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Effects of Residue Management on Decomposition in Irrigated Rice Fields Are Not Related to Changes in the Decomposer Community. [PDF]
PLoS 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.
PLoS 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]
New 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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Biotechnology, environmental forcing, and unintended trophic cascades [PDF]
, 2009 A long ongoing discussion between scientists and policy decision-makers seems to have entered recently into a new phase. The consequences of release of transgenic crops into the environment are being discussed not only by scientists but also by farmers ...
Lotz, L.A.P., Mulder, C.
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Microbiome, 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
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A study of Soil Invertebrates community in a Date - Palm plantation in Baghdad, Iraq
مجلة 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
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Applied 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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Agronomy, 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
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Effects of Red-Backed Salamanders on Ecosystem Functions [PDF]
, 2014 Ecosystems provide a vast array of services for human societies, but understanding how various organisms contribute to the functions that maintain these services remains an important ecological challenge.
Babbitt, Kimberly J., Hocking, Daniel J.
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eLife, 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
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