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

Despite the major importance of soil biota in nutrient and energy fluxes, interactions in soil
food webs are poorly understood. Here we provide an overview of recent advances in …

Natural variations of the 13C/12C ratio have been frequently used over the last three
decades to trace C sources and fluxes between plants, microorganisms, and soil. Many of …

Chemical taxonomy based upon the composition of lipids is widely applied to investigate
microbial communities and fatty acids have recently been employed to connect soil …

Collembola are among the most abundant, diverse and functionally important groups of soil
animals. Collembolans inhabit different litter and soil layers and their food objects are …

"… a number of chapters provide excellent summaries of the modern methods available for
studying fungal ecology, along with those more traditional methods that are still extremely …

Recent studies have highlighted the tight coupling between geomorphic processes and soil
carbon (C) turnover and suggested that eroding landscapes can stabilize more C than their …

In this review we summarize our knowledge of using stable isotopes (15N/14N, 13C/12C) to
better understand the trophic ecology of oribatid mites. Our aims are (a) to recapitulate the …

The soil animal food web has become a focus of recent ecological research but trophic
relationships still remain enigmatic for many taxa. Analysis of stable isotope ratios of N and …

The complexity of soil food webs and the cryptic habitat hamper the analyses of pools, fluxes
and turnover rates of carbon (C) in organisms and the insight into their interactions. Stable …