Soil microbes are highly diverse and play a key role in the regulation of biogeochemical cycling processes and the maintenance of ecosystem functions. Knowledge of the elevational distribution ...

Polygonum pensylvanicum and Abutilon theophrasti, components of old-field communities in central Illinois were grown on a controlled soil moisture gradient to determine whether they exhibit different ...

A discrete probability model was developed to describe the distributions of dispersal distances of two soil-living collembolan species, Folsomia fimetarioides and Isotomiella minor, in an experimental ...

Nematodes resist extreme aridity and unfavourable ground conditions by using various reproduction strategies and demonstrate ...