The moment the soil enters into contact with an earthworm, both superficially and internally,
physicochemical and biological changes take place. The drilosphere represents the whole …

Climate change can have a plethora of effects on organisms above and below the ground in
terrestrial ecosystems. Given the tremendous biodiversity in the soil and the many …

Publisher Summary This chapter helps in understanding the role of soil fauna in soil
function. Soils host an extremely diverse community of invertebrates that differ in their …

Much of the work regarding earthworm effects on other organisms has focused on the
functional significance of microbial-earthworm interactions, and little is known on the effects …

Purpose There is a growing interest in the use of soil enzymes as early indicators of soil
quality change under contrasting agricultural management practices. In recent years, there …

Earthworm biodiversity is modified when forests and natural savannas are replaced by
agroecosystems; these changes can be studied from the taxonomic and functional point of …

The objective of our work was to evaluate soil quality in different cacao agroforestry systems
(AFS) in the Colombian Amazon. We compared soil quality of AFS at the study site with soil …

In tropical areas, where crop production is limited by low soil quality, the development of
techniques improving soil fertility without damage to the environment is a priority. In French …

Although much work has been done on factors which influence the patterning of species and
species trait assemblages in a variety of groups such as plants, vertebrates and …

Abstract In the Colombian Amazon, the provision of soil-based ecosystem services is
threatened mainly by loss of plant cover. Methodologies are required that allow for a holistic …