Challenges and opportunities for soil biodiversity in the anthropocene

S Geisen, DH Wall, WH van der Putten - Current Biology, 2019 - cell.com
Biodiversity on Earth is strongly affected by human alterations to the environment. The
majority of studies have considered aboveground biodiversity, yet little is known about …

Plant functional traits and soil carbon sequestration in contrasting biomes

GB De Deyn, JHC Cornelissen, RD Bardgett - Ecology letters, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Earthworms contribute significantly to global food production

SJ Fonte, M Hsieh, ND Mueller - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
Earthworms are critical soil ecosystem engineers that support plant growth in numerous
ways; however, their contribution to global agricultural production has not been quantified …

Effects of soil macro-and mesofauna on litter decomposition and soil organic matter stabilization

J Frouz - Geoderma, 2018 - Elsevier
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 …

Global distribution of earthworm diversity

HRP Phillips, CA Guerra, MLC Bartz, MJI Briones… - Science, 2019 - science.org
Soil organisms, including earthworms, are a key component of terrestrial ecosystems.
However, little is known about their diversity, their distribution, and the threats affecting them …

Principles of terrestrial ecosystem ecology

FS Chapin, PA Matson, HA Mooney, PM Vitousek - 2002 - Springer
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The ecological significance of the herbaceous layer in temperate forest ecosystems

FS Gilliam - BioScience, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Despite a growing awareness that the herbaceous layer serves a special role in
maintaining the structure and function of forests, this stratum remains an underappreciated …

Biological invasions in forest ecosystems

AM Liebhold, EG Brockerhoff, S Kalisz, MA Nuñez… - Biological …, 2017 - Springer
Forests play critical roles in global ecosystem processes and provide numerous services to
society. But forests are increasingly affected by a variety of human influences, especially …

[LIVRE][B] Aboveground-belowground linkages: biotic interactions, ecosystem processes, and global change

RD Bardgett, DA Wardle - 2010 - books.google.com
Aboveground-Belowground Linkages provides the most up-to-date and comprehensive
synthesis of recent advances in our understanding of the roles that interactions between …

Soil fauna responses to natural disturbances, invasive species, and global climate change: Current state of the science and a call to action

DR Coyle, UJ Nagendra, MK Taylor… - Soil Biology and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Environmental disturbances seem to be increasing in frequency and impact, yet we have
little understanding of the belowground impacts of these events. Soil fauna, while widely …