The growing global need for latex is driving rubber plantation (RP) expansion since the last
century, with> 2 Mha of cultivation area being established in the last decade. Southeast Asia …

Purpose High population growth and the expansion of industry from time to time produce a
large amount of waste/pollution, which harms global environmental health. To overcome the …

Our understanding of broad-scale biodiversity and functional trait patterns is largely based
on plants, and relatively little information is available on soil arthropods. Here, we …

Context Abiotic filtering, including environmental and dispersal filtering, is frequently
observed resulting in reduced diversity and more similar species assemblages following …

Aims Termites function as “soil engineers” in tropical agroforestry ecosystems. However, of
their role in phosphorus (P) cycling little is known. We aimed to investigate the impact of …

Termites are key soil bioturbators in tropical ecosystems. Apart from mound nests
constructed by some advanced lineages, most of the species use their faeces, oral …

The integration of nanotechnology for efficient pest management is gaining momentum to
overcome the challenges and drawbacks of traditional approaches. However, studies …

Livestock production extension in Amazon has caused deforestation and soil degradation,
with negative consequences on diversity and environmental services. Recently, rubber …

The conversion of natural forest to agroforestry causes physical changes in the forest, which
affects the availability of organic matter. Therefore, this could influence the diversity of …

This study was conducted to isolate the bacteria Pseudomonase fluorescens from the
termite, locust, and American cockroach in the Iraqi environment and to diagnose it based …