Altered precipitation patterns resulting from climate change will have particularly significant
consequences in water‐limited ecosystems, such as arid to semi‐arid ecosystems, where …

The episodic nature of water availability in arid and semiarid ecosystems has significant
consequences on belowground carbon and nutrient cycling. Pulsed water events directly …

Global environmental changes are expected to impact the abundance of plants and animals
aboveground, but comparably little is known about the responses of belowground …

Invertebrates are an integral part of soils and are important in determining the suitability of
soils for the sustainable production of healthy crops or trees. We discuss the importance of …

Bacterial-feeding nematodes affect organic-matter decomposition in several ways. They
include: feeding on microbes and regulating the rate at which organic compounds are …

Research in low biodiversity extreme environments allows separation of the climatic, soil
and biological interactions that determine soil biodiversity and community structure. Studies …

The importance of soil biota in maintaining ecosytem integrity is examined by a review of
studies of soil processes and soil biota in arid ecosystems. In decomposition and …

Drought events are increasingly affecting the planet's biodiversity. While shrinking body size
in response to drought has been observed in many vertebrate animals, whether this rule …

Precipitation changes among years and locations along gradients of mean annual
precipitation (MAP). The way those changes interact and affect populations of soil organisms …

Bacteria, protozoa and nematodes interact closely in soil ecosystems. Protozoa and
nematodes eat bacteria (and occasionally each other), while bacteria defend themselves …