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Differential impact of pesticides and biopesticides on edaphic invertebrate communities in a citrus agroecosystem

Invertebrate Survival Journal, 2018
Edaphic invertebrate fauna is usually exposed directly or indirectly to a wide range of pesticides in agroecosystems worldwide. Very few studies have assessed the negative effects of these pesticides on the diversity and population dynamics of soil ...
M Z Majeed, M Naveed, M A Riaz, C S Ma, M Afzal   +4 more
doaj  

Dynamic response of communities and ecosystem functions to ecosystem engineering and multiple stressors in a marine mussel bed

Oikos, EarlyView.
Ecosystem engineers are crucial to the development of coastal ecosystem communities and functions. However, a better understanding of how environmental stressors affect ecosystem engineering and thereby influence communities and ecosystem dynamics is needed. We conducted an in situ experiment in a blue mussel Mytilus spp.
Félix Lauzon, Charlotte Carrier‐Belleau, Jérémie Boucher‐Fontaine, Philippe Archambault, Mathieu Cusson, Frédéric Guichard   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Greater future range expansions in alien than native ant species

Oikos, EarlyView.
There is growing concern that many species may not be able to track suitable conditions under climate change and suffer range contractions as a result. At the same time, alien species introduced to novel geographic ranges are often assumed to benefit from climate change.
Tongyi Liu, Sébastien Ollier, Cleo Bertelsmeier   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Divergent changes in diversity and network complexity across different trophic-level organisms drive soil multifunctionality of fire-impacted subtropical forests

Forest Ecosystems
Widespread forest fires pose significant challenges to the diverse communities of soil-dwelling organisms and the multiple ecosystem functions they support.
Luhong Zhou, Shangshi Liu, Debao Lin, Hang-Wei Hu, Ji-Zheng He   +4 more
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Biodiversity of Soil Invertebrates

Abstract Healthy soil is the fundament for all life in terrestrial habitats. It provides the nutrients and water for plant growth and the plants form the food basis for heterotrophic organisms, such as fungi, animals, and many microorganisms.
openaire   +1 more source

The interacting effects of precipitation and microhabitat on non‐native seed predation are contingent on temporal dynamics

Oikos, EarlyView.
Understanding how different drivers of global change interact to shape ecological processes remains a major challenge in ecology. Climate change is reshuffling the interactions that structure communities, with major implications for biological invasions.
Mariana C. Chiuffo, Agostina Torres, Mauro N. Tammone, Martin A. Nuñez, Mariano A. Rodriguez‐Cabal   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Laminarinases in Soil and Litter Invertebrates [PDF]

Nature, 1963
LAMINARINASES, enzymes hydrolysing β-D-(1→3)-glu-cans, are widely distributed among micro-organisms1–3. Chesters and Bull1,2 examined their occurrence in 160 fungi. Eighty per cent of the species showed laminarinase activity. Fifty-six per cent of them had laminarinases of the endohydrolytic type (yielding laminaridextrins as initial products), 25 per ...
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Ecosystem engineers and functional dominance: when species loss matters for ecosystem function

Oikos, EarlyView.
Understanding when and why species loss affects community function in natural communities remains an open question in ecology. Recent cross‐system analyses have shown that functional dominance is associated with whether species loss matters: in communities dominated by few high‐performing species, lost species contribute little to function.
Gianluca Sarà, Yun‐wei Dong, Maria Cristina Mangano   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Identifying knowledge barriers to agroforestry adoption and co‐designing solutions to them

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Compared to monocultures, agroforestry can promote biodiversity, ecosystem functioning and climate resilience, whilst maintaining or enhancing production and profits. Despite this, uptake in temperate regions remains low. Knowledge gaps amongst land managers are a primary barrier to uptake, but little is known about which aspects of ...
Amelia S. C. Hood, Verena Scherfranz, Rosy E. Scholes, Erika Degani, Tom Staton, Alexa Varah, Lena Schaller, Alice L. Mauchline   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of Avermectins on the Environment Based on Its Toxicity to Plants and Soil Invertebrates-a Review. [PDF]

Water Air Soil Pollut, 2022
de Souza RB, Guimarães JR.
europepmc   +1 more source