Food preferences of earthworms for soil fungi

By M. Bonkowski, B. Griffiths, Karl Ritz. 2000

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Plant Science

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Adding to 'the enigma of soil animal diversity': fungal feeders and saprophagous soil invertebrates prefer similar food substrates (2003, background): “[9] explored the food preferences for fungi by epigeic (Lumbricus rubellus), anecic (L.”
Rhizosphere fauna: the functional and structural diversity of intimate interactions of soil fauna with plant roots (2009, unknown): “The increase in laterals plays a crucial role in plant development because they form the scaffold for the architecture of the branched root system (Malamy and Benfey 1997) and enhance root uptake of nutrients released by protozoa (Bonkowski et al. 2000b; Somasundaram et al. 2008).”
Effects of earthworms on soil organic matter and nutrient dynamics at a landscape scale over decades (2004, background): “…is probably because of preferential ingestion of plant residues (leaf and root litter debris and occasionally fungi) (Piearce 1978; Ferrière 1980; Kanyonyo ka Kajondo 1984; Bonkowski et al. 2000; Neilson et al. 2000), fecal pellets of other invertebrates (Mariani et al. 2001), and clay minerals.”
Beyond microbes: Are fauna the next frontier in soil biogeochemical models? (2016, background): “…likely to have important consequences for downstream SOM dynamics, yet our understanding of the exact modes by which fauna exploit microbes is far from complete (but see Lussenhop, 1981; Bonkowski et al., 2000; Maraun et al., 2003; Smrz and Norton, 2004; Berg et al., 2004; Crowther et al., 2011).”
Influence of soil fauna on fungal plant pathogens in agricultural and horticultural systems (2005, background): “Even though information so far is scarce, it seems that the general pattern for feeding preferences is similar among the different earthworm species (Moody et al. 1996; Bonkowski et al. 2000).”