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Soil Macrofauna Abundance and Taxonomic Richness under Long-Term No-Till Conservation Agriculture in a Semi-Arid Environment of South Africa

Agronomy, 2022
Soil macrofauna are a critical component for ecosystem function and strongly affect production sustainability. The effect of fertiliser management practices, in different cropping systems, on soil macrofauna communities remains poorly understood in semi ...
Samukelisiwe G. Zulu, Nozipho M. Motsa, Nkanyiso J. Sithole, Lembe S. Magwaza, Khayelihle Ncama   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Exclusion of soil macrofauna did not affect soil quality but increased crop yields in a sub-humid tropical maize-based system

, 2015
Soil macrofauna such as earthworms and termites are involved in key ecosystem functions and thus considered important for sustainable intensification of crop production.
Ayuke, Fredrick O., Hoogmoed, Marianne, Hurisso, T., Ndabamenye, T., Paul, Birthe K., Pulleman, Mirjam M., Six, Johan, Terano, Y., Vanlauwe, Bernard   +8 more
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SOIL MESO- AND MACROFAUNA IN TWO SOYBEAN CROPS AFTER SWINE WASTEWATER APPLICATION [PDF]

Engenharia Agrícola, 2017
Hog raising generates a large amount of residues that is commonly discarded into the soil as fertilizer even with environmental risks. In this context, the aim of this study was to assess the application effects of different doses of swine wastewater (SW)
Ana P. C. Maciel, Silvio C. Sampaio, Marcelo B. Remor, Danielle M. Rosa, Ralpho R. Dos Reis   +4 more
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The in vitro influence of the burrowing polychaete Nereis diversicolor on the fate of petroleum hydrocarbons in marine sediments [PDF]

, 1994
The in vitro fate of the saturated hydrocarbon fraction (SF) of Arabian Light crude oil has been studied in PVC cores filled with a coastal marine sediment defaunated by sieving.
Aller, Aller, Atlas, Barbanti, Bauer, Bertrand, Bertrand, Bonin, Flootgate, Forster-Smith, Gardner, Gerino, Gerino, Gordon, Helder, Karickhoff, Koerting-Walker, Krantzberg, Kristensen, Kristensen, Kristensen, Lee, Levell, Mahaut, McElroy, Meadows, Mille, Siron   +27 more
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The influence of soil communities on the temperature sensitivity of soil respiration [PDF]

, 2018
Soil respiration represents a major carbon flux between terrestrial ecosystems and the atmosphere, and is expected to accelerate under climate warming.
AM Makarieva, B Bond-Lamberty, B Bond-Lamberty, B Bond-Lamberty, CD Koven, CE Hicks Pries, CJ Mikan, CO Nielsen, CP Giardina, E Dorrepaal, EA Davidson, EA Davidson, G Yvon-Durocher, H Chen, H Ferris, H Petersen, J Kozlowski, J Laybourn, J Yang, JA Subke, JC Carey, JF Exbrayat, JH Brown, JH Brown, JS Clein, JW Raich, K Karhu, KB Suttle, LE Rustad, M Nie, M Reichstein, MA Bradford, MD Mahecha, MJI Briones, MP Thakur, N Eisenhauer, N Fierer, P Hogberg, PM Cox, R Aerts, R Klekowski, RB Ehnes, RM Sibly, SL Chown, T Fenchel, TC Balser, TD Meehan, TW Crowther, X Xu   +48 more
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Soil macrofauna under laying hens’ grazed fields in two different agroecosystems in Portugal

Open Agriculture, 2023
Although chickens can improve the chemical properties of soil through the deposition of excreta, their effects on soil macrofauna are poorly known. This work assessed the effects of grazing indigenous laying hens on soil macrofauna of two agroecosystems ...
Soares Pedro R., Guilherme Rosa, Conceição Antónia, Galhano Cristina   +3 more
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Soil macrofauna as a bioindicator of soil quality in successional agroforestry systems

Research, Society and Development, 2021
The objective of this study was to evaluate soil macrofauna as a bioindicator of soil quality in successional agroforestry systems and secondary forests. The study was conducted in the southern lower region of Bahia in Brazil, in two areas: a successional agroforestry system (AFS18) and native forest (NF).
Rafaela Martins da Silva, Rakiely Martins da Silva, Sandra Santana de Lima, Jianne Rafaela Mazzini de Souza, Jheny Kesley Mazzini de Souza, Gilberto Terra Ribeiro, Guilherme Montandon Chaer   +6 more
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Soil macrofauna in areas with different ages after Pinus patula clearcutting

Universitas Scientiarum, 2018
In Andean high montane areas, the establishment of exotic tree forests changes the soil dynamics and its biodiversity. Soil macrofauna act as indicators of ecosystem successional processes, and may have an important role in ecological restoration ...
Esteban Tulande-M.1, *, José Ignacio Barrera-Cataño, Carlos Eduardo Alonso-Malaver, Carlos Morantes-Ariza, Sofía Basto
doaj   +1 more source

Effects of compost application on soil macrofauna and soil functions in oil palm plantation – Biofunctool® approach [PDF]

, 2019
Oil palm produces about 38.7% of all vegetable oil (palm oil and palm kernel oil, 2016) and its cultivation area reach in 18.7 million ha worldwide (mature plantations) in 2017.
Baron, Victor, Brauman, Alain, Caliman, Jean-Pierre, Marichal, Raphaël, Renevier, Marie-Sophie, Thoumazeau, Alexis   +5 more
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Free‐living Black‐tailed Godwits maintain constant intake rates across varying grassland habitat conditions by adjusting their foraging behaviour

Ibis, EarlyView.
Free‐living birds need to acquire enough food to fulfil their energetic needs, which may require more effort in habitats with less favourable conditions. Therefore, to maintain their necessary energy intake, birds need to adjust their foraging behaviour in response to varying habitat conditions.
Renée Veenstra, Mohamed Henriques, Timo Keuning, Jeroen Onrust, Matty P. Berg, Theunis Piersma   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source