The use of soil cover plants and alternative sources nitrogen fertilization can promote improvements in the biological characteristics soil. objective this study was to determine contribution isolated and/or intercropped cultivation ground crops autumn/winter poultry litter as a source N wheat crop succession on mesofauna macrofauna community. experimental design randomized blocks, with split p...

Earthworms are one of the most important and beneficial macrofauna, and are used extensively in organic farming. Earthworms mediate soil biological regulation systems, and produce biogenic structures. They help to maintain soil structure, water infiltration, and regulate the availability of nutrients assimilated by plants. The objectives of this study were to perform morphological and molecular...

Climatic fluctuations may significantly alter the taxonomic and biochemical composition of phytoplankton blooms and subsequently phytodetritus, the food source for the majority of deep-sea communities. To examine the response of abyssal benthic communities to different food resources we simulated a food sedimentation event containing diatoms and coccolithophorids at Station M in the NE Pacific....

Invasive plant species can alter litter decomposition rates through changes in quality, environment conditions, and decomposer organisms (microflora soil fauna), but limited research has examined their direct impact on fauna. We assessed the abundance relative contribution of meso- macrofauna to a forest invaded by Ligustrum lucidum W.T. Aiton noninvaded subtropical mountain northwestern Argent...