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

Globally, biological invasions can have strong impacts on biodiversity as well as ecosystem
functioning. While less conspicuous than introduced aboveground organisms, introduced …

Earthworms play a major and important role in incorporating organic matter and making
nutrients available for plants. Often, the breakdown and fragmentation itself are …

Modification of soil food webs by land management may alter the response of ecosystem
processes to climate extremes, but empirical support is limited and the mechanisms involved …

Earthworms have been shown to produce contrasting effects on soil carbon (C) and nitrogen
(N) pools and dynamics. We measured soil C and N pools and processes and traced the …

Abstract Forests in northeastern North America have undergone dramatic transformations
due to losses and gains of species, changes in land use and pollution. Historic stressors …

Earthworm invasions and high deer populations are among many stressors threatening long‐
term population viability of forest understorey plants in north‐eastern N orth A merica …

Soil food webs are traditionally considered to have distinct energy channels through which
resources flow belowground. Resources enter the soil food web either from roots or from …

The supply of recent photosynthate from plants to soils is thought to be a critical mechanism
regulating the activity and diversity of soil biota. In the Arctic, large‐scale vegetation …

Aims Cropland agroforestry systems are land-use systems with numerous environmental
advantages over monoculture croplands including promotion of soil life. This study aimed to …