Soil fauna responses to natural disturbances, invasive species, and global climate change: Current state of the science and a call to action

DR Coyle, UJ Nagendra, MK Taylor… - Soil Biology and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Environmental disturbances seem to be increasing in frequency and impact, yet we have
little understanding of the belowground impacts of these events. Soil fauna, while widely …

How tree diversity affects soil fauna diversity: a review

N Korboulewsky, G Perez, M Chauvat - Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2016 - Elsevier
In the context of sustainable forest management and climate change, increasing tree
richness has been proposed as a possible strategy to reach both ecological and productivity …

The Edaphobase project of GBIF-Germany—A new online soil-zoological data warehouse

U Burkhardt, DJ Russell, P Decker, M Döhler… - Applied Soil …, 2014 - Elsevier
Edaphobase is a non-commercial data warehouse on soil organisms (up to now including
Chilopoda, Collembola, Diplopoda, Enchytraeidae, Gamasina, Lumbricidae, Nematoda …

Impact of forest disturbance on microarthropod communities depends on underlying ecological gradients and species traits

D Nardi, D Fontaneto, M Girardi, I Chini, D Bertoldi… - PeerJ, 2023 - peerj.com
Windstorms and salvage logging lead to huge soil disturbance in alpine spruce forests,
potentially affecting soil-living arthropods. However, the impacts of forest loss and possible …

Depth distribution and inter-annual fluctuations in density and diversity of Collembola in an Iranian Hyrcanian forest: Additional contribution

MM Mayvan, M Shayanmehr, S Scheu - Soil Organisms, 2015 - soil-organisms.org
The Hyrcanian forests as an ancient and one of the most unique temperate deciduous
broadleaved forests in the world are located partly in the north of Iran near the Caspian Sea …

Responses of soil microorganisms and water content in forest floor horizons to environmental factors

E Gömöryová, K Střelcová, J Škvarenina… - European journal of soil …, 2013 - Elsevier
The study focused on the temporal dynamics of soil water content (SWC) and soil microbial
activity characterized by basal respiration and catalase activity in the litter (OL), fragmented …

Windthrow Impact on Alpine Forest Humipedon: Soil Microarthropod Communities and Humus Dynamics Five Years after an Extreme Windstorm Event.

F Visentin, S Remelli, A Zanella, C Menta - Land (2012), 2024 - search.ebscohost.com
The ecological impact of windthrow disturbance on humipedons and soil microarthropod
communities is examined in two areas of the Italian Alps (Val di Fassa and Cansiglio) five …

Effects of the annual invasive plant Impatiens glandulifera on the Collembola and Acari communities in a deciduous forest

HP Rusterholz, JA Salamon, R Ruckli, B Baur - Pedobiologia, 2014 - Elsevier
Invasive plants can disturb interactions between soil organisms and native plants and
thereby alter ecosystem functions and/or reduce local biodiversity. Collembola and Acari are …

Long-term effects on soil nematode community structure in spruce forests of removing or not removing fallen trees after a windstorm

M Renčo, A Čerevková, Z Homolová… - Forest Ecology and …, 2015 - Elsevier
More than 12 000 ha of a Norway spruce forest in Tatra National Park, Slovakia, were laid
down by a strong windstorm on 19 November 2004. Most of the broken and uprooted trees …

The succession of soil Collembola communities in spruce forests of the High Tatra Mountains five years after a windthrow and clear–cut logging

P Čuchta, D Miklisová, Ľ Kováč - Forest Ecology and Management, 2019 - Elsevier
A study focusing on the succession of soil Collembola communities was carried out in the
High Tatra Mountains (Slovakia), five years after a windthrow. Two separate areas were …