Management of biodiversity and ecosystem services requires a better understanding of the
factors that influence soil biodiversity. We characterized the species (or genera) richness of …

Biological communities inhabiting the soil are among the most diversified, complex and yet
most poorly studied terrestrial ecosystems. The greatest knowledge gaps apply to the …

Soil biological properties are good indicators for the evaluation of soil quality, introduced as
key indicators in soil health, which is in line with the nutrient cycles in terrestrial ecosystems …

High‐throughput DNA methods hold great promise for the study of taxonomically intractable
mesofauna of the soil. Here, we assess species diversity and community structure in a …

Forest soil and litter is inhabited by a diverse community of animals, which directly and
indirectly rely on dead organic matter as habitat and food resource. However, community …

Restoration of nutrient-enriched heathlands and similar dry habitats via topsoil removal
requires the re-assembly of above and belowground communities to attain fully functional …

Nematodes are the most abundant invertebrates in soils and are key prey in soil food webs.
Uncovering their contribution to predator nutrition is essential for understanding the structure …

Biodiversity and biomass of aboveground arthropods in central European forests
continuously declined during the last decade. However, whether belowground …

Microarthropods impact organic matter turnover and nutrient cycling via processing of
organic matter entering the soil as litter and root exudates. Variations in the structure of soil …

To maintain constant chemical composition, ie elemental homeostasis, organisms have to
consume resources of sufficient quality to meet their own specific stoichiometric demand …