[HTML][HTML] Manure management and soil biodiversity: Towards more sustainable food systems in the EU

J Köninger, E Lugato, P Panagos, M Kochupillai… - Agricultural …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract CONTEXT In the European Union (EU-27) and UK, animal farming generated
annually more than 1.4 billion tonnes of manure during the period 2016–2019. Of this, more …

Pesticides and soil invertebrates: A hazard assessment

T Gunstone, T Cornelisse, K Klein, A Dubey… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Agricultural pesticide use and its associated environmental harms is widespread throughout
much of the world. Efforts to mitigate this harm have largely been focused on reducing …

Fertilization and soil microbial community: a review

LC Dincă, P Grenni, C Onet, A Onet - Applied Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
The present paper reviews the most recent advances regarding the effects of chemical and
organic fertilizers on soil microbial communities. Based on the results from the articles …

Pesticide effects on soil fauna communities—a meta‐analysis

L Beaumelle, L Tison, N Eisenhauer… - Journal of Applied …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Soil invertebrate communities represent a significant fraction of global biodiversity and play
crucial roles in ecosystems. A number of human activities threaten soil communities, in …

Global patterns in endemicity and vulnerability of soil fungi

L Tedersoo, V Mikryukov, A Zizka… - Global change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Fungi are highly diverse organisms, which provide multiple ecosystem services. However,
compared with charismatic animals and plants, the distribution patterns and conservation …

The soil crisis: the need to treat as a global health problem and the pivotal role of microbes in prophylaxis and therapy

K Timmis, JL Ramos - Microbial Biotechnology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Soil provides a multitude of services that are essential to a healthily functioning biosphere
and continuity of the human race, such as feeding the growing human population and the …

[HTML][HTML] In defence of soil biodiversity: Towards an inclusive protection in the European Union

J Köninger, P Panagos, A Jones, MJI Briones… - Biological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Since soil biodiversity sustains above-ground life, the European Union (EU) has recently
announced its new Soil Strategy to better protect soil ecosystems as part of the Biodiversity …

Interactive effects of global change drivers as determinants of the link between soil biodiversity and ecosystem functioning

A Berlinches de Gea, Y Hautier… - Global Change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Biodiversity, both aboveground and belowground, is negatively affected by global changes
such as drought or warming. This loss of biodiversity impacts Earth's ecosystems, as there is …

Globally invariant metabolism but density-diversity mismatch in springtails

AM Potapov, CA Guerra, J Van den Hoogen… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Soil life supports the functioning and biodiversity of terrestrial ecosystems. Springtails
(Collembola) are among the most abundant soil arthropods regulating soil fertility and flow …

Potential of meta-omics to provide modern microbial indicators for monitoring soil quality and securing food production

C Djemiel, S Dequiedt, B Karimi, A Cottin… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Soils are fundamental resources for agricultural production and play an essential role in
food security. They represent the keystone of the food value chain because they harbor a …