Microplastics (MPs) are emerging contaminants that cause diverse impacts on soil
ecosystems. As integral members of soil food webs, soil fauna exert key ecological functions …

The ubiquitous accumulation of microplastic (MP) particles across all global ecosystems
accompanies their uptake into soil food webs. In this review, we analyzed studies on passive …

Leaf-cutter ants belonging to the genus Atta are important ecosystem engineers and
conspicuous bioturbators in Neotropical regions acting as superorganisms. The Atta ants …

Ants are abundant in most of the world's terrestrial environments. They are energetic, strong
for their size, numerous, and socially cooperative. They play many geomorphologically …

An unproven assumption in the case of prehistoric archaeological sites has always been
that where the optical and/or radiocarbon ages are in stratigraphic order, becoming older …

Soil invertebrates such as ants are thought to be important manipulators of soils in
temperate and tropical ecosystems. The fungus gardening ant, Trachymyrmex …

In much of the world, soil-nesting ants are among the leading agents of biomantling and
bioturbation, depositing excavated soil on the surface or in underground chambers …

Distal tephra from the major Somma-Vesuvius Avellino (AV) eruption is widespread in the
coastal basins of Southern Lazio (Central Italy). Dated to 1995±10 cal yr BC in 2011, later on …

The literature on bioturbation, both from the biological and archaeological points of view, is
growing steadily. Available data suggests that ants and termites are responsible for the …

Time-averaging is a process that affects almost every form of archaeological deposit. The
conflation of two or more units from different time periods masks the true temporal span of …