Claim · #6492704
Microarthropoda (subclass) · facilitation · Plantae (kingdom)
facilitation · effect: beneficial
interactsWith GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“microarthropods fragment decomposing litter, improving availability to microbes”
- Authors
- Eldor A. Paul (editor); R.P. Voroney, R.J. Heck, Ken Killham, Jim Prosser, D. Lee Taylor, Robert L. Sinsabaugh, David C. Coleman, Diana H. Wall, Janice E. Thies, Ellen Kandeler, Serita D. Frey, Alain F. Plante, Maddie M. Stone, William B. McGill, Sherri J. Morris, Christopher B. Blackwood, R. Balestrini, E. Lumini, R. Borriello, V. Bianciotto, William Horwath, Claire Chenu, Cornelia Rumpel, Johannes Lehmann, G.P. Robertson, P.M. Groffman, Peter J. Bottomley, David D. Myrold, Michael A. Kertesz, Emmanuel Frossard, William J. Parton, Stephen J. Del Grosso, E. Carol Adair, Susan M. Lutz, Harold P. Collins, Alex R. Crump, Vanessa L. Bailey
- Year
- 2015
- Publication
- Academic Press / Elsevier
- Page
- 114
AI critic verdicts
- soil-scientist · plausible
“Microarthropods (mites, collembolans) are well-established litter fragmenters that increase microbial access to organic matter; source quote directly supports the mechanism.”
- agroecologist · plausible
“Microarthropod comminution of litter improving microbial access is well-established soil ecology; source quote directly supports the mechanism and beneficial facilitation direction.”
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