Danielle Mitja

TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of the fallow period on soil physical properties have not been widely documented especially in the drier areas of West Africa, and the authors summarise the fragmented and not readily accessible information on the responses of soil crusting, runoff, water and wind erosion to fallowing in the sub-humid and semi-arid regions of West African.

TL;DR: In this paper, a case study was conducted to identify the consequences of altered macrofaunal diversity on soil structure and hydrological processes in Brazilian Amazonia, showing that after forest clearing for pasture establishment, the diversity of soil macroinvertebrates decreased strongly.

TL;DR: The results suggest that fauna density is affected by titter quality and that it is more affected by resource quantity than quality and the importance of nitrogen fixers to ecosystem function is confirmed.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated how ecosystem services evolve with landscape changes, specifying the contribution of spatial variability in the physical environment and highlighting trade-offs and synergies among ecosystem services.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the relationship between pasture degradation and some soil properties, to try to identify the most significant soil features in the degradation process, and indicated that pasture degradation does not seem to be directly related to the modification of the chemical features of soils.