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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Environmental differences between sites control the diet and nutrition of the carnivorous plant Drosera rotundifolia [PDF]
, 2018 Background and aims: Carnivorous plants are sensitive to small changes in resource availability, but few previous studies have examined how differences in nutrient and prey availability affect investment in and the benefit of carnivory.
A Chao +59 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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Multistep introduction of bacteria to natural substrates at different initial inoculation doses [PDF]
, 2009 The population dynamics of the saprotrophic Pseudomonas fluorescens 32 gfp bacteria and two conventionally pathogenic enterobacteria (Escherichia coli 0157:H7 and Salmonella enterica var.
Bruggen, A.H.C., van +3 more
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Towards an ecological index for tropical soil quality based on soil macrofauna [PDF]
, 2009 The objective of this work was to construct a simple index based on the presence/absence of different groups of soil macrofauna to determine the ecological quality of soils.
Geissen, V. +5 more
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The Roles of Invertebrates in the Urban Soil Microbiome
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2019 Urban soils differ from those in other managed ecosystems in many ways, including their heterogeneity, unique organic matter inputs and exposure to past and present anthropogenic activities.
Natalie Bray, Kyle Wickings
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Heavy metals in carabids (Coleoptera, Carabidae) [PDF]
, 2011 Carabid beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae) are one of the most studied soil groups in relation to heavy metal (HM) accumulation and use for bioindication of environmental pollution. Accumulation of Zn and Cu in carabid beetles was species-, sex- and trophic
Butovsky, Ruslan
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Ecotoxicity test as an aid in the determination of copper guideline values in soils [PDF]
Ciência Rural, 2020 : The process of identifying a contaminated area involves a preliminary assessment consisting of chemical analysis and comparison with guideline values. In Brazil, these values are included in the CONAMA Resolution no.
Bruna Faria Simões +4 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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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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