Macroecological patterns in soil communities

T Decaëns - Global Ecology and Biogeography, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

State-of-the-art and new perspectives on vermicomposting research

J Domínguez - Earthworm ecology, 2004 - taylorfrancis.com
The importance of biological processes in the management and recycling of organic wastes
has been widely recognized; this chapter deals with vermicomposting, which is one of the …

Belowground functioning of agroforestry systems: recent advances and perspectives

R Cardinael, Z Mao, C Chenu, P Hinsinger - Plant and Soil, 2020 - Springer
Growing crops or pastures in intimate combination with trees is an ancient practice that
farmers have been using throughout the world. Globally, it is estimated that agroforestry …

[HTML][HTML] Chronic and transgenerational effects of polyethylene microplastics at environmentally relevant concentrations in earthworms

Z Sobhani, L Panneerselvan, C Fang, R Naidu… - … Technology & Innovation, 2022 - Elsevier
Microplastics are introduced into the agroecosystem through the application of wastewater
and biosolids, plastic mulch films, greenhouse materials, and soil conditioners. Microplastics …

Soil biodiversity monitoring in Europe: ongoing activities and challenges

C Gardi, L Montanarella, D Arrouays… - European journal of …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
The increasing interest in soil biodiversity and its protection includes both the biodiversity
conservation issues and the mostly unknown economic and ecological values of services …

Global monitoring of soil animal communities using a common methodology

AM Potapov, X Sun, MJI Briones, GG Brown… - bioRxiv, 2022 - biorxiv.org
Here we introduce the Soil BON Foodweb Team, a cross-continental collaborative network
that aims to monitor soil animal communities and food webs using consistent methodology …

DNA barcoding reveals diversity patterns of earthworm communities in remote tropical forests of French Guiana

T Decaens, D Porco, SW James, GG Brown… - Soil Biology and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Despite representing a key component of terrestrial biota, soil invertebrates in tropical
rainforests have been poorly studied from both a taxonomic and an ecological perspective …

Influence of texture and amendments on soil properties and earthworm communities

E Lapied, J Nahmani, GX Rousseau - Applied Soil Ecology, 2009 - Elsevier
In Canada, the influence of earthworms on soil is considered particularly important in the
Southern regions where agriculture has developed. A field experiment was duplicated on a …

The role of edaphic and vegetation factors in structuring beta diversity of the soil macrofauna community of the Dnipro river arena terrace

O Zhukov, O Kunah, Y Dubinina, V Novikova - Ekológia (Bratislava), 2018 - sciendo.com
The article presents the results of evaluation of the role of edaphic and vegetation factors on
beta diversity of soil macrofauna by means of the MDM-approach. The multinomial diversity …

Livestock grazing exclusion and microhabitat variation affect invertebrates and litter decomposition rates in woodland remnants

EA Lindsay, SA Cunningham - Forest Ecology and Management, 2009 - Elsevier
Most of the remaining grassy woodland in south-eastern Australia exists as remnants on
private land in agricultural landscapes. These have been subjected to various forms of …