Published: Jan. 1, 2024
Language: Английский
Land Degradation and Development, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 35(4), P. 1284 - 1295
Published: Dec. 14, 2023
Abstract Global changes call for more nature‐based solutions, especially in nature conservation involving ecological restoration. Current methods essentially based on civil engineering are both expensive and costly non‐renewable energy consumption pollution terms. The non‐sustainability of these techniques is leading to the direct use certain species restore degraded ecosystems. Ants, because their central role ecosystem functioning occurrence almost all terrestrial ecosystems, promising candidates environmental monitoring such restoration projects. We provide here a narrative review functions performed by ants, we take stock how ants currently considered passive active then propose trait‐based approach facilitate practitioners future list discuss life‐history traits relevant functional known affect abiotic (physical chemical soil properties) biotic (plant fauna communities) components.
Language: Английский
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bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: unknown
Published: Feb. 3, 2023
Abstract Although soil ecology has benefited from recent advances in describing the functional and trophic traits of organisms, data reuse for large-scale food-web reconstructions still faces challenges. These obstacles include: (1) most on interactions feeding behaviour organisms being scattered across disparate repositories, without well-established standard structuring datasets; (2) existence various competing terms, rather than consensus, to delineate feeding-related concepts such as diets, groups, processes, resource types, leading ambiguities that hinder meaningful integration different studies; (3) considerable divergence classification numerous or even lack classifications, discrepancies resolution reconstructed food webs complicating comparison models within synthetic studies. To address these issues, we introduce Soil Food Web Ontology, a novel formal conceptual framework designed foster agreement organisms. This ontology represents collaborative ongoing endeavour aimed at establishing consensus definitions array relevant ecology. Its primary objective is enhance accessibility, interpretation, combination, reuse, automated processing data. By harmonising terminology fundamental principles ecology, anticipate Ontology will improve knowledge management field. It help ecologists better harness existing information regarding behaviours facilitate more robust streamline reconstruction webs, ultimately render research inclusive, reusable reproducible.
Language: Английский
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Authorea (Authorea), Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: unknown
Published: July 10, 2023
Our knowledge of the factors influencing distribution soil organisms is limited to specific taxonomic groups. Consequently, our understanding drivers shaping entire food web constrained. To address this gap, we conducted an extensive biodiversity monitoring program in French Alps, using environmental DNA obtain multi-taxon data from 418 samples. The spatial structure resulting webs varied significantly between and within habitats. From forests grasslands, observed a shift abundance trophic groups fungal bacterial feeding channels, reflecting different ecosystem functioning. Furthermore, forest were more strongly spatially structured which could only partly be explained by abiotic conditions. Grassland driven plant community composition characteristics. findings provide valuable insights into how climate land use changes may differentially affect mountains.
Language: Английский
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Research Square (Research Square), Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: unknown
Published: Oct. 18, 2022
Abstract Earthworms can stimulate plant productivity, but their impact on soil greenhouse gases (GHG) is still debated. Methodological challenges of measuring GHG in experiments with plants are presumably contributing to the status quo, majority studies being conducted without plants. Here we report effect earthworms (without, anecic, endogeic and combination) (with without) (CO 2 N O) emissions an experiment. O were also 34.6 44.8% lower when both earthworm species only present, respectively, while reduced cumulative by 19.8%. No effects CO found. Estimates macroporosity measured X-ray tomography show that mediated burrowing activity affecting aeration water status. Both decreased macropore volume top soil, due moisture microbial activity. deepest layer, likely caused a reduction anaerobic microsites. Our results indicate that, under experimental conditions allowing for engineering moisture, do not increase may even reduce emissions.
Language: Английский
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3
Published: Jan. 1, 2024
Language: Английский
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