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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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Soil invertebrates and ecosystem services
European Journal of Soil Biology, 2006 Invertebrates play significant, but largely ignored, roles in the delivery of ecosystem services by soils at plot and landscape scales. They participate actively in the interactions that develop in soil among physical, chemical and biological processes.
Lavelle, Patrick +8 more
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Vegetation and vertebrate abundance as drivers of bioturbation patterns along a climate gradient.
PLoS ONE, 2022 Bioturbators shape their environment with considerable consequences for ecosystem processes. However, both the composition and the impact of bioturbator communities may change along climatic gradients.
Diana Kraus +8 more
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Heathland Restoration Techniques: Ecological Consequences for Plant-Soil and Plant-Animal Interactions [PDF]
, 2011 We compare the soil and plant community development during heathland restoration on improved farmland when achieved through soil stripping with that achieved through soil acidification.
Diaz, Anita +2 more
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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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Environmental assay on the effect of poultry manure application on soil organisms in agroecosystems [PDF]
, 2012 This paper reports the effects produced on the organisms of the soil (plants, invertebrates and microorganisms), after the application of two types of poultry manure (sawdust and straw bed) on an agricultural land.
Alonso +20 more
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Towards a method for the economic evaluation of environmental indicators in UK Integrated Arable Farming Systems [PDF]
, 1999 Integrated Arable Farming Systems (IAFS), which involve a reduction in the use of off-farm inputs, are attracting considerable research interest in the UK.
Bailey, Alison +4 more
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Size spectra of the edaphic fauna of typical Argiudol soils of the Rolling Pampa Region, Argentina [PDF]
Biodiversity 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
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The Insect Community on the Soil Surface
EDIS, 2011 It’s easy to find and collect insects, related arthropods, and other invertebrates from the soil surface using simple materials that are readily available.
Harsimran K. Gill +2 more
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