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Earthworm ecology from Darwin to vermiculture.
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ISBN: 0412243105 9400959672 9400959656 Year: 1983 Publisher: London : Chapman and Hall,


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The distribution and diversity of soil fauna
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ISBN: 0127333509 Year: 1976 Publisher: London ; : Academic Press,


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La faune des sols, son écologie et son action
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ISBN: 2709905302 9782709905305 Year: 1978 Volume: no 38 Publisher: Paris: O.R.S.T.O.M.,


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Structure and function of soil microarthropod communities.
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ISBN: 9090074503 9789090074504 Year: 1994 Publisher: Wageningen : Landbouwuniversiteit te Wageningen,


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Impact of Agricultural Practices on Biodiversity of Soil Invertebrates
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Year: 2021 Publisher: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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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.


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Impact of Agricultural Practices on Biodiversity of Soil Invertebrates
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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.

Intestinal microorganisms of termites and other invertebrates
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ISBN: 3540281800 9783540281801 3642066380 9786610413089 1280413085 3540281851 Year: 2006 Volume: 6 Publisher: Berlin ; New York : Springer,

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Soil microorganisms play a major role in the degradation and recycling of organic material. Microbes are involved in the food web and strongly contribute to soil fertility. In the past, attention was mainly directed towards free-living or particle-bound microorganisms, while the role of intestinal microbes of soil animals has been neglected. For the first time, "Intestinal Microorganisms of Termites and Other Invertebrates" focuses on the microbes in gut systems of soil animals. It starts with a profound overview of the biology of soil invertebrates. A major part deals with the gut microbiota of termites, the best investigated gut system of invertebrates. Termites are important soil processors in tropical and subtropical regions. Insight is given into the intestinal microbiota of further relevant primary litter decomposers, such as earthworms, springtails, millipeds, and woodlice. Novel techniques for studying intestinal microbes complete the volume.

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Soil invertebrates --- Intestines --- Termites --- Invertébrés du sol --- Intestins --- Microbiology --- Microbiologie --- Invertébré --- Invertebrates --- Flore microbienne --- microbial flora --- Intestin --- intestines --- Flore du sol --- Soil flora --- Symbiose --- Symbiosis --- Termitidae --- Fonction physiologique --- physiological functions --- Biologie du sol --- Soil biology --- Pédogénèse --- soil genesis --- Soil invertebrates. --- Zoology --- Biology --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Microbiology & Immunology --- Invertebrates & Protozoa --- Microbiology. --- Invertébrés du sol --- EPUB-LIV-FT LIVBIOLO SPRINGER-B --- Dictyoptera --- Isoptera --- White ants --- Mesofauna --- Bacteriology --- Life sciences. --- Ecology. --- Animal physiology. --- Invertebrates. --- Soil science. --- Soil conservation. --- Life Sciences. --- Terrestial Ecology. --- Animal Physiology. --- Soil Science & Conservation. --- Insects --- Termitomyces --- Soil animals --- Conservation of soil --- Erosion control, Soil --- Soil erosion --- Soil erosion control --- Soils --- Agricultural conservation --- Soil management --- Animal physiology --- Animals --- Anatomy --- Balance of nature --- Bionomics --- Ecological processes --- Ecological science --- Ecological sciences --- Environment --- Environmental biology --- Oecology --- Environmental sciences --- Population biology --- Invertebrata --- Microbial biology --- Microorganisms --- Control --- Prevention --- Conservation --- Physiology --- Ecology --- Ecology . --- Pedology (Soil science) --- Agriculture --- Earth sciences --- Physiology. --- Experimental Organisms. --- Soil Science. --- Technique.

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