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Grazing Effects of Soil Fauna on White-Rot Fungi: Biomass, Enzyme Production and Litter Decomposition Ability

open access: yesJournal of Fungi, 2022
Soil invertebrates and microorganisms are two major drivers of litter decomposition. Even though the importance of invertebrates and microorganisms in biogeochemical soil cycles and soil food webs has been studied, the effects of invertebrates on fungi ...
Yunru Chen   +7 more
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Effects of Residue Management on Decomposition in Irrigated Rice Fields Are Not Related to Changes in the Decomposer Community. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2015
Decomposers provide an essential ecosystem service that contributes to sustainable production in rice ecosystems by driving the release of nutrients from organic crop residues.
Anja Schmidt   +11 more
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Rocks, lichens, and woody litter influenced the soil invertebrate density in upland tundra heath.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2023
Soil invertebrates are an integral part of Arctic ecosystems through their roles in the breakdown of litter, soil formation, and nutrient cycling. However, studies examining soil invertebrates in the Arctic are limited and our understanding of the ...
Olukayode O Jegede   +4 more
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The impact of invertebrate decomposers on plants and soil [PDF]

open access: yesNew Phytologist, 2021
SummarySoil invertebrates make significant contributions to the recycling of dead plant material across the globe. However, studies focussed on the consequences of decomposition for plant communities largely ignore soil fauna across all ecosystems, because microbes are often considered the primary agents of decay.
Hannah M. Griffiths   +3 more
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Gammaproteobacteria, a core taxon in the guts of soil fauna, are potential responders to environmental concentrations of soil pollutants

open access: yesMicrobiome, 2021
Background The ubiquitous gut microbiotas acquired from the environment contribute to host health. The gut microbiotas of soil invertebrates are gradually assembled from the microecological region of the soil ecosystem which they inhabit, but little is ...
Qi Zhang   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

A study of Soil Invertebrates community in a Date - Palm plantation in Baghdad, Iraq

open access: yesمجلة بغداد للعلوم, 2016
Soil invertebrates community an important role as part of essential food chain and responsible for the decomposition in the soil, helps soil aeration , nutrients recycling and increase agricultural production by providing the essential elements necessary
Baghdad Science Journal
doaj   +1 more source

Size spectra of the edaphic fauna of typical Argiudol soils of the Rolling Pampa Region, Argentina [PDF]

open access: yesBiodiversity Data Journal, 2023
Soil-dwelling organisms populate the spaces—referred to as interstices—between the litter on the soil surface and the pores in the soil's organo-mineral matrix.
Víctor Velazco   +5 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Metagenomics Shows That Termite Activities Influence the Diversity and Composition of Soil Invertebrates in Termite Mound Soils

open access: yesApplied and Environmental Soil Science, 2022
Background. Soil invertebrates are a significant part of the functioning and biodiversity of engineered soil. Nevertheless, it remains unclear how termite bioturbation that promotes soil nutrients affects the diversity and composition of invertebrates ...
Ben Jesuorsemwen Enagbonma   +1 more
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The Effect of Petroleum-Derived Substances and Their Bioremediation on Soil Enzymatic Activity and Soil Invertebrates

open access: yesAgronomy, 2021
Petroleum-derived substances (PDSs) as main pollutants of the natural environment can negatively affect the microbiological, biochemical, and biological properties of agricultural soils and, consequently, plant production.
Janina Gospodarek   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Rarity is a more reliable indicator of land-use impacts on soil invertebrate communities than other diversity metrics

open access: yeseLife, 2020
The effects of land use on soil invertebrates – an important ecosystem component – are poorly understood. We investigated land-use impacts on a comprehensive range of soil invertebrates across New Zealand, measured using DNA metabarcoding and six ...
Andrew Dopheide   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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