Incorporation of mineral nitrogen into the soil food web as affected by plant community composition
Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Although nitrogen (N) deposition is increasing globally, N availability still limits many organisms, such as microorganisms and mesofauna. However, little is known to which extent soil organisms rely on mineral‐derived N and whether plant community ...
Tanja Strecker +9 more
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Biodiversity and ecosystem function in soil [PDF]
, 2005 1. Soils are one of the last great frontiers for biodiversity research and are home to an extraordinary range of microbial and animal groups. Biological activities in soils drive many of the key ecosystem processes that govern the global system ...
Finlay B.J. +9 more
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Land use not litter quality is a stronger driver of decomposition in hyperdiverse tropical forest [PDF]
, 2017 Funded by Natural Environment Research Council.
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A comparative study of the chemical and integrated treatments impact against the defoliating insects on the structure and dynamics of the edaphic mesofauna in two oak forests from North-Eastern Romania [PDF]
, 2009 The author presents in this paper some aspects about the edaphicmicroarthropods from the organic horizon of two forest soils belonging to the Ciurea Forest District, Iasi County: ªanta (mixed stands mainly with oak, chemically treated against defoliating
Adina Cãlugãr
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Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 2021 Forest soil food webs have been assumed to be fueled substantially by root-derived resources. However, until today the flux of root-derived resources into soil animals has been investigated virtually exclusively using isotope labeling experiments ...
Sarah L. Bluhm +8 more
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Comparison of soil mesofauna communities in protected forests and production forests of Pesanggrahan Beach, Malang Regency [PDF]
BIO Web of ConferencesMesofauna soil plays an important role for balancing soil ecosystem and its abundance is influenced by soil environment. This study aims to reveal and compare soil mesofauna communities based on H', E, R, IVI, litter decomposition rate and the ...
Wanodya Tiara Raras +3 more
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AgricultureSoil quality decline can adversely affect ecosystem health and land productivity, with soil-dwelling mesofauna considered to potentially fulfill vital functions in accurately predicting these outcomes. However, the current state of research reveals a gap
Chen Ma, Xin Yao, Guoming Du
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Journal of Plant Protection Research, 2018 In this study the effect of different grassland managements (cattle grazing with different intensities and mowing) on soil mesofauna, i.e. mites (Acari) and springtails (Collembola), was studied.
Iwona Gruss +3 more
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Soil mesoarthropods in areas of coal mining under environmental recovery [PDF]
Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira, 2017 : The objective of this work was to evaluate the soil mesofauna composition in non-mining and in mining areas under environmental recovery with native vegetation and forest planting, in a coalmine in Southern Brazil.
Dayanna do Nascimento Machado +2 more
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Fine Scale Determinants of Soil Litter Fauna on a Mediterranean Mixed Oak Forest Invaded by the Exotic Soil-Borne Pathogen Phytophthora cinnamomi [PDF]
, 2018 16 páginas.-- 5 figuras.-- 1 tablas.-- 56 referencias.-- This article belongs to the Special Issue "Ecology and Management of Invasive Species in Forest Ecosystems".There is growing recognition of the importance of soil fauna for modulating nutrient ...
Godoy, Óscar +4 more
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