Soil ecology studies interactions among soil organisms, and their environment. It is particularly concerned with the cycling of nutrients, soil aggregate...
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earliest texts on ecology. While Charles Darwin is mainly noted for his treatise on evolution, he was one of the founders of soil ecology, and he made note...
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Michel (2006). "Soil invertebrates as ecosystem engineers: intended and accidental effects on soil and feedback loops". Applied Soil Ecology. 32 (2): 153–64...
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qualities such as soil fertility. Soil biology Soil ecology Soil functions Soil life Trophic cascade Food web Entomopathogenic nematode "Soil Biology Primer...
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Soil biology is the study of microbial and faunal activity and ecology in soil. Soil life, soil biota, soil fauna, or edaphon is a collective term that...
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Soil pH is a measure of the acidity or basicity (alkalinity) of a soil. Soil pH is a key characteristic that can be used to make informative analysis both...
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Springtail (section Ecology)
Google Books. Coleman, David C.; Wall, Diana H. (2015). "Soil Fauna". Soil Microbiology, Ecology and Biochemistry. pp. 111–149. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-415955-6...
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Monocropping (category Agricultural soil science)
is also controversial, as it damages the soil ecology (including depletion or reduction in diversity of soil nutrients) and provide an unbuffered niche...
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Microbial intelligence (section Soil ecology)
in soil in the form of biofilms. Micropredators that inhabit soil, including social predatory bacteria, have significant implications for its ecology. Soil...
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Arbuscular mycorrhiza (redirect from AMF (ecology))
Applied Soil Ecology. 28: 23–36. doi:10.1016/j.apsoil.2004.06.007. Eriksson, A. (2001). "Arbuscular mycorrhizae in relation to management history, soil nutrients...
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experiments on how soils exchange ions, and is considered the father of soil chemistry. Other scientists who contributed to this branch of ecology include Edmund...
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systems in the Colombian Amazon improve the provision of soil ecosystem services". Applied Soil Ecology. 164: 103933. doi:10.1016/j.apsoil.2021.103933. S2CID 233583678...
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Detritivore (category Soil biology)
control forest leaf litter breakdown in a field experiment". Applied Soil Ecology. 131: 47–54. Bibcode:2018AppSE.131...47D. doi:10.1016/j.apsoil.2018.07...
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plants and soil organisms. Some scientific definitions distinguish dirt from soil by restricting the former term specifically to displaced soil. Soil consists...
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this to their components such as chemicals, bedrock, soil, plants, and animals. Ecosystem ecology examines physical and biological structures and examines...
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means that other elements, such as wildlife or soil nutrients, are also crucial components. Forest ecology shares characteristics and methodological approaches...
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occurring in soil and in the microbiota of animals, including the human microbiota. They are known for the important role they play in soil ecology; they produce...
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Fire ecology is a scientific discipline concerned with the effects of fire on natural ecosystems. Many ecosystems, particularly prairie, savanna, chaparral...
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Organic matter (section Soil organic matter)
will give plants enough nutrients to survive and grow. Soil organic matter is crucial to all ecology and to all agriculture, but it is especially emphasized...
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ecosystems. Klironomos has received the Humboldt Research Award and the Soil Ecology Society Professional Achievement Award. He is a Fellow of the American...
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Young, R., 2001. Soils in the Australian Landscape. Oxford University Press, Melbourne. D. H. Wall et al. (editors). 2012. Soil Ecology and Ecosystems Services...
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Nutrient cycle (category Ecology)
Zeiss, M. R. (2000). "Soil health and sustainability: Managing the biotic component of soil quality" (PDF). Applied Soil Ecology. 15 (1): 3–11. doi:10...
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Serpentine soil is an uncommon soil type produced by weathered ultramafic rock such as peridotite and its metamorphic derivatives such as serpentinite...
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Dung beetle (section Ecology and behavior)
beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) can improve soil hydrological properties" (PDF). Applied Soil Ecology. 46: 9–16. doi:10.1016/j.apsoil.2010.05.010. hdl:2263/14419...
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Microbial ecology (or environmental microbiology) is the ecology of microorganisms: their relationship with one another and with their environment. It...
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This glossary of ecology is a list of definitions of terms and concepts in ecology and related fields. For more specific definitions from other glossaries...
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Termite (redirect from Isoptera-Behavior and Ecology)
E.; Six, J.; Jones, T.H.; Strong, D.R.; van der Putten, W.H. (2013). Soil ecology and ecosystem services (1st ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p...
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Plastic mulch (section Soil temperature)
concerns include residual microplastics in the soil which can have negative effects on soil ecologies, including microbes and earthworms. The idea of...
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Aquatic-terrestrial subsidies Colonization of land - history of terrestrial life Soil ecology "ecosystem definition examples and types". 22 May 2019. McNaughton, Samuel...
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Agronomy (section Soil science)
meteorology, and soil science. It is the application of a combination of sciences such as biology, chemistry, economics, ecology, earth science, and...
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