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Higher Soil Mesofauna Abundance and Microbial Activities Drive Litter Decomposition in Subtropical Forests

Diversity
Soil fauna play an important role in litter decomposition and affect the “home-field advantage” (HFA) of litter decomposition. However, how this effect is modulated by the microenvironment needs further investigation. We conducted a reciprocal transplant
Hong Lin, Qin Kong, Xinyu Xu, Xingbing He, Yonghui Lin, Zaihua He, Yuehong Gao, Xiangshi Kong   +7 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, Twardowski JP, Latawiec A, Medyńska-Juraszek A, Królczyk J.   +4 more
europepmc   +5 more sources

Temperate Forest Floors: Ecosystem Hubs in Transition? [PDF]

Glob Chang Biol
The forest floor (FF) is a key component of carbon, nutrient, and water cycling and represents the most biologically active part of forest soils. Despite its importance, its response to environmental change and forest management remains insufficiently studied.
Lang F, Prietzel J, Hagedorn F, Kaiser K, Schulz S, Mayer M, Vesterdal L, Bauhus J, Bergmann M, Bibinger S, Bidartondo MI, Chen JO, de Jong P, Doan TH, Haberstroh S, Hahn J, Hartmann P, Khokon AM, Kohler M, Suz LM, Meier IC, Neumann R, Paulsen H, Puhlmann H, Schack-Kirchner H, Scheu S, Schilling L, Schleppi P, Schloter M, Schwärzel K, Stutz KP, Villalba G, Wannenmacher M, Weiler M, Wellbrock N, Werner C, Niederberger J.   +36 more
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Soil Mesofauna Respond to the Upward Expansion of Deyeuxia purpurea in the Alpine Tundra of the Changbai Mountains, China. [PDF]

Plants (Basel), 2019
Deyeuxia purpurea, a low-altitude species, has been expanding upwards into alpine tundra, and this upward expansion is causing serious ecological consequences. However, few studies have been performed regarding its effects on soil faunal communities.
Tao Y, Wang Z, Ma C, He H, Xu J, Jin Y, Wang H, Zheng X.   +7 more
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Integrating Megabarcoding and Metabarcoding to Unlock Diversity and Distribution Data Shortfalls in Dark Taxa. [PDF]

Mol Ecol Resour
ABSTRACT Persistent biodiversity data shortfalls undermine our capacity to detect species, map their distributions and characterize their spatial genetic structure, limiting robust biogeographic analyses and the development of effective conservation strategies.
Santos-Perdomo I, Salces-Castellano A, Moraza ML, Mateos E, Muñoz-Barrera A, González-Montelongo R, Suárez D, Vega-Pita N, Falcón-López L, Lorenzo-Salazar JM, Flores C, Arribas P, Andújar C.   +12 more
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Soil Mesofauna Community Changes in Response to the Environmental Gradients of Urbanization in Guangzhou City

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, Shiqin Yu, Shiqin Yu, Junliang Qiu, Xiaohua Chen, Xiaofeng Luo, Xiankun Yang, Xiankun Yang, Xiankun Yang, Faming Wang, Guoliang Xu, Guoliang Xu, Guoliang Xu   +12 more
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Variations in Soil Microbiome Assembly Determine Hatching Induction of the Carrot Cyst Nematode Heterodera carotae. [PDF]

Environ Microbiol
We evaluated the impact of three soil microbiota, selected by leek, turnip, and barley, on the hatching induction of the cyst nematode Heterodera carotae after carrot root exudate supply. Our results demonstrated that rotation crops can promote the abundance of promising candidate fungal species modulating the hatching induction success.
Biget M, Vannier N, Gazengel K, Marquer B, Linglin J, Langrume C, Porte C, Chéreau S, Fouville D, Fournet S, Lebreton L, Montarry J.   +11 more
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Soil macrofauna, mesofauna and microfauna and their relationship with soil quality in agricultural areas in northern Colombia: ecological implications [PDF]

, 2022
Soil fauna is an essential component of the soil ecosystem for maintaining nutrient cycling and biological soil fertility. This study assessed the soil biodiversity (macrofauna, mesofauna, and microfauna) to define strategies for the sustainable ...
Ana Carolina Torregroza-Espinosa (8651016), María Inés Moreno Pallares (13106200), Yiseth Chamorro-Martínez (13106197), Amaira Corrales Paternina (13106206), Diana Pinto Osorio (13106203), Ana Echeverría-González (13106209)   +5 more
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Impacts of moose (Alces alces) at different simulated densities on eco-morphological groups of soil mesofauna [PDF]

, 2010
We experimentally tested the impact of browsing, defecation and urination corresponding to four different levels of moose population density on abundance and number of eco-morphological groups of soil mesofauna in a Swedish boreal forest.
Chamberlain, Daniel Edward, Bergström, Roger, Bianchi, Alessandro, Persson, Inga-Lill, Chamberlain, Dan, Danell, Kjell, Ferrazzi, Paola, Elia, Emanuela   +7 more
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Fertilization Rapidly Alters the Feeding Activity of Grassland Soil Mesofauna Independent of Management History

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022
Nitrogen fertilization of permanent grasslands affects soil fauna communities by modifying their taxonomic composition, population dynamics and feeding activity.
Klaus Birkhofer, Dennis Baulechner, Tim Diekötter, Andrey Zaitsev, Volkmar Wolters   +4 more
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