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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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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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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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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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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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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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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