Responses of grassland soil mesofauna to induced climate change [PDF]
Scientific ReportsClimate change can significantly affect the below and above-ground ecosystems. This study aimed to test the effects of induced climate change on the composition of soil mesofauna and vascular plant species in semi-natural grasslands.
Iwona Gruss +5 more
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Abiotic and Biotic Soil Characteristics in Old Growth Forests and Thinned or Unthinned Mature Stands in Three Regions of Oregon [PDF]
Diversity, 2012 We compared forest floor depth, soil organic matter, soil moisture, anaerobic mineralizable nitrogen (a measure of microbial biomass), denitrification potential, and soil/litter arthropod communities among old growth, unthinned mature stands, and thinned
David A. Perry +3 more
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Risk assessment of low-temperature biochar used as soil amendment on soil mesofauna. [PDF]
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int, 2019 Biochar as a carbon-rich highly porous substance has been proposed for use in agriculture and horticulture as a soil amendment. One of the main concerns of this application of biochar is its potential contamination with heavy metals (HMs) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. The aim of this research was to access the environmental risk of biochar used
Gruss I +4 more
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The structure of salt marsh soil mesofauna food webs - The prevalence of disturbance. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 Mesofauna taxa fill key trophic positions in soil food webs, even in terrestrial-marine boundary habitats characterized by frequent natural disturbances. Salt marshes represent such boundary habitats, characterized by frequent inundations increasing from
Kristin Haynert +4 more
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Soil mesofauna in fire-induced oak forest [PDF]
Acta Biologica Sibirica, 2017 The soil invertebrates inhabiting the territory of the pyrogenic succession in the oak forests, were investigated in comparison with the control plots where there was no fire within two years.
S. S. Rubtsov, O. P. Negrobov
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Soil mesofauna in consolidated land use systems: how management affects soil and litter invertebrates [PDF]
Scientia Agricola, 2019 : Soil mesofauna consists of small invertebrates that live in the soil or litter and are sensitive to climatic conditions, management systems, plant cover and physical or chemical soil attributes.
Maurício Rumenos Guidetti Zagatto +4 more
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Soil mesofauna in pine forests of the Volga-Kama Reserve
Трансформация экосистемThe results of studies in soil mesofauna at pine forests of Saraly and Raifa sectors of VolgaKana Reserve are presented in paper. These sectors are located in different landscape zones. The research was conducted in pine forests of the Volga-Kama Natural
Sukhodolskaya R.A. +4 more
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021 There has been a recent increase in interest on how urbanization affects soil fauna communities. However, previous studies primarily focused on some limited land use types or line transects of urban-rural gradients. At family and higher taxonomic levels,
Shiqin Yu +12 more
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Population and Diversity of Soil and Leaf Litter Mesofauna in Arable Soils at The Agriculture Experimental Field of University of Lampung [PDF]
Journal of Tropical Soils, 2017 The research was conducted to study the population and diversity of soil and leaf litter mesofauna in arable soils under different types of vegetation and slope at the Agriculture Experimental Field (AEF) of University of Lampung.
Mas Achmad Syamsul Arif +3 more
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Effect of oil spillage on abundance and diversity of soil mesofauna in Bodo city, Niger Delta Nigeria [PDF]
Tropical Plant Research, 2018 The abundance and species diversity of mesofauna were surveyed in the unpolluted site, remediated site and crude oil polluted sites to examine the effect of crude oil on the abundance and diversity of mesofauna.
S. A. Adeduntan, O. O. Owokotomo
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