Intensive agriculture reduces soil biodiversity across Europe

Maria A. Tsiafouli, Elisa Thebault, Stefanos P. Sgardelis, Peter C. de Ruiter, Wim H. van der Putten, Klaus Birkhofer, Lia Hemerik, Franciska T. de Vries, Richard D. Bardgett, Mark Vincent Brady, Lisa Bjornlund, Helene Bracht Jorgensen, Søren Christensen, Tina D' Hertefeldt, Stefan Hotes, W. H. Gera Hol, Jan Frouz, Mira Liiri, Simon R. Mortimer, Heikki SetalaJoseph Tzanopoulos, Karoline Uteseny, Vaclav Pizl, Josef Stary, Volkmar Wolters, Katarina Hedlund

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Original languageEnglish
JournalGlobal Change Biology
Volume21
Issue number2
Pages (from-to)973-985
Number of pages13
ISSN1354-1013
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2015

Keywords

  • agricultural intensification
  • body mass
  • ecosystem services
  • functional groups
  • soil food web
  • taxonomic breadth
  • taxonomic distinctness
  • terrestrial ecosystems

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