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Preliminary Ecological Assessment of Waller Creek [PDF]

, 1975
This report assesses the ecological character of Waller Creek. This includes a general description, its physical setting, vegetation and habitat descriptions, ecological value indexes, and other ecological metrics.Waller Creek Working ...
Espey, Huston and Associates, Inc., URS/Forrest and Cotton, Inc.   +1 more
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Effects of organic amendments on crop production and soil fauna community in contrasting Zambian soils

Journal of Sustainable Agriculture and Environment
The use of organic materials has been widely promoted to improve soil health. Surface‐active soil macrofauna serves as a key biological indicator of soil health as it supports agricultural productivity.
Toru Hamamoto, Nhamo Nhamo, David Chikoye, Ikabongo Mukumbuta, Yoshitaka Uchida   +4 more
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Soil organisms in organic and conventional cropping systems. [PDF]

, 2002
Apesar do crescente interesse pela agricultura orgânica, são poucas as informações de pesquisa disponíveis sobre o assunto. Assim, num Argissolo Vermelho-Amarelo distrófico foram comparados os efeitos de sistemas de cultivo orgânico e convencional, para ...
ABREU JR. H, BARSDATE R.J., BETTIOL W., BOKHORST J.G, BRUSSAARD L., BRUSSAARD L., CASTRO O.M. de, CATTELAN A.J., CROSSLEY JR. D.A., CURL E.A., CURL E.A., EL TITI A., GLIESSMAN S.R., GLIESSMAN S.R., GRIGOROVA R., GRISI B.M, HANLON R.D.G., Jeferson Luiz de Carvalho Mineiro, José Abrahão Haddad Galvão, LADD J.N., LAMBAIS M.R, LARTEY R.T., LEE K.E, Marcos Antônio Vieira Ligo, MELO L.A.S., NOSEK J, PASCHOAL A.B, Raquel Ghini, RICKERL D.H., RODRIGUES G.S., SANTOS P.F., SHANNON C.E., STEPHENS P.M., SWEZEY S.L., TUITE J, Wagner Bettiol, WIGGINS E.A.   +36 more
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Community structure of soil fauna in kiwifruit plantation at different slope locations

浙江大学学报. 农业与生命科学版, 2013
Soil fauna is an important component of soil ecosystems, which plays a significant role in the decomposition of biological remains, soil properties and the enhancement of material recycling and energy conversion in soils.
XIAO Jiujin, HUANG Xiaoli, LU Changtai, ZHENG Jiadong, ZHANG Jian, YANG Wanqin   +5 more
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Effects of no tillage on the abundance and diversity of soil and olive tree canopy arthropods. [PDF]

, 2007
Soil tillage is a traditional practice in the olive groves of Trás-os-Montes region (Northeast of Portugal) where the soil is maintained without any vegetal cover.
Bento, Albino, Campos, M., Lousão, C., Pereira, J.A., Ruano, F.   +4 more
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An insight into the impact of arable farming on Irish biodiversity: A scarcity of studies hinders a rigorous assessment [PDF]

, 2008
peer-reviewedTo help understand and counteract future agronomic challenges to farmland biodiversity, it is essential to know how present farming practices have affected biodiversity on Irish farms.
Meade, Connor, Mullins, Ewen, O'Brien, Martin, Spillane, Charles   +3 more
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The role of glacier mice in the invertebrate colonisation of glacial surfaces: the moss balls of the Falljökull, Iceland [PDF]

, 2012
Glacier surfaces have a surprisingly complex ecology. Cryoconite holes contain diverse invertebrate communities while other invertebrates, such as Collembola often graze on algae and windblown dead organic on the glacier surface.
A Babenko, A Fjellberg, A Fjellberg, A Fjellberg, A Fjellberg, AJ Hodson, AM Anesio, C Säwström, CJ Heusser, D Scherrer, DE Walter, DJ Graham, DL Porazinska, FL Perez, GW Krantz, H Dastych, H Kopeszki, HT Shacklette, ID Hodkinson, IS Jonsdottir, J Eythórsson, M Chenet, M Makkonen, N. G. Midgley, P Gjelstrup, PJA Pugh, PL Hartzell, PL Hartzell, PR Porter, RA Wharton, S. J. Coulson, SJ Coulson, SJ Coulson, SP Hopkin, T Birkemoe, T Birkemoe, TC Hawes, TRE Southwood, W Block, WH Smet De, WH Smet De   +40 more
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Spatial and temporal structure of the spider community in the clay semi-desert of western Kazakhstan [PDF]

, 2011
The spatial and temporal structure of spider communities was studied in the clay semi-desert of the north-western Caspian Lowland, western Kazakhstan (49°23' N, 46°47' E).
Piterkina, Tatyana V.
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Oribatid assemblies of tropical high mountains on some points of the “Gondwana-Bridge” – a case study [PDF]

, 2008
This work is the first part of a series of studies, which introduces the methodological possibilities of coenological and zoogeographical indication and – following the climate, vegetation and elevation zones – the pattern-describing analysis of the main
Balogh, P., Farkas, E., Farkas, P., Gergócs, Veronika, Hufnagel, Levente, Kocsis, Márton   +5 more
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Impact of naphthalene on soil fauna diversity: Consequences for ecosystem functioning and carbon cycling in grasslands

Ecological Indicators
Soil fauna, key indicators of grassland ecosystem health, face significant threats from the vast amounts of chemical pollutants released by human activities.
Chengyang Zhou, Gai Hang, Xiaonan Wang, Shining Zuo, Li Liu, Ding Huang   +5 more
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