Soil organisms drive major ecosystem functions by mineralising carbon and releasing
nutrients during decomposition processes, which supports plant growth, aboveground …

Termites, ants and earthworms are considered as soil engineers because of their effects on
soil properties and their influence on the availability of resources for other organisms …

Contemporary soil science and conservation methods of effective forestry Forests and the
soils that serve as their foundation cover almost a third of the world's land area. Soils …

Comprising a substantial part of living biomass on earth, ants are integral to the functioning
of terrestrial ecosystems. More than 12,000 species have been described to date, and it is …

Belowground communities usually support a much greater diversity of organisms than do
corresponding aboveground ones, and while the factors that regulate their diversity are far …

Ants are ecosystem engineers, greatly affecting physical, chemical, and biological properties
of the soil. The effects on physical soil properties are connected with the building of corridors …

Ants are diverse and abundant, especially in tropical ecosystems. They are often cited as the
agents of key ecological processes, but their precise contributions compared with other …

Leaf‐cutter ants are a prominent feature in Neotropical ecosystems, but a comprehensive
assessment of their effects on ecosystem functions is lacking. We reviewed the literature and …

In northern boreal forests the occurrence of endogeic and anecic earthworms is determined
by soil pH. Increasing evidence suggests that large detritivorous soil animals such as …

In temperate ecosystems, earthworms and ants are the most important organisms for
bioturbation. Little is known about how these groups contribute to bioturbation in different …