Soil organisms drive major ecosystem functions by mineralising carbon and releasing
nutrients during decomposition processes, which supports plant growth, aboveground …

Plant functional traits control a variety of terrestrial ecosystem processes, including soil
carbon storage which is a key component of the global carbon cycle. Plant traits regulate net …

Employing the clear, student-friendly style that made previous editions so popular, Insect
Physiology and Biochemistry, Fourth Edition presents an engaging and authoritative guide …

The stability of biochar in soils is the cornerstone of the burgeoning worldwide interest in the
potential of the pyrolysis/biochar platform for carbon (C) sequestration. While biochar is …

The state of the art of the reported data on interactions between microorganisms and HSs is
presented herein. The properties of HSs are discussed in terms of microbial utilization …

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 …

The number of recognized invasive termite species has increased from 17 in 1969 to 28
today. Fourteen species have been added to the list in the past 44 years; 10 have larger …

The first comprehensive combined molecular and morphological phylogenetic analysis of
the major groups of termites is presented. This was based on the analysis of three genes …

Terrestrial ecologists and soil modelers have traditionally portrayed the inhabitants of soil as
a black box labeled as “soil fauna” or “decomposers or detritivores” assuming that they just …

The symbiotic gut microbiota of termites plays important roles in lignocellulose digestion and
nitrogen metabolism. Termites possess a dual cellulolytic system: in lower termites the …