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Impact of Agricultural Practices on Biodiversity of Soil Invertebrates [PDF]
, 2021 Soil fauna plays a key role in many soil functions, such as organic matter decomposition, humus formation, and nutrient release, modifying soil structure, and improving its fertility.
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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
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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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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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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.
J.V. Martín +12 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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Climate Change in the Underworld: Impacts for Soil-Dwelling Invertebrates [PDF]
, 2016 This chapter reviews and discusses the impact of elevated atmospheric CO2 and climatic changes on three of the functionally most important invertebrate taxa in soil ecosystems: nematodes, insects, and earthworms.
Nielsen, Uffe N. +7 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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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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How Soil Invertebrates Deal With Microplastic Contamination [PDF]
, 2021 Small animals living in soils, called soil invertebrates, represent a very diverse group of soil inhabitants. They include earthworms, woodlice, spiders, springtails, mites, and some insects. Soil invertebrates feed on dead plants, on fungi and bacteria,
Waldman, Walter R. +3 more
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