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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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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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Soil mesofauna in antropogenicaly transformed biogeocenosis [PDF]

, 2010
Досліджено мезофауну ґрунту примагістральних екосистем Закарпатської області. Прямого негативного впливу від діяльності залізничного транспорту на чисельність ґрунтової мезофауни не відмічено. Коливання чисельності тварин в ґрунті залежать від видового
Симочко, Віталій Вікторович, Симочко, Людмила Юріївна   +1 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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Global meta-analysis reveals differential effects of climate and litter quality on soil fauna-mediated litter decomposition across size classes

Geoderma
Litter decomposition is significantly influenced by soil fauna, litter quality, and climate. Effects of soil fauna on litter decomposition are largely dependent on the size classes of the fauna.
Kaiyu Li, Lihong Song, Qinyao Ran, Fang Yuan, Chengjia Deng, Hongyan Liu   +5 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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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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Survey of soil mesofauna in permanent preservation area of Vila Bananeiras, Arapiraca/AL/Levantamento da mesofauna do solo em área de preservação permanente da Vila Bananeiras, Arapiraca/AL

Diversitas Journal, 2020
The edaphic mesofauna consists of organisms between 0.2 and 2.0 mm in length. Among its members are the mites (Acari) and collemboli (Collembola), the diversity of these microarthropods is related to soil type and its physical and chemical ...
Crislanny Melo de Oliveira, José Danilo da Silva, João Marcos de Assis Rozendo, Juliana Ferreira dos Santos, João Pedro Ferreira Barbosa, Esmeralda Aparecida Porto Lopes   +5 more
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Dominance structure of the communities of soil and litter mesofauna in old-growth forests of the Ukrainian Roztochchia

Біологічні студії
Background. The structure of soil and litter invertebrate mesofauna communities in old-growth forest ecosystems is important for understanding the mechanisms of their stability.
Inna Tsaryk, Vasyl Yavornytskyi , Ostap Reshetylo   +2 more
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Comparison of soil invertebrate communities in organic and conventional production systems in Southern Brazil

Soil Organisms, 2020
Invertebrates play important functional roles in soils, affecting several essential ecosystem services. However, their populations are sensitive to disturbance, and are therefore often used as bioindicators of soil quality.
Wilian Demetrio, Orlando Assis, Cintia C. Niva, Marie L. C. Bartz, Leocimara Paes, Guilherme Cardoso, Everaldo dos Santos, Márcia Marzagão, Herlon Nadolny, Klaus D. Sautter, George G. Brown   +10 more
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