Soil Invertebrates - Effects on Nutrient Turnover and Soil Structure - A Review•
Soil Invertebrates - Effects on Nutrient Turnover and Soil Structure - A Review•
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土壤无脊椎动物 - 对养分周转和土壤结构的影响 - 综述•
DOI:
10.1002/jpln.19911540602
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发表时间:
1991
影响因子:
2.5
通讯作者:
V. Wolters
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作者:
V. Wolters
This paper intends to stimulate discussion between zoologists and soil scientists by presenting some central problems of descriptive and func tional soil zoology. These problems are related to a. the cryptic life of soil biota, b. their specific adaptations to the soil habitat, c. the different spa tio-temporal scales at which invenebrates affect soil processes. d. the extremely different ways invenebrate effects in soil can be quantified and e. the close interrelationships between all components of the soil subsys tem. A shon outline is given of the different functional groups and trophic systems which have been used as tools for estimating the impact of soil invenebratcs on soil, higher plants and edaphon. The difficulty of dif ferentiating between direct and indirect effects is discussed. Especially in the context of soil structural research, many of the investigations have focussed on the direct contribution of the macrofauna to structure forma tion. while indirect effects of the mcso and microfauna on structure sta bilization have largely been ignored. In conclusion some special fields are proposed for intensive cooperation between soil scientists and soil zoolo gists in the future.