Recent reports indicate that the health of our planet is getting worse and that genuine
transformative changes are pressing. So far, efforts to ameliorate Earth's ecosystem crises …

Morphological variability can be used as an indicator of the state of invertebrate populations.
Microevolutionary processes can show up in the morphological differentiation of …

Soil arthropods play crucial roles in carbon and nutrient cycling in forest ecosystems. The
structure and biodiversity of soil arthropod communities may vary considerably with forest …

Ensuring the effectiveness of method in maintaining and recovering the productive capacity
of degraded soils, eg, no-till farming, is more important than opening new agricultural …

Plant litter decomposition is a biogeochemical process underlying the carbon cycle in
terrestrial ecosystems and between the biosphere and the atmosphere. For the latter, it …

Litter decomposition is a key ecosystem process which is dependent on the litter
characteristics and diversity, the decomposer community and activity, and the environmental …

Leaf litter breakdown is a critical process in ecosystems, influencing food webs and
biogeochemical cycles, particularly in inorganic soils such as those found in highland …

Epi-and endozoochory are well explored phenomena that contribute to the distribution
patterns of plant seeds, spores or fruits by vertebrates. It is less known how soil algae may …

The actual biocultural landscape with a less unfavorable basis for biodiversity has been
created under the influence of a variability of cultures, economic systems, geomorphological …

The soil conservation in agriculture may contribute to productivity and sustainable
production. The objective was to measure the mass loss rate of cellulose decomposition …