High-throughput molecular technologies for unraveling the mystery of soil microbial community: challenges and future prospects

R Lahlali, DSS Ibrahim, Z Belabess, MZK Roni… - Heliyon, 2021 - cell.com
Soil microbial communities play a crucial role in soil fertility, sustainability, and plant health.
However, intensive agriculture with increasing chemical inputs and changing environments …

Soil macroinvertebrate communities: A world‐wide assessment

P Lavelle, J Mathieu, A Spain, G Brown… - Global Ecology and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Global distribution of soil fauna functional groups and their estimated litter consumption across biomes

P Heděnec, JJ Jiménez, J Moradi, X Domene… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Soil invertebrates (ie, soil fauna) are important drivers of many key processes in soils
including soil aggregate formation, water retention, and soil organic matter transformation …

Litter manipulation and the soil arthropod community in a lowland tropical rainforest

OS Ashford, WA Foster, BL Turner, EJ Sayer… - Soil Biology and …, 2013 - Elsevier
Tropical soil arthropod communities are highly diverse and provide a number of important
ecosystem services, including the maintenance of soil structure, regulation of hydrological …

[HTML][HTML] Soil macrofauna density and diversity across a chronosequence of tropical forest restoration in Southeastern Brazil

NT Amazonas, RAG Viani, MGA Rego… - Brazilian journal of …, 2017 - SciELO Brasil
Edaphic macrofauna must be better studied if we want to take advantage of their full
potential for the restoration of tropical ecosystems. We investigated changes in edaphic …

The effects of biochar, wood vinegar and plants on glyphosate leaching and degradation

M Hagner, OP Penttinen, K Tiilikkala… - European journal of soil …, 2013 - Elsevier
Although glyphosate is a commonly used herbicide, its impacts on ecosystems are not well
understood. A pot experiment, was established to explore the potential impacts of biochar …

Case study upon foliar application of biofertilizers affecting microbial biomass and enzyme activity in soil and yield related properties of maize and wheat grains

D Latkovic, J Maksimovic, Z Dinic, R Pivic… - Biology, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The study evaluated the effects of the application of microbial inoculants
(N-fixing Klebsiella planticola and Enterobacter spp.), two rates of composite mineral …

Macrofauna contributes to organic matter decomposition and soil quality in Himalayan agroecosystems, India

M Pant, GCS Negi, P Kumar - Applied Soil Ecology, 2017 - Elsevier
In agroecosystems, rich soil biodiversity performs a variety of ecological services and
contributes to sustainability of agriculture. In spite of the vast knowledge on this subject …

A canopy trimming experiment in Puerto Rico: the response of litter invertebrate communities to canopy loss and debris deposition in a tropical forest subject to …

BA Richardson, MJ Richardson, G González, AB Shiels… - Ecosystems, 2010 - Springer
Hurricanes cause canopy removal and deposition of pulses of litter to the forest floor. A
Canopy Trimming Experiment (CTE) was designed to decouple these two factors, and to …

Spatial heterogeneity of soil quality around mature oil palms receiving mineral fertilization

MP Carron, Q Auriac, D Snoeck, C Villenave… - European Journal of Soil …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract The African oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) is grown on a total area of 16 million
ha; but data on soil quality in mature oil palm plantations are fragmentary and data …