For a detailed table of life in soil, see soil life.
Soil biology is the study of microbial and faunal activity in the soil. This photo shows the activity of both.
Soil biology is the study of microbial and faunal activity and ecology in soil.
Soil life, soil biota, soil fauna, or edaphon is a collective term that encompasses all organisms that spend a significant portion of their life cycle within a soil profile, or at the soil-litter interface.
These organisms include earthworms, nematodes, protozoa, fungi, bacteria, different arthropods, as well as some reptiles (such as snakes), and species of burrowing mammals like gophers, moles and prairie dogs. Soil biology plays a vital role in determining many soil characteristics. The decomposition of organic matter by soil organisms has an immense influence on soil fertility, plant growth, soil structure, and carbon storage. As a relatively new science, much remains unknown about soil biology and its effect on soil ecosystems.
Soilbiology is the study of microbial and faunal activity and ecology in soil. Soil life, soil biota, soil fauna, or edaphon is a collective term that...
plants and soil organisms. Some scientific definitions distinguish dirt from soil by restricting the former term specifically to displaced soil. Soil consists...
related to the fate of 14C- and 15N-labeled urea added to soil". Biology and Fertility of Soils. 42 (2): 137–145. Bibcode:2005BioFS..42..137M. doi:10...
Soil pH is a measure of the acidity or basicity (alkalinity) of a soil. Soil pH is a key characteristic that can be used to make informative analysis both...
SoilBiology and Biochemistry is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal that was established in 1969 and is currently published by Elsevier. Its founding...
manures" and other soil-enhancing practices which make it hard for the soils to be equalized. Such farming methods attempt to mimic the biology of barren lands...
such as soil fertility. SoilbiologySoil ecology Soil functions Soil life Trophic cascade Food web Entomopathogenic nematode "SoilBiology Primer Photo...
prolonged exposure of these gases in the environment, modifying soil and water chemistry. Soilbiology and chemistry can be seriously damaged by acid rain. Some...
"Inorganic and organic carbon dynamics in a limed acid soil are mediated by plants". SoilBiology and Biochemistry. 57: 549–555. doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2012...
Soil microbiology is the study of microorganisms in soil, their functions, and how they affect soil properties. It is believed that between two and four...
Soil formation, also known as pedogenesis, is the process of soil genesis as regulated by the effects of place, environment, and history. Biogeochemical...
Soil respiration refers to the production of carbon dioxide when soil organisms respire. This includes respiration of plant roots, the rhizosphere, microbes...
change drivers in regulating early stages of litter decomposition". SoilBiology and Biochemistry. 129: 144–152. doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2018.11.009. hdl:10261/336676...
Bonkowski, Michael (2016). "The soil food web revisited: Diverse and widespread mycophagous soil protists". SoilBiology and Biochemistry. 94: 10–18. doi:10...
Soil crusts are soil surface layers that are distinct from the rest of the bulk soil, often hardened with a platy surface. Depending on the manner of formation...
root system. Mycorrhizae play important roles in plant nutrition, soilbiology, and soil chemistry. In a mycorrhizal association, the fungus colonizes the...
fertility or soil mechanics). It includes soil conservation, soil amendment, and optimal soil health. In agriculture, some amount of soil management is...
Biological soil crusts are communities of living organisms on the soil surface in arid and semi-arid ecosystems. They are found throughout the world with...
Bulk soil is soil outside the rhizosphere that is not penetrated by plant roots. The bulk soil is like an ecosystem, it is made up of many things such...
Karaca, Ayten (ed.), "Earthworms as Bioindicators of Soil Quality", Biology of Earthworms, SoilBiology, vol. 24, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg...
Soil fertility refers to the ability of soil to sustain agricultural plant growth, i.e. to provide plant habitat and result in sustained and consistent...
region of soil or substrate that is directly influenced by root secretions and associated soil microorganisms known as the root microbiome. Soil pores in...
Tilth is a physical condition of soil, especially in relation to its suitability for planting or growing a crop. Factors that determine tilth include the...
classical soil science, humus is the dark organic matter in soil that is formed by the decomposition of plant and animal matter. It is a kind of soil organic...
Myrold, David D. (2010). "Ectomycorrhizal mats alter forest soil biogeochemistry". SoilBiology and Biochemistry. 42 (9): 1607–1613. doi:10.1016/j.soilbio...
"Effects of temperature, soil water status, and soil type on swine slurry nitrogen transformations". Biology and Fertility of Soils. 36 (6): 442–46. Bibcode:2002BioFS...
Soil organic matter (SOM) is the organic matter component of soil, consisting of plant and animal detritus at various stages of decomposition, cells and...
microbiologist and soilbiology researcher and founder of Soil Foodweb Inc. She is known as a leader in soil microbiology and research of the soil food web, She...
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