Soil organisms drive major ecosystem functions by mineralising carbon and releasing
nutrients during decomposition processes, which supports plant growth, aboveground …

Microplastic pollution is a topic of increasing concern for the world's oceans, freshwaters
and, most recently, soils. Microplastics have been found in soils across the globe. Like other …

Soil organisms, including earthworms, are a key component of terrestrial ecosystems.
However, little is known about their diversity, their distribution, and the threats affecting them …

Expansion and intensification of cultivation are among the predominant global changes of
this century. Intensification of agriculture by use of high-yielding crop varieties, fertilization …

Although spatial variability in distributions of soil organisms is generally regarded as random
noise, this variability often has a predictable spatial structure. Recent studies have provided …

Plant litter decomposition is a key process in terrestrial carbon cycling, yet the relative
importance of various control factors remains ambiguous at a global scale. A full reciprocal …

Environmental perturbations such as agricultural intensification may alter soil biodiversity in
a manner that affects ecosystem functioning, but links are not well quantified. With this …

Aim To review published evidence regarding the factors that influence the geographic
variation in diversity of soil organisms at different spatial scales. Location Global. Methods A …

Termite assemblages are considered as complex systems containing species with several
modes of feeding and nesting, which have a major though not necessarily dominant role in …

In terms of species richness, arthropods may represent as much as 20% of the soil fauna.
They comprise a large proportion of the meso-and macrofauna of the soil. Within the …