TY - BOOK ID - 136833429 TI - Impact of Agricultural Practices on Biodiversity of Soil Invertebrates AU - Bocchi, Stefano AU - Orlando, Francesca PY - 2021 PB - Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute DB - UniCat KW - soil biota KW - invertebrates KW - farming systems KW - bioenergy KW - biodiversity KW - wheat KW - ecosystem KW - axonchium KW - helicotylenchus KW - tylenchorhynchus KW - pratylenchus KW - reniform KW - vertosol KW - gossypium KW - Gossypium KW - Zea mays KW - vertisol KW - Lumbricidae KW - Aporrectodea caliginosa KW - Aporrectodea rosea KW - phosphorus fertilizers KW - phosphorus-solubilizing microorganisms KW - renewable resources KW - heavy metals KW - Luvisols KW - ground-dwelling arthropods KW - pitfall traps KW - cover crops KW - ecosystem services KW - natural enemies KW - pear pests KW - biological control KW - soil organic matter KW - soil pH KW - post-harvest residues KW - crop rotation KW - Hordeum vulgare L. KW - Vicia faba L. ssp. minor KW - soil biodiversity KW - vineyard KW - co-occurrence patterns KW - soil moisture KW - soil temperature KW - vineyard management KW - traditional management KW - sustainable agriculture KW - management intensity KW - South Tyrol KW - mountain agriculture KW - soil KW - soil properties KW - macrofauna KW - earthworms KW - sustainability KW - soil invertebrates KW - bioindicators KW - soil quality KW - mesofauna KW - soil degradation KW - land management UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:136833429 AB - Soil fauna plays a key role in many soil functions, such as organic matter decomposition, humus formation, and nutrient release, modifying soil structure, and improving its fertility. Soil invertebrates play key roles in determining soil suitability for agricultural production and realizing sustainable farming systems. They include an enormous diversity of arthropods, nematodes, and earthworms. However, this fauna suffers from the impact of agricultural activities with implications for the capacity of soil to maintain its fertility and provide ecosystem services. Some agricultural practices may create crucial soil habitat changes, with consequences for invertebrate biodiversity. In the few last decades, especially under intensive and specialized farming systems, a loss in soil ecosystem services has been observed, as a result of the reduction in both the abundance and taxonomic diversity of soil faunal communities. On the other hand, agricultural practices, based on sustainable soil management, can promote useful soil fauna. Therefore, the concerns about the sensibility of soil biota to the agricultural practices make it urgent to develop sustainable management strategies, able to realize favorable microclimate and habitats, and reduce the soil disturbance. ER -