Linking effect traits of soil fauna to processes of organic matter transformation
Functional Ecology,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Дек. 20, 2024
Abstract
Soil
organic
matter
(SOM)
transformation
processes
are
regulated
by
the
activities
of
plants,
microbes,
and
fauna.
Compared
with
plants
effects
soil
fauna
less
understood
because
their
high
taxonomic
functional
diversity,
mix
direct
indirect
effect
mechanisms.
Trait‐based
approaches
offer
a
generic
perspective
to
quantify
mechanistic
relationships
between
SOM
transformations,
including
decomposition,
translocation,
stabilisation
carbon.
Yet,
at
present,
we
lack
consensus
concerning
relevant
key
traits
(i.e.
those
affecting
ecosystem
functioning).
Here,
address
this
knowledge
gap
focusing
on
transformations.
Based
existing
literature,
identify
linked
universally
applicable
across
taxa
types,
discuss
process‐trait
links.
We
define
eight
that
directly
affected
fauna:
(i)
litter
mass
loss,
(ii)
fragmentation,
(iii)
aggregation
in
faeces,
(iv)
mineral
particles,
(v)
decomposition
(vi)
(vii)
pore
space
creation
maintenance
(viii)
stabilisation.
link
these
general
classified
into
four
categories:
(a)
food
selection
ingestion,
(b),
digestion
excretion,
(c)
mobility,
(d)
body
metabolic
rate.
also
propose
proxies
when
trait
measurements
laborious.
The
proposed
links
need
be
validated
targeted
experiments.
urge
researchers
obtain
quantitative
experimental
data,
together
approaches,
integratively
contributions
functioning.
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Язык: Английский
Divergent stabilization characteristics of soil organic carbon between topsoil and subsoil under different land use types
CATENA,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
252, С. 108838 - 108838
Опубликована: Фев. 20, 2025
Язык: Английский
Earthworm invasion and interaction with litter increased CO2 and N2O emissions in Changbai Mountain: A microcosm study
Applied Soil Ecology,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
202, С. 105533 - 105533
Опубликована: Июль 24, 2024
Язык: Английский
Comparative Analysis of Bacterial Community Structures in Earthworm Skin, Gut, and Habitat Soil across Typical Temperate Forests
Microorganisms,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
12(8), С. 1673 - 1673
Опубликована: Авг. 14, 2024
Earthworms
are
essential
components
in
temperate
forest
ecosystems,
yet
the
patterns
of
change
earthworm-associated
microbial
communities
across
different
forests
remain
unclear.
This
study
employed
high-throughput
sequencing
technology
to
compare
bacterial
community
composition
and
structure
three
microhabitats
(skin,
gut,
habitat
soil)
typical
China,
investigated
influence
environmental
factors
on
these
differential
patterns.
The
results
indicate
that:
(1)
From
warm
cold
forests,
soil
pH
decreased
significantly.
In
contrast,
physicochemical
properties
earthworm
skin
mucus
exhibited
trends
compared
those
soil.
(2)
Alpha
diversity
analysis
revealed
a
declining
trend
Shannon
indices
all
microhabitats.
(3)
Beta
that
transition
from
deciduous
broad-leaved
coniferous
exerted
most
significant
impact
gut
earthworms,
while
its
was
comparatively
less
pronounced.
(4)
Actinobacteria
Proteobacteria
were
predominant
phyla
skin,
soil,
but
differed
among
(5)
Mantel
tests
correlations
between
structures
climatic
factors,
mucus.
findings
this
offer
novel
perspectives
interplay
microorganisms,
environment
within
ecosystems.
Язык: Английский