Earthworms building up soil microbiota, a review

RM Medina-Sauza, M Álvarez-Jiménez… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The positive effect of earthworms on soil processes and plant growth has been extensively
documented. The capacity of earthworms to decompose organic matter has been attributed …

Particulate plastics-plant interaction in soil and its implications: A review

X Wu, J Lu, M Du, X Xu, J Beiyuan, B Sarkar… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Particulate plastics (< 5 mm), including macroplastics (1 μm to 5 mm), microplastics
(100 nm to 1 μm) and nanoplastics (< 100 nm), have become a global environmental …

[图书][B] Organism and environment: ecological development, niche construction, and adaptation

SE Sultan - 2015 - books.google.com
Over the past decade, advances in both molecular developmental biology and evolutionary
ecology have made possible a new understanding of organisms as dynamic systems …

Enzymatic stoichiometry reveals phosphorus limitation-induced changes in the soil bacterial communities and element cycling: Evidence from a long-term field …

J Cui, S Zhang, X Wang, X Xu, C Ai, G Liang, P Zhu… - Geoderma, 2022 - Elsevier
Soil microbial growth and activity are generally limited by availability of resources such
carbon (C), nitrogen (N), or phosphorus (P) in terrestrial ecosystems. However, how soil …

Deciphering potential roles of earthworms in mitigation of antibiotic resistance in the soils from diverse ecosystems

D Zhu, M Delgado-Baquerizo, JQ Su… - Environmental …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Earthworms are capable of redistributing bacteria and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs)
through soil profiles. However, our understanding of the earthworm gut microbiome and its …

Exogenous carbon turnover within the soil food web strengthens soil carbon sequestration through microbial necromass accumulation

X Kou, E Morriën, Y Tian, X Zhang, C Lu… - Global Change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Exogenous carbon turnover within soil food web is important in determining the trade‐offs
between soil organic carbon (SOC) storage and carbon emission. However, it remains …

Earthworm abundance and functional group diversity regulate plant litter decay and soil organic carbon level: A global meta-analysis

W Huang, G González, X Zou - Applied Soil Ecology, 2020 - Elsevier
A previous review of earthworm impacts on greenhouse-gas emissions concluded that
earthworms elevated soil CO 2 emissions with no apparent influence on soil organic carbon …

Invasive earthworms erode soil biodiversity: A meta‐analysis

O Ferlian, N Eisenhauer… - Journal of Animal …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Biological invasions pose a serious threat to biodiversity and ecosystem functioning across
ecosystems. Invasions by ecosystem engineers, in particular, have been shown to have …

Activation of biochar through exoenzymes prompted by earthworms for vermibiochar production: A viable resource recovery option for heavy metal contaminated soils …

A Yuvaraj, R Thangaraj, N Karmegam, B Ravindran… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
The industrial revolution and indiscriminate usage of a wide spectrum of agrochemicals
account for the dumping of heavy metals in the environment. In-situ/ex-situ physical …

A critical review of the environmental impacts of manufactured nano-objects on earthworm species

M Adeel, N Shakoor, M Shafiq, A Pavlicek, F Part… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
The presence of manufactured nano-objects (MNOs) in various consumer or their (future
large-scale) use as nanoagrochemical have increased with the rapid development of …