Efectos de la ingeniería global de los invertebrados del suelo en las funciones del ecosistema

Donghao Wu1, Enzai Du2,3, Nico Eisenhauer4,5

  • 1State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Ecology, Shenzhen Campus of Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, China.

Nature
|February 12, 2025
PubMed
Resumen

Los invertebrados del suelo como las termitas, las hormigas y las lombrices mejoran significativamente las funciones del ecosistema a nivel mundial. Su ingeniería del suelo mejora el contenido de nutrientes, la biomasa microbiana y el crecimiento de las plantas, con efectos que varían según el clima y el tipo de invertebrados.

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