The detrital food web in a shortgrass prairie

Hunt, H. W.; Coleman, David C.; Ingham, E. R.; Ingham, Russell E.; Elliott, E. T.; Moore, John C.; Rose, S. L.; Reid, C. P. P.; Morley, C. R.

doi:10.1007/bf00260580

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“…Being considered fungal, and more general microbial, feeders [20,26], the results for the Collembola are not surprising and corroborate previous research [28,33]. It is conceivable that microbial growth derived from the organic material added to the soil increased the food availability for the springtails [31], allowing the population to grow.…”

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The application of vegetable, fruit and garden waste (VFG) compost in addition to cattle slurry in a silage maize monoculture: Effects on soil fauna and yield

Leroy

Bommelé

Reheul

et al. 2007

European Journal of Soil Biology

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In Flanders, vegetable, fruit and garden (VFG) wastes are collected selectively and composted. We studied the effects of the combined application of three different doses of VFG compost and cattle slurry during 7 years on maize dry matter yields and three soil faunal groups: nematodes, micro-arthropods (springtails and mites) and earthworms. Combined application of VFG compost and slurry resulted in the highest yields. Initially, there was a clear yield depression on plots amended with compost in contrast to an upward trend in the last application years, proving a significant residual N effect from cumulative compost applications. The plant parasitic nematodes Pratylenchus sp. and the Tylenchidae were less abundant on plots receiving organic amendments, while the population of the bacteriophagous Rhabditidae was higher on these plots. Adding organic amendments resulted in increased numbers of micro-arthropods, springtails as well as mites. Earthworms were significantly more abundant when organic amendments were applied. The VFG compost had a larger overall positive effect on the three soil faunal groups than cattle slurry.

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The application of vegetable, fruit and garden waste (VFG) compost in addition to cattle slurry in a silage maize monoculture: Effects on soil fauna and yield

Leroy

Bommelé

Reheul

et al. 2007

European Journal of Soil Biology

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“…They used 15 functional groups of microbes and soil fauna, comprised of: bacteria, saprophytic and mycorrhizal fungi, root-feeding, bacteria-feeding, fungal-feeding, omnivorous and predaceous nematodes, flagellates and amoebae, collembola, r-and k-selected fungal-feeding mites, nematophagous and predaceous mites (Fig. 17, Hunt et al, 1987). The 1 5 functional groups were deleted one at a time and the model was run to steady state.…”

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Linking Species Richness, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function in Soil Systems

Coleman

Whitman

2007

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“…The dependent feeding preference of predator j on prey i (p ij ) was calculated with formula by Hunt et al (1987):…”

Section: Analysis Of Characteristics Of Soil Food Web Structurementioning

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“…Soil organic matter and root are the primary energy source for microbes and soil fauna (Moore et al, 2004;Petchey et al, 2010). Fraction of soil organic matter is labile organic fraction that can be accessed by bacteria, fungi as well as saprophagous macro-arthropods, and recalcitrant organic fraction which is generally more accessible by fungi and saprophagous macroarthropods (Hunt et al, 1987;Coleman, 2008).…”

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Structure of Soil Food Web in Smallholder Cocoa Plantation, South Konawe District, Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia

Kilowasid

Syamsudin²,

Sulystiawati³

et al. 2014

Agrivita.J.Agr.Sci

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An understanding of the structure of the soil food web is critical in determining the practices of soil fertility management based on the biological processes in tropical agricultural regions. The objectives of the study were to assess the variation in trophic level biomass and to analyze the dynamics of the energy channels on the increasing age of cocoa plantation. The characteristics of soil food web structure in smallholder cocoa plantation aged 4, 5, 7, 10, and 16 years were analyzed. The results showed that only biomass at the third trophic level increased with plantation age, but not for the biomass at the lower trophic levels. Biomass in all energy channels did not increased as well along with plantation age. We concluded that variation in the soil food web structure was more influenced by biotic factors of macro-arthropods group, such as facilitation, recolonization capabilities and accessibility in the soil habitat of smallholder cocoa plantation.

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The detrital food web in a shortgrass prairie

Cited by 448 publications

References 56 publications

The application of vegetable, fruit and garden waste (VFG) compost in addition to cattle slurry in a silage maize monoculture: Effects on soil fauna and yield

The application of vegetable, fruit and garden waste (VFG) compost in addition to cattle slurry in a silage maize monoculture: Effects on soil fauna and yield

Linking Species Richness, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function in Soil Systems

Structure of Soil Food Web in Smallholder Cocoa Plantation, South Konawe District, Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia

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