Interactive Feedbacks between Soil Fauna and Soil Processes

• Other Authors: Luz Cayuela, Maria (Editor), Clause, Julia (Editor), Frouz, Jan (Editor), Baveye, Philippe C. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2020
• Subjects: Science: general issues; Environmental science, engineering & technology; protists; nematodes; earthworms; macroarthropods; microarthropods; soil functions; soil structure; biogeochemical cycles; greenhouse gas; C sequestration; soil alterations; soil stability; resilience
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Soil fauna plays a significant role at all trophic levels of the soil food web and regulates processes that are crucial for soil functioning, such as nutrient cycling, immobilization and/or degradation of toxic compounds, formation of soil structure, greenhouse gas emissions and C turnover. Although...