Pierre Margerie

TL;DR: In this article, a comprehensive analysis of invertebrate activities shows that they may be the best possible indicators of soil quality, and they should also be considered as a resource that needs to be properly managed to enhance ecosystem services provided by agro-ecosystems.

TL;DR: It is concluded that earthworm communities are also highly structured by competition, agreeing with the idea that both habitat and competitive constraints operate simultaneously to determine how community assembly takes place.

TL;DR: It is hypothesized that the knowledge gathered in the present review is of crucial relevance for restoration and conservation ecology, and might serve as a basis for realistic estimations and modelling of consequences on native plant communities.

TL;DR: The results do not support the general agreement that resource diversity and patchiness increases soil fauna biodiversity and heterogeneity and suggest that heterogeneity of trophic resources within the mixed stand might increase diversity and heterogeneity of soil macro-invertebrate communities at stand level.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe the driving factors responsible for earthworm community structure in a wet landscape of the Seine Valley (Upper Normandy, France). Fifteen plots were selected along a 1300 m transect, representing the main agroecosystems and soil types (i.e., wooded systems, orchards, grasslands, crops) and soil type only had significant effects on community composition and diversity, while agricultural practices had a stronger impact on community structure at the scale of the agricultural plot.