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Comparative review of the effects of organic farming on biodiversity (OF0149) [PDF]

, 1998
This is the final report of Defra project OF0149 1. The report reviews the impact of different farming regimes and makes a comparative study of their influence on the biodiversity of arable farmland. 2. Within this review, the evaluation of impacts
Brown, R. W., Gardner, Sarah M., R & D Associates   +2 more
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Foraging activity by the southern brown bandicoot (Isoodon obesulus) as a mechanism for soil turnover [PDF]

, 2012
Mammals that forage for food by biopedturbation can alter the biotic and abiotic characteristics of their habitat, influencing ecosystem structure and function.
Anderson, H., Fleming, P.A., Hardy, G.E.St.J., Valentine, L.E.   +3 more
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A review of the historic and present ecological role of aquatic and shoreline wood, from forest to deep sea

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The ecology of forests, their losses, and terrestrial wood decomposition dynamics have been intensively studied and reviewed. In the aquatic realm, reviews have concentrated on large wood (LW) in rivers and the transition from freshwater to marine environments in the Pacific Northwest of North America. However, a comprehensive global synthesis
Jon Dickson, Ellen Wohl, Laura L. Govers, Oscar Franken, Tjeerd J. Bouma, Han Olff, Britas Klemens Eriksson, Maryann S. Watson, Luísa M.S. Borges, Tjisse van der Heide   +9 more
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Investigation on litter invertebrates diversity at natural forests and reforestations of hardwood and softwood in Mazandaran(Case study: Darabkola) [PDF]

تحقیقات جنگل و صنوبر ایران, 2012
The most important role of the litter invertebrates is leaf litter decomposition and helping of nutrient elements cycling. The objective of this study was to evaluate litter invertebrates dversity within 20 years old plantations of alder (Alnus ...
Shirzad Mohammadnezhad Kiasari, Khosro Sagheb-Talebi, Ramin Rahmani, Dina Dastangoo   +3 more
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The spread of non‐native species

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The global redistribution of species through human agency is one of the defining ecological signatures of the Anthropocene, with biological invasions reshaping biodiversity patterns, ecosystem processes and services, and species interactions globally.
Phillip J. Haubrock, Ali Serhan Tarkan, Irene Martín‐Forés, Stelios Katsanevakis, Ronaldo Sousa, Ismael Soto, Andy J. Green, Antonín Kouba, Teun Everts, Victoria Dominguez Almela, Nadège Belouard, Cang Hui, Jamie Bojko, Victor Deklerck, Margaux Boeraeve, Franz Essl, J. Robert Britton   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Insight into Invertebrate Community in Solonchak Soil Type Using EDNA Metabarcoding – A Pilot Study

Contemporary Agriculture
Solonchaks are soils characterized by high concentrations of soluble salts. These soils form unique ecosystems that provide habitats for organisms adapted to such extreme conditions.
Lazić Cvijeta, Stefanović Milomir, Tubić Nataša Kočiš, Kuzmanović Ana, Radnović Dragan, Tamindžija Dragana, Milić Stanko, Vasin Jovica, Ninkov Jordana, Djan Mihajla   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Soil invertebrate abundance, diversity, and community composition across steep high elevation snowmelt gradients in the European Alps

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 2021
We studied abundance, diversity, and composition of soil invertebrates along snowmelt gradients to generally understand how soil animal communities are responding to life conditions across snowbeds along a west–east transect of the European Alps and to ...
Julia Seeber, Christian Newesely, Michael Steinwandter, Alexander Rief, Christian Körner, Ulrike Tappeiner, Erwin Meyer   +6 more
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The flexible, the stereotyped and the in‐between: putting together the combinatory tool use origins hypothesis

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Tool use research has long made the distinction between tool using that is considered learned and flexible, and that which appears to be instinctive and stereotyped. However, animals with an inherited tool use specialisation can exhibit flexibility, while tool use that is spontaneously innovated can be limited in its expression and facilitated
Jennifer A. D. Colbourne, Alice M. I. Auersperg   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Distribution and use of grasslands in the Czech Republic and biodiversity of invertebrates [PDF]

, 2008
In the Czech Republic the major focus of organic farming lies in permanent grasslands management. Animal production is mostly focused on non-milk pasture beef-raising on almost the whole farm area. By contrast conventional farms do not grass sufficiently,
Bohac, Jaroslav, Kolarova, Pavlina, Konvalina, Petr, Moudry, Jan, Moudry, Jan (Jr.)   +4 more
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Soil macrofauna in a Cerrado/Caatinga ecotone under different crops in Southwestern Piauí State, Brazil

Ciência Rural, 2017
: The aim of this study was to characterize the soil macrofauna under different crop systems and compare them to the macrofauna under the native vegetation of a Cerrado/Caatinga ecotone in southwestern Piauí State, Brazil.
Djavan Pinheiro Santos, Thiago Rodrigo Schossler, Isis Lima dos Santos, Nathália Batista Melo, Glenio Guimarães Santos   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source