Compared to intensive land use, sustainable land use allows better control of underground herbivores and soil microbes. As a ...

Researchers studied the effects of intensive and extensive land use on soil biodiversity in cropland and grassland.Based on a media release by Leipzig ...

However, this new research uncovers that larger arthropods play a crucial and previously underappreciated role in arid ecosystems. Decomposers of different sizes respond distinctively to ...

According to the KVA, now is a good time to find decomposers on dead tree trunks and limbs ... Both pose big problems for ...

They also act as food for many species. “As primarily detritivores (decomposers), cockroaches play a crucial role in nutrient ...

A: Although insects are the focus of most “leave the leaves” messaging, lots of other animals can seek shelter there too, or even eat the leaves at some point as decomposers and nutrient ...

How energy is transferred through food chains and food webs via producers, primary and secondary consumers, predator, prey and decomposers. The connections within ecosystems. videoThe connections ...

Among this group of decomposers, there’s the bad and the dangerous ... there were fewer amphibians around to control the mosquito population. All members of an ecosystem are connected, ties that ...

Organic banana production is significantly more conducive to microbial decomposition than its chemical-intensive counterparts ...

A study reveals plankton, crucial for marine ecosystems, cannot adapt to rapid global warming, threatening marine life and ...

Microbes profoundly impact evolution, shaping traits alongside genes. Holobiont biology highlights how hosts and microbes ...