Soil invertebrates as ecosystem engineers: Intended and accidental effects on soil and feedback loops

By P. Jouquet, J. Dauber, J. Lagerlöf, P. Lavelle, M. Lepage. 2006

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Oceanography

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In Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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Citations in the corpus

• The role of litter-feeding macroarthropods in decomposition processes: A reappraisal of common views (2014, background): “"Ecosystem engineers" such as termites and ants will not be discussed here, because most social insects that build elaborate nests have specific impacts on litter decomposition and soil formation, quite different from those of litter transformers (Bignell and Eggleton, 2000; Jouquet et al., 2006).”
• The impact of agricultural practices on soil biota: A regional study (2013, background): “…al., 2008; Murray et al., 2009), building and control of soil organic matter (SOM) or soil 5 physical structure (Wolters, 2000; Jégou et al., 2001; Jouquet et al., 2006), and vegetation dynamics 6 (De Deyn et al., 2003; Mitschunas et al., 2006; Forey et al., 2011), with synergistic effects on…”
• The role of fine and coarse roots in shallow slope stability and soil erosion control with a focus on root system architecture: a review (2007, background): “Physical ecosystem engineering is defined as the organismally-induced, structurally-mediated changes in the amount, distribution and composition of energy and materials in the abiotic environment, as opposed to the influential paths via assimilation and dissimilation (Jones et al. 1997, 2006; Jouque”
• Soil fauna and soil functions: a jigsaw puzzle (2014, background): “…in the formation of a surface soil crust (compact and asphyxiating horizon of 2–5 cm thick and produced by coalescence of a large amounts of casts with a high water content and a muddy structure) through which it cannot feed (Blanchart et al., 1999; Chauvel et al., 1999; Jouquet et al., 2006).”
• Biochar in bioenergy cropping systems: impacts on soil faunal communities and linked ecosystem processes (2013, background): “Although larger soil organisms such as earthworms and termites can create channels within the soil (Jouquet et al., 2006), the movement of most micro- and mesofauna is limited by pore neck diameter.”