Evidence is mounting that the immense diversity of microorganisms and animals that live
belowground contributes significantly to sha** aboveground biodiversity and the …

Earthworms have a prominent role in supporting soil functioning and thus in providing key
services to humanity. Their beneficial role relates to effects on soil structure, carbon and …

Soil fauna consumes substantial amounts of litter and can even consume the entire annual
litterfall in some ecosystems. The assimilation efficiency of fauna may reach 50% but is …

In the 26áyears since the third edition of the Biology and Ecology of Earthworms was
published, there has been an enormous expansion of interest and research in earthworms …

This is the third edition of this popular text which reviews all aspects of earthworm biology
and ecology. The book has been updated throughout and extensive additions made. These …

For the past 3.8 billion years, the geochemistry of the Earth's surface-its atmosphere, waters
and exposed crust-has been determined by the presence of biota. Photosynthetic organisms …

Aboveground-Belowground Linkages provides the most up-to-date and comprehensive
synthesis of recent advances in our understanding of the roles that interactions between …

Biodiversity and carbon (C) cycling have been the focus of much research in recent
decades, partly because both change as a result of anthropogenic activities that are likely to …

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Studies of nutrient cycling in forests span more than 100 yr. In earlier years, most attention
was given to the measurement of the pools of nutrients in plants and soil and of the return of …