BCS Jorge, BR Winck, L da Silva Menezes… - Biodiversity and …, 2023 - Springer
Afforestation of subtropical grasslands increased during the last decade and their impacts on soil biota and functions are not well known. Here we investigated the effects of grassland …
JZ Lu, C Bluhm, E Foltran, CAR Pérez, C Ammer… - Geoderma, 2024 - Elsevier
Biodiversity loss and its potential threat on ecosystem functions call for a critical evaluation of human impacts on forest ecosystems. Management practices based on stand …
Deforestation and agricultural expansion in the tropics affect local and regional climatic conditions, leading to synergistic negative impacts on land ecosystems. Climatic changes …
W Chang, P Zhang, J Li, NM Aspe, J Hao, S Lu, Z Wan… - Insects, 2024 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Interactions among soil organisms are crucial for food webs and ecological functions. However, the effects of millipedes, which play a key role as …
Simple Summary While studies based on the taxonomic facet of biodiversity have already proven their value in understanding soil functioning, studies focusing on the functional facet …
Rainforest conversion and expansion of plantations in tropical regions change local microclimate and are associated with biodiversity decline. Tropical soils are a hotspot of …
The trait-based approach is increasingly used for soil invertebrates. Complementary to the taxonomy based approach, the trait-based approach can provide a more mechanistic …
Springtails (Collembola) inhabit soils from the Arctic to the Antarctic and comprise an estimated~ 32% of all terrestrial arthropods on Earth. Here, we present a global, spatially …
Rainforest conversion to agricultural plantations such as rubber and oil palm in Indonesia is increasing in the last decades. In this thesis, I investigated effects of rainforest conversion to …