February 10, 2024Applied Soil EcologyOpen Access

Soil invertebrate biodiversity and functionality within the intensively farmed areas of the Po Valley

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MBMatteo BrunettiDepartment of Agricultural Sciences GMGiulia MagogaUniversity of Naples Federico II ACAlex CussighUniversity of Milan

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Observational analysis reveals habitat-specific invertebrate biodiversity variations in agricultural soils, highlighting idiosyncratic impacts of agronomic practices on community balance.

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Soil invertebrates exhibit substantial taxonomic and functional diversity variations across habitats, while agricultural disturbance shows no simple inverse relationship with richness.
Characterized using the eDNA metabarcoding approach across six habitats, cornfields supported peak annelid diversity but showed marked reductions in nematode and trophic group richness.
Highlights how agronomic practices alter community balance, underscoring the necessity to protect vital ecosystem services and invertebrate biodiversity across managed agroecosystems.

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Brunetti et al. (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e79ac4b6db64358770ac06 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2024.105326

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Observational analysis reveals habitat-specific invertebrate biodiversity variations in agricultural soils, highlighting idiosyncratic impacts of agronomic practices on community balance.

Soil invertebrate biodiversity and functionality within the intensively farmed areas of the Po Valley

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Soil invertebrate biodiversity and functionality within the intensively farmed areas of the Po Valley

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