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Do legume-based intercrops improve soil fauna and soil microbial diversity? Example of the cowpea-cassava intercropping system in Northern Vietnam (Yen Bai Province) [PDF]

, 2019
Industrial agriculture has allowed food safety through the crop homogenization and the massive use of pesticides and chemicalfertilizers. This intensive agriculture has positively influenced the crop productivity but has also negatively affected the ...
Fouillet, Esther, Herrmann, L., Lesueur, Didier, Otieno, Mary, Tham Nguyen, T., Thanh Nguyen, H.T., Zhong, S.   +6 more
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The impacts of biological invasions

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Anthropocene is characterised by a continuous human‐mediated reshuffling of the distributions of species globally. Both intentional and unintentional introductions have resulted in numerous species being translocated beyond their native ranges, often leading to their establishment and subsequent spread – a process referred to as biological
Phillip J. Haubrock, Teun Everts, Neil Angelo S. Abreo, Jamie Bojko, Victor Deklerck, James W. E. Dickey, Ana Clara S. Franco, Emili García‐Berthou, Stelios Katsanevakis, Natalia I. Kirichenko, Stefano Mammola, Martin A. Nuñez, Ben Parker, Riccardo Scalera, Ismael Soto, Diederik Strubbe, Ali Serhan Tarkan, Lorenzo Vilizzi, Tim Adriaens, Paride Balzani, Dagmara Błońska, Elizabeta Briski, Rein Brys, Amy L. Burgess, James E. Byers, Carlos Cano‐Barbacil, Giuseppe Castaldelli, Jaimie T.A. Dick, Victoria Dominguez Almela, Romina D. Dimarco, Margarita Florencio, Antonín Kouba, Melina Kourantidou, Irmak Kurtul, Irene Martín‐Forés, Olivier Morissette, Julian D. Olden, Bruno E. Soares, Jakub Truszkowski, Hugo Verreycken, Marc Kenis, Ronaldo Sousa, J. Robert Britton   +42 more
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Effects of Long-Term Sod Culture Management on Soil Fertility, Enzyme Activities, Soil Microorganisms, and Fruit Yield and Quality in “Jiro” Sweet Persimmon Orchard

Plants
Clean tillage frequently causes the loss of soil nutrients and weakens microbial ecosystem service functions. In order to improve orchard soil nutrient cycling, enhance enzyme activities and microbial community structure in a “Jiro” sweet persimmon ...
Xu Yang, Bangchu Gong, Cuiyu Liu, Yanpeng Wang, Yang Xu   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Subterranean environments contribute to three‐quarters of classified ecosystem services

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Beneath the Earth's surface lies a network of interconnected caves, voids, and systems of fissures forming in rocks of sedimentary, igneous, or metamorphic origin. Although largely inaccessible to humans, this hidden realm supports and regulates services critical to ecological health and human well‐being.
Stefano Mammola, David Brankovits, Tiziana Di Lorenzo, Isabel R. Amorim, Raluca Ioana Bancila, Adrià Bellvert, Enrico Bernard, Anna Blomberg, Paulo A.V. Borges, Martina Cappelletti, Rodrigo Lopes Ferreira, Rosalina Gabriel, Diana M. P. Galassi, Laura Garzoli, Vasilis Gerovasileiou, Grant C. Hose, Kathryn L. Korbel, Simone Martino, Ana Z Miller, Nataša Mori, Veronica Nanni, Giuseppe Nicolosi, Mattia Saccò, Troy S. Sakihara, Marconi Souza Silva, Anne E. Tamalavage, Maja Zagmajster, Efraín Chávez, Christian Griebler, Pedro Cardoso, Alejandro Martínez   +30 more
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Invasive bamboo removal enhances soil multifunctionality via increasing fungal but not bacterial community stability

Forest Ecosystems
Removing invasive plants is widely considered an effective approach for restoring invaded ecosystems. While the impacts of such removal on aboveground vegetation have been well-documented, its influences on soil microbial communities and ...
Baogang Zhang, Shuquan Yu, Xiaoling Niu, Shuo Jiao, Xinli Chen, Ye Deng, Yunying Fang, Tony Vancov, Jian Chen, Scott X. Chang, Yanjiang Cai   +10 more
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Host, vector, and parasite dynamics: exploring intrinsic and extrinsic factors shaping tick‐borne filarial nematode transmission

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Tick‐borne filarial nematodes are a complex and understudied group of parasites that rely on ticks for transmission in vertebrates. This review examines how intrinsic and extrinsic factors may influence the successful transmission of filarial nematodes in tick vectors, drawing insights from extensively studied haematophagous dipteran vector ...
Oluwaseun D. Ajileye, Gabriel L. Hamer, Sarah A. Hamer, Guilherme G. Verocai, Jessica E. Light   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Microbial functional taxa promote soil multifunctionality in naturally restoring subalpine meadows

Global Ecology and Conservation
Understanding how microbial communities impact soil multifunctionality is crucial to restoration and management of degraded ecosystems. Previous studies have primarily focused on the linkage between soil multifunctionality and community biodiversity ...
Qianru Ren, Jinxian Liu, Yuqi Wei, Zhengming Luo, Tiehang Wu, Baofeng Chai   +5 more
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A roadmap to key traits of invasive Drosophilidae

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Biological invasions have intensified in recent decades, mostly driven by international trade and travel, raising significant concerns, particularly regarding insect pests. Once non‐native species establish, they can disrupt natural ecosystem stability, undermine agroecosystem sustainability and cause substantial economic losses.
Gwenaëlle Deconninck, Bréa Raynaud‐Berton, Méghan Boulembert, Olivier Chabrerie, Aude Couty, Franck Dedeine, Patrice Eslin, Vincent Foray, Romain Georges, Patricia Gibert, Laurence Mouton, Sylvain Pincebourde, David Renault, Christelle Suppo, Hervé Colinet   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Differences in soil nutrient and microbial characteristics between invasive Ageratina adenophora and native plant communities.

PLoS ONE
Much emphasis has been placed on the negative consequences of alien species on resident ecosystems. Nevertheless, quantitative studies on the effects of invasive and native plant communities on soil nutrients and microbial features were rarely conducted.
Tian Wu, Qinghong Duan, Hongbin Zhang, Weiming Xiu, Zhilin Jiang   +4 more
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Variation characteristics of rhizosphere soil microorganisms of Abies yuanbaoshanensis along altitude gradient in winter

Guangxi Zhiwu
To explore the effects of altitude on the rhizosphere soil microbial community of Abies yuanbaoshanensis, we utilized Illumina Miseq high-throughput sequencing technology to analyze the composition, diversity and influencing factors of the rhizosphere ...
WANG Ying1,2, DING Tao2,4*, ZHOU Longwu2, DENG Minmin3, YANG Yuping3, LIU Shinan1*
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