Due to climate change, population explosion, shrinkage of arable land and reduced water
availability, a paradigm shift in global crop production is occurring towards protected …

Four of every five multicellular animals on the planet are nematodes. They occupy any niche
that provides an available source of organic carbon in marine, freshwater and terrestrial …

Fundamentals of Soil Ecology, 3rd Edition, offers a holistic approach to soil biology and
ecosystem function, providing students and ecosystem researchers with a greater …

Nematodes, the earth's most abundant metazoa, are ubiquitous in the soil environment.
They are sufficiently large to be identifiable by light microscopy and sufficiently small to …

The intensification and expansion of modern agriculture is amongst the greatest current
threats to worldwide biodiversity. Over the last quarter of the 20th century, dramatic declines …

Nematodes are the most abundant metazoa. Their food specificity, the high number of
species and high abundance in every habitat where decomposition takes place indicates …

Monitoring of soil quality and health provides critical insights into the performance of
ecosystems. Nematodes are useful indicators of soil condition because they are ubiquitous …

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 …

The composition of nematode communities (plant-parasitic and free-living) may be used as
bioindicators of soil health or condition because composition correlates well with nitrogen …

Human efforts to produce ever-greater amounts of food leave their mark on our environment.
Persistent use of conventional farming practices based on extensive tillage, especially when …