The effects of environmental change on soil animal communities are poorly known. Norwegian mountains are subject to both atmospheric nitrogen deposition and increased temperature. In a nutrient poor alpine Dryas heath in south Norway, soil arthropods were studied after 4 years of simulated environmental change by warming and/or nutrient addition. Warming alone only affected three low-density Co...

The activity of some soil organisms can significantly influence the growth plants. One more common are Collembola, which play an important role in suppressing soil-borne pathogens such as Fusarium spp. Here, Folsomia candida was taken for laboratory studies. aim study to assess whether springtails wheat and pea purpose also evaluate Collembola will reduce occurrence fungal diseases, presumably ...

To assess the problems posed by ecological testing of the toxicity of polluted soils, we applied the Collembola reproduction test to the soil from a mining site polluted by metals. Our aim was to quantify the chronic toxicity of contaminated soil using the Folsomia candida reproduction test. Briefly, the polluted soil, which contains in particular large quantities of arsenic, is mixed in variou...

Assessment of mine rehabilitation strategies including soil cover treatments rely mainly on physico-chemical properties or plant performance indices, while much less is known about the response biological properties. This field study evaluated mesofauna (Collembola and Acari) in (mainly subsoil subsoil) tailings, with without organic amendments. The experiment was conducted large (1 m3) units r...