Background Agroforestry systems have enhanced diversity of cultivated plants compared to
monocultures, and are expected to affect associated biodiversity. Despite a growing body of …

Insects and other arthropods are central to terrestrial ecosystems. However, data are lacking
regarding their global population abundance. We synthesized thousands of evaluations …

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 …

How much further should the affluent world push its material consumption? Does relative
dematerialization lead to absolute decline in demand for materials? These and many other …

The tropical dry forest region along the western slope of Central America represents a
biodiverse and fragile area that is under increasing pressure from agricultural production …

Abstract In the Orinoco River Basin of eastern Colombia large scale and rapid conversion of
natural savannas into commercial agriculture exists as a critical threat for the ecological …

An interdisciplinary and quantitative account of human claims on the biosphere's stores of
living matter, from prehistoric hunting to modern energy production. The biosphere—the …

Da mesma maneira que em outros ecossistemas, significativa gama de organismos pode
habitar os solos. A abundância e a diversidade dos diferentes grupos estão geralmente …

Para predecir el estado de degradación de un suelo se utiliza un grupo de variables que
abarcan sus propiedades físicas, químicas y/o biológicas. La macrofauna, que incluye los …

As one of the world's prime megadiverse countries, Brazil holds an immense number of
terrestrial invertebrates. Current knowledge of this biota is very heterogeneous. Several taxa …