Soils are self-organized ecological systems within which organisms interact within a nested
suite of discrete scales. Microorganisms form communities and physical structures at the …

Purpose Ongoing population growth and economic development place increasing demands
on the supply of services produced in and by ecosystems. The resulting degradation …

Background Agroforestry systems have enhanced diversity of cultivated plants compared to
monocultures, and are expected to affect associated biodiversity. Despite a growing body of …

Soils participate in the provision of numerous ecosystem services of great importance for the
maintenance of ecosystems and human societies. Physical and chemical soils properties …

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 …

Biodiversity affects many ecosystem functions and services, including carbon cycling and
retention. While it is known that the efficiency of carbon capture and biomass production by …

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 …

Soil invertebrates (ie, soil fauna) are important drivers of many key processes in soils
including soil aggregate formation, water retention, and soil organic matter transformation …

We investigated the capacity of different types of agroforestry systems to promote the
formation of soil macroaggregates through biological or physical processes. Soil …

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 …