland ecosystems. In our study, we observed variations in wetland soil fauna on the shores of Lake Taihu, China.
Wei Li +9 more
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Influence of Pre-Sowing Operations on Soil-Dwelling Fauna in Soybean Cultivation
Agriculture, 2021 The aim of this study was to determine the effects of different pre-sowing operations on the abundance and composition of total soil fauna in soybean cultivation, with special attention to carabids as biological indicators of agroecosystem quality.
Darija Lemic +3 more
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Journal of Tropical Soils, 2013 The composition of soil fauna community have played an important role in regulating decomposition and nutrient cycling in agro-ecosystems (include cocoa plantation). Changes in food availability and conditions in the soil habitat can affect the abundance
Laode Muhammad Harjoni Kilowasid +4 more
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GCB Bioenergy, 2022 Perennial grass energy crop production is necessary for the successful and sustainable expansion of bioenergy in North America. Numerous environmental advantages are associated with perennial grass cropping systems, including their potential to promote ...
Allison Zahorec +3 more
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Soil meso- and micro-fauna community in response to bamboo-fungus agroforestry management
Scientific Reports, 2022 Bamboo-fungus agroforestry management is an ecological model of sustainable production of moso bamboo forest, and Stropharia rugosoannulata has been widely planted in moso bamboo forest.
Jiancheng Zhao +5 more
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Four-year arable crop rotation impact on beneficial soil surface arthropod fauna restoration [PDF]
Journal of Central European Agriculture, 2016 Sugar beet production in Croatia is demanding and involves a range of activities that affect the successful production. Pests can significantly reduce yield, sugar content and root quality.
Darija LEMIĆ +4 more
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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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Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2019 Conservation agriculture (CA) (zero tillage + organic inputs as surface residue) is believed to improve soil nutrient status, soil structure, control soil erosion, and also enhance soil fauna diversity.
Fredrick Ouma Ayuke +4 more
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Applied Sciences, 2023 The soil food web is essential for the functioning of terrestrial ecosystems. The application of naphthalene is a commonly employed experimental treatment for expelling soil fauna to examine faunal effects on litter decomposition processes, for which is ...
Xuan Xu +8 more
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