Regulation of soil organic matter dynamics and microbial activityin the drilosphere and the role of interactionswith other edaphic functional domains

By G. Brown, I. Barois, P. Lavelle. 2000

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

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Citations in the corpus

• Charles Darwin, earthworms and the natural sciences: various lessons from past to future (2003, background): “…as with the ingested food, the spectrum of enzymes released is highly variable depending on the species and their ecological category, and some species are more dependent than others on microorganisms to help them digest their food (Lattaud et al., 1998; Trigo et al., 1999; Brown et al., 2000).”
• The Role of Microbial Communities in the Formation and Decomposition of Soil Organic Matter (2010, background): “The “drilosphere”, as defined by Brown et al. (2000), includes the internal microenvironment of the earthworm gut; the earthworm surface in contact with the soil; surface and belowground casts; middens; and burrows and chambers made by the earthworm, all of which are microhabitats for a range of…”
• Earthworm burrows: Kinetics and spatial distribution of enzymes of C-, N- and P- cycles (2016, background): “These enzymes were selected because they are produced not only by microorganisms in the burrow surface, but are also found in the earthworm gut (Tracy, 1951; Brown et al., 2000; Wan and Wong, 2004).”
• Soil invertebrates as ecosystem engineers: Intended and accidental effects on soil and feedback loops (2006, background): “They act on soil structures through (i) the creation of burrows which facilitate water and gas transport, (ii) the incorporation of litter into the soil, the mixing of soil minerals and organic material and the breaking down of SOM and (iii) the ejection of surface and/or subsurface casts (Brown et ”
• How Earthworms Affect Plant Growth: Burrowing into the Mechanisms (2004, background): “The earthworm gut also provides an ideal environment for enhanced activity levels or multiplication of some microorganisms; others may be digested or their activity levels reduced by passage through the earthworm gut (Brown et al. 2000).”
• Influence of soil fauna on fungal plant pathogens in agricultural and horticultural systems (2005, background): “One example of this variation is found within the earthworms, where differences in feeding habits are reflected in the composition of digestive enzymes (Doube & Brown 1998; Brown et al. 2000).”
• A review of earthworm impact on soil function and ecosystem services (2013, background): “…C inputs into the soil through burial of litter and by enhancing its decomposition rate, in regulating microbial activities in the drilosphere (the soil immediately surrounding earthworm burrows) and casts, and protecting C in stable aggregates such as their castings (Brown et al ., 2000).”
• Earthworm invasions of ecosystems devoid of earthworms: effects on soil microbes (2006, background): “2000), decrease (Pattinson et al. 1997; Brown et al. 2000) or not affect (Wurst et al.”
• Carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide fluxes from soil as influenced by anecic and endogeic earthworms (2008, background): “The earthworm gut and associated structures (casts, burrows, middens) represent microhabitats that can support distinct microbial communities and greater microbial activity than the bulk soil (Brown et al., 2000; Drake and Horn, 2006; Marhan et al., 2007).”
• Changes in density of nematodes, protozoa and total coliforms after transit through the gut of four epigeic earthworms (Oligochaeta) (2008, background): “Some larger animals, such as earthworms, can simultaneously affect soil micro-organisms and their microbial grazers through their feeding, burrowing and casting activities (Brown et al., 2000).”
• Microbial hotspots and hot moments in soil: Concept & review (2015, background): “…through and processed within the hindgut of earthworms (drilosphere) and other soil organisms (mainly invertebrates) at various depths or/and b) formed by deep-growing roots and maintained by roots and burrowing animals (Tiunov and Scheu, 1999, 2004; Brown et al., 2000; Schrader et al., 2007).”