Despite the importance of earthworms for soil formation, more is needed to know about how
Pre-Columbian modifications to soils and the landscape. Gaining a deeper understanding is …

Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum) residue (straw) has been identified as a promising
feedstock for bioenergy production, but excessive straw removal may impair soil macrofauna …

Background Soil animal communities include more than 40 higher-order taxa, representing
over 23% of all described species. These animals have a wide range of feeding sources and …

Understanding global biodiversity change, its drivers, and the ecosystem consequences
requires a better appreciation of both the factors that shape soil macrofauna communities …

No‐tillage (NT) agriculture represents a great advance in soil conservation in tropical and
subtropical zones, occupying more than 32 million ha in Brazil in 2017. No‐tillage systems …

Amazonian rainforests, once thought to be pristine wilderness, are increasingly known to
have been widely inhabited, modified, and managed prior to European arrival, by human …

Invertebrates play important functional roles in soils, affecting several essential ecosystem
services. However, their populations are sensitive to disturbance, and are therefore often …

Conventional and conservation tillage systems can alter soil aggregation and total and
labile soil organic matter (SOM) contents. This study aimed to determine the degree of soil …

Biochar amendment and substituting chemical fertilizers with organic manure (organic
substitution) have been widely reported to improve intensive vegetable production …

Abstract The Atlantic Forest is the most threatened Brazilian biome, with less than 10% of its
original surface cover remaining. Thus, several programs of payment for ecosystem services …