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Soil animals

Soil harbours a huge number of animal species (30% of arthropods live in soil), whether over their entire life or at least during larval stages. Soil offers protection against environmental hazards, such as excess temperature and moisture fluctuations, in particular in arid and cold environments, as well as against predation. Soil provisions food over…

Art, Soil microfauna & Soil mesofauna

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Soil microfauna

UnicellularProtozoaMulticellularRotifersTardigrades
48 related topics

Soil mesofauna

SoilLeaf litterMitesSpringtailsProturans
61 related topics

Soil macrofauna

PolydesmidaTenebrionidsSoil structureSoil morphologyMull humus
44 related topics

Soil megafauna

NestsMoundsFossorialMammalsVoles
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Soil microfauna

Soil mesofauna

Soil macrofauna

Soil megafauna

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Soil animals

Nodes253
Edges252
Triples30
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.007905
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Soil animals

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related to Soil mesofauna · 11
Soil animals → By, Contrary, Earthworm, Fungal, Fungal-feeding, However, In, Members, Predatory, Soil, The
related to Soil megafauna · 6
Soil animals → Fossorial, Many, Soil, The, They, UV-radiation

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soil species animals earthworms microfauna mesofauna microorganisms size macrofauna ecosystem invertebrates nematodes vertebrates plant termites bacteria enchytraeids engineers food giving

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DNA barcoding helped field ecologists to achieve complete lists of species or OTUsinstance ofFrom a few decades on molecular tools0.80text
earthwormsinstance ofand are still in development for other soil invertebrates0.80text
collembolansinstance ofand are still in development for other soil invertebrates0.80text
acid rains.Although sexual reproductioninstance ofwhile they are highly sensitive to other man-induced global changes0.80text
earthworm castsinstance offurther hardened by drought as seen in the formation of stable structures0.80text
termite mounds.Reproduction of macrofauna is mainly sexualinstance offurther hardened by drought as seen in the formation of stable structures0.80text
with males well-differentiated from femalesinstance offurther hardened by drought as seen in the formation of stable structures0.80text
as in spidersinstance offurther hardened by drought as seen in the formation of stable structures0.80text
harvestmeninstance offurther hardened by drought as seen in the formation of stable structures0.80text
centipedesinstance offurther hardened by drought as seen in the formation of stable structures0.80text
carabidsinstance offurther hardened by drought as seen in the formation of stable structures0.80text
but hermaphroditism is the rule in earthwormsinstance offurther hardened by drought as seen in the formation of stable structures0.80text

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