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Macrofauna-mediated Decomposition

Macrofauna-Mediated Decomposition is a biological decomposition process in which the breakdown of plant residues is primarily driven by the physical and digestive activities of soil macrofauna, distinguishing it from microbial or abiotic decomposition pathways.

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108

Authors

55

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2017–2026

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Publications

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Experimental evidence for the interacting effects of forest edge, moisture and soil macrofauna on leaf litter decomposition

Terhi Riutta, Eleanor M. Slade, Daniel P. Bebber et al. · Soil Biology and Biochemistry · 2012 · 187 citations

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Distinctly variable mudscapes: Distribution gradients of intertidal macrofauna across the Dutch Wadden Sea

Tanya J. Compton, Sander Holthuijsen, Anita Koolhaas et al. · Journal of Sea Research · 2013 · 165 citations · Full text

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Influence of macroarthropod feeding activities on microflora in decomposing oak leaves

R.D.G. Hanlon, J. M. Anderson · Soil Biology and Biochemistry · 1980 · 155 citations

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Small but active – pool size does not matter for carbon incorporation in below‐ground food webs

Johanna Pausch, S. Krämer, Anika Scharroba et al. · Functional Ecology · 2015 · 133 citations · Full text

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Influence of the mode of macrofauna-mediated bioturbation on the vertical distribution of living benthic foraminifera: First insight from axial tomodensitometry

Vincent M. P. Bouchet, Pierre‐Guy Sauriau, Jean-Pierre Debenay et al. · Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology · 2009 · 83 citations · Full text

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Authors

108

  1. SS
    Stefan Scheu

    University of Göttingen, Germany

    2 publications · 169 citations

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  2. EM
    Eleanor M. Slade

    University of Oxford, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 253 citations

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  3. TR
    Terhi Riutta

    University of Oxford, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 253 citations

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  4. TJ
    Tanya J. Compton

    Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Netherlands

    1 publications · 165 citations

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  5. RR
    Regin Rønn

    University of Copenhagen, Denmark

    1 publications · 24 citations

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Institutions

55

  1. Universidade de São Paulo

    São Paulo, Brazil

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    91 citations

  2. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    7 publications

    1.1K citations

  3. University of Göttingen

    Göttingen, Germany

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    344 citations

  4. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    1 h-index

    4 publications

    332 citations

  5. Max Planck Society

    Munich, Germany

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    64 citations

  6. Universität Hamburg

    Hamburg, Germany

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    64 citations

  7. University of Coimbra

    Coimbra, Portugal

    1 h-index

    4 publications

    60 citations

  8. International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

    Ibadan, Nigeria

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    44 citations

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Venues

  1. Soil Biology and Biochemistry

    6 publications · 492 citations

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  2. Applied Soil Ecology

    3 publications · 149 citations

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  3. Agroforestry Systems

    2 publications · 58 citations

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  5. Soil Science

    1 publications · 44 citations

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