Can large herbivores enhance ecosystem carbon persistence?

JA Kristensen, JC Svenning, K Georgiou… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2022‏ - cell.com
There is growing interest in aligning the wildlife conservation and restoration agenda with
climate change mitigation goals. However, the presence of large herbivores tends to reduce …

Herbivores in Arctic ecosystems: effects of climate change and implications for carbon and nutrient cycling

AM Koltz, L Gough, JR McLaren - … of the New York Academy of …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Arctic terrestrial herbivores influence tundra carbon and nutrient dynamics through their
consumption of resources, waste production, and habitat‐modifying behaviors. The strength …

Benzo [a] pyrene stress impacts adaptive strategies and ecological functions of earthworm intestinal viromes

R **a, M Sun, JL Balcázar, P Yu, F Hu… - The ISME …, 2023‏ - academic.oup.com
The earthworm gut virome influences the structure and function of the gut microbiome, which
in turn influences worm health and ecological functions. However, despite its ecological and …

The cold region critical zone in transition: responses to climate warming and land use change

K Pi, M Bieroza, A Brouchkov, W Chen… - Annual Review of …, 2021‏ - annualreviews.org
Global climate warming disproportionately affects high-latitude and mountainous terrestrial
ecosystems. Warming is accompanied by permafrost thaw, shorter winters, earlier snowmelt …

Earthworm regulation of nitrogen pools and dynamics and marker genes of nitrogen cycling: A meta-analysis

XUE Rui, W Chong, LIU Xuelian, LIU Mengli - Pedosphere, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Earthworms, as the ecosystem engineers, both directly and indirectly affect the nitrogen (N)
cycle. We aimed to provide a quantitative assessment of the contribution of earthworms to …

Responses of soil fauna community under changing environmental conditions

A Kudureti, S Zhao, D Zhakyp, C Tian - Journal of Arid Land, 2023‏ - Springer
Soil faunas account for 23% of known animal species and play a crucial role in ecosystem
processes such as mineralizing nutrients, regulating microbial community composition …

Application of earthworm and silicon can alleviate antibiotic resistance in soil-Chinese cabbage system with ARGs contamination

Z **ao, R Han, J Su, Z Zhu, Y Zhao, Q Chen… - Environmental …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Organic fertilization is a major contributor to the spread of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs)
in the agroecosystem, which substantially increases the risk of ARGs acquisition and their …

Microbial biogeochemistry and phosphorus limitation in cryoconite holes on glaciers across the Taylor Valley, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica

SK Schmidt, BW Johnson, AJ Solon, P Sommers… - Biogeochemistry, 2022‏ - Springer
Cryoconite holes host active microbial communities despite their extreme physical
conditions. In the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica, these perennially cold, mini …

Non-native species change the tune of tundra soils: Novel access to soundscapes of the Arctic earthworm invasion

SC Keen, AA Wackett, JK Willenbring, K Yoo… - Science of the Total …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Over the last decade, an increasing number of studies have used soundscapes to address
diverse ecological questions. Sound represents one of the few sources of information …

UAV data and deep learning: efficient tools to map ant mounds and their ecological impact

J Monsimet, S Sjögersten, NJ Sanders… - Remote Sensing in …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
High‐resolution unoccupied aerial vehicle (UAVs) data have alleviated the mismatch
between the scale of ecological processes and the scale of remotely sensed data, while …