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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, Ervandil Corrêa Costa, Leandra Pedron   +2 more
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Responses of Soil Arthropod Communities to Varying Shading Levels in Agriphotovoltaic Systems

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Soil fauna was primarily influenced by crop type and season rather than AgriPhotovoltaic (APV) panels. Elevated panels increased soil temperature and soil organic matter in early wheat stages, while shading enhanced soil moisture for tomatoes, benefiting moisture‐sensitive taxa.
Cristina Menta, Aldo Dal Prà, Jasmine Scartozzi, Federico Gavinelli, Giuseppe Concheri, Piergiorgio Stevanato, Gabriele Testa, Giancarlo Ghidesi, Sara Remelli   +8 more
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Soil inoculation enhances early‐phase reintroduction success in two rare plant species

Restoration Ecology, EarlyView.
Abstract Introduction Reintroduction for conservation is an important measure to restore populations of vulnerable plant species. However, reintroduction success rates are relatively low. Inoculating reintroduced plants with facilitative microorganisms from native populations may enhance their performance.
Sina Bohm, Rosa Boone, Ilse J. G. Verkerk, Evanne Y. Slagter, Niels C. A. M. Wagemaker, Bjorn Robroek, Philippine Vergeer   +6 more
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Seasonal Drivers Exert Stronger Effects on Mesofauna Communities than Agricultural Management in Two Contrasting Arable Soils

Agronomy
Soil mesofauna play important roles in soil food webs, organic matter decomposition, and nutrient cycling. We quantified mesofauna responses to tillage, liming, fertilisation, and Geo2 biostimulant application at two Croatian experimental sites differing
Ana Kiš, Goran Palijan, Olga Jovanović Glavaš, Tamara Đerđ, Danijel Jug, Irena Jug, Branimir Hackenberger Kutuzović, Davorka Hackenberger Kutuzović   +7 more
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Decomponology: A board game for understanding soil carbon dynamics

Natural Sciences Education, Volume 55, Issue 2, December 2026.
Abstract Soils sustain life and regulate global carbon cycling, yet the processes governing soil organic matter dynamics are inherently complex, involving multiple pathways and positive and negative feedbacks. Traditional concepts such as humus often portrayed soil carbon as a static pool whose persistence was attributed largely to the inherent ...
Priscila Pinto, Bruno Bazzoni, Paula Berenstecher, Cecilia Casas, Ximena López Zieher, M. Soledad Méndez, Marina Omacini, Gervasio Piñeiro, Lucía Vivanco, Laura Yahdjian, Maria‐Victoria Piazza   +10 more
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Global distribution of expertise on soil micro- and mesofauna biodiversity evaluated by data science tools

Soil Organisms
Soils harbor a complex and diverse set of organisms able to regulate numerous environmental processes and affect the provision of various ecosystem services.
Maria Elizabeth Fernandes Correia, George Brown, Cintia Niva, Luiz Fernando Antunes, Talita Ferreira, Maria Inês Oliveira, Juaci Malaquias, Ozanival Silva, Natalia Eugenio   +8 more
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Comunidade microbiana e mesofauna edáficas em solo sob caatinga no semi-árido da Paraíba Soil microbial community and mesofauna under dry forest vegetation in the semi-arid region of Paraíba, Brazil

Revista Brasileira de Ciência do Solo, 2008
A atividade biológica do solo é responsável por inúmeras transformações físicas e químicas dos resíduos orgânicos que são depositados, mantendo, assim, a sustentabilidade do ambiente.
Patrícia Carneiro Souto, Jacob Silva Souto, José Romilson Paes de Miranda, Rivaldo Vital dos Santos, Allyson Rocha Alves   +4 more
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Soils and Ecosystems Across the Junction Hill Moraine Sequence (South Westland) With Variable Ultramafic Characteristics

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, Volume 69, Issue 3, September 2026.
Geochemical constraints imposed by ultramafic lithologies strongly affect soil and ecosystem development, typically signified by elevated trace element concentrations, nutrient imbalances and reduced biological productivity. In a reconnaissance study, we assessed the variability of soil and ecosystem conditions across a moraine complex with mixed ...
Andre Eger, Peter Almond, Jo Cavanagh, Isaac Larsen   +3 more
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Edaphic mesofauna responses to land use change for sugarcane cultivation: insights from contrasting soil textures

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Land use change (LUC), specifically the cultivation of monoculture sugarcane, can negatively impact soil biodiversity, leading to a decline in soil health and ecosystem functioning.
Beatriz S. Vanolli, Nariane de Andrade, Lucas Pecci Canisares, André. L. C. Franco, Arthur P. A. Pereira, Maurício R. Cherubin   +5 more
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Soil Contamination Around the Copper Smelter and the Use of Soil Microarthropods as Bioindicators

Land Degradation &Development, Volume 37, Issue 15, Page 11384-11403, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Soil contamination from smelter emissions, including heavy metals (HM), rare earth elements (REEs), and sulfur, poses a significant threat to soil ecosystems. In the immediate vicinity of the Głogów Copper Smelter, HM concentrations were several times higher than in more distant forest stands.
Jacek Malica, Cezary K. Urbanowski, Mirosław Mleczek, Krzysztof Turczański, Przemysław Niedzielski, Anna Wierzbicka, Agnieszka Andrzejewska, Radosław Witkowski, Maciej Skorupski, Emilia Pers‐Kamczyc, Jacek Kamczyc   +10 more
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