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

The dramatic increase in soil degradation in the last few decades has led to the need to
identify methods to define not only soil quality but also, in a holistic approach, soil health. In …

Aim Macroinvertebrates comprise a highly diverse set of taxa with great potential as
indicators of soil quality. Communities were sampled at 3,694 sites distributed world‐wide …

Research and policies aimed at biodiversity conservation in agricultural ecosystems are
often less successful than expected. One common assumption is that more research is …

The soil macrofauna, including animals between 1–2 mm and 20–30 mm in size, uses soil
differently from the mesofauna, which lives in cavities, or microfauna that inhabits water …

More than 50 parameters of vegetation, soil and soil fauna were studied in 27 non-reclaimed
post mining sites of various age (1–41years old) located near the town of Sokolov (Czech …

The use of terrestrial and aquatic invertebrates as a management tool for monitoring change
in ecosystems is reviewed and critically evaluated. Their suitability and value for assessing a …

Flower‐visiting insects (FVIs) are an ecologically diverse group of mobile, flying species that
should be protected from pesticide effects according to European policy. However, there is …

This synoptic review has the intention to summarise and highlight results in respect to the
area “biodiversity and habitat” considering the current “state of the art” with regard the …

Microplastics and nanoplastics are emerging contaminants in aquatic and terrestrial
environments. Due to the challenges in detecting these small plastics in complex soil …