Global climate change has resulted in changes to the earth's geological, ecological, and
biological ecosystems, which pose a severe threat to the existence of human civilization and …

Climate and litter quality have been identified as major drivers of litter decomposition at
large spatial scales. However, the role played by soil fauna remains largely unknown …

Aim Macroinvertebrates comprise a highly diverse set of taxa with great potential as
indicators of soil quality. Communities were sampled at 3,694 sites distributed world‐wide …

Publisher Summary In this chapter, the advances that have been made in understanding the
ecology of the mineral nutrition of wild plants from terrestrial ecosystems have been …

Mechanisms for C stabilization in soils have received much interest recently due to their
relevance in the global C cycle. Here we review the mechanisms that are currently, but often …

Litter decomposition is an important component of the global carbon budget. Due to the
strong climatic control of litter decomposition, climate change may significantly affect this …

Current predictions on species responses to climate change strongly rely on projecting
altered environmental conditions on species distributions. However, it is increasingly …

Soil organic matter-the product of on-site biological decomposition-affects the chemical and
physical properties of the soil and its overall health. Its composition and breakdown rate …

The diversity and habitat requirements of invertebrates associated with dead wood have
been the subjects of hundreds of studies in recent years but we still know very little about the …

Tropical homegardens, one of the oldest forms of managed land-use systems, are
considered to be an epitome of sustainability. Although these multispecies production …