Feeding habits and multifunctional classification of soil‐associated consumers from protists to vertebrates

AM Potapov, F Beaulieu, K Birkhofer… - Biological …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Soil organisms drive major ecosystem functions by mineralising carbon and releasing
nutrients during decomposition processes, which supports plant growth, aboveground …

Soil health and sustainable agriculture

M M. Tahat, K M. Alananbeh, Y A. Othman… - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
A healthy soil acts as a dynamic living system that delivers multiple ecosystem services,
such as sustaining water quality and plant productivity, controlling soil nutrient recycling …

Trophic regulations of the soil microbiome

MP Thakur, S Geisen - Trends in microbiology, 2019 - cell.com
The soil microbiome regulates vital ecosystem functions ranging from primary production to
soil carbon sequestration. Yet, we have only begun to understand the factors regulating the …

[HTML][HTML] The physical structure of soil: determinant and consequence of trophic interactions

A Erktan, D Or, S Scheu - Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
Trophic interactions play a vital role in soil functioning and are increasingly considered as
important drivers of the soil microbiome and biogeochemical cycles. In the last decade …

Nematodes as drivers of plant performance in natural systems

RA Wilschut, S Geisen - Trends in Plant Science, 2021 - cell.com
Nematodes form an important part of soil biodiversity as the most abundant and functionally
diverse animals affecting plant performance. Most studies on plant–nematode interactions …

Necromass-derived soil organic carbon and its drivers at the global scale

Y Cao, J Ding, J Li, Z **n, S Ren, T Wang - Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
Microbial residual carbon (MRC) plays an important role in maintaining soil carbon stability
and is therefore a focus of soil organic carbon (SOC) estimation. However, the global pattern …

Viruses in soil: Nano-scale undead drivers of microbial life, biogeochemical turnover and ecosystem functions

Y Kuzyakov, K Mason-Jones - Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2018 - Elsevier
Viruses are ubiquitous in nature and have various ecological functions. Despite their very
high abundance (up to 10 10 g− 1), viruses in soil remain disregarded with just a few, mostly …

Nematode grazing promotes bacterial community dynamics in soil at the aggregate level

Y Jiang, M Liu, J Zhang, Y Chen, X Chen… - The ISME …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Nematode predation has important roles in determining bacterial community composition
and dynamics, but the extent of the effects remains largely rudimentary, particularly in …

The pervasive impact of global climate change on plant-nematode interaction continuum

TK Dutta, V Phani - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Pest profiles in today's global food production system are continually affected by climate
change and extreme weather. Under varying climatic conditions, plant-parasitic nematodes …

Nematodes: an overlooked tiny engineer of plant health

G Li, T Liu, JK Whalen, Z Wei - Trends in Plant Science, 2024 - cell.com
Nematodes are a crucial component of rhizosphere biodiversity, affecting plant health as the
most abundant and functionally diverse soil animals. Plant-parasitic nematodes are …