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Complexity in soil biology is a multi-level concept. Soil itself is the result of multiple interactions between physical structure, interface phenomena, soil biota activity, population dynamics, chemical composition, time, and environmental conditions. In turn, the resulting system (the soil) influences all those factors except time. Soil complexity can thus be observed at different physical levels (i.e., frequency distribution of aggregates’ sizes, order of strata, etc.), biological levels (i.e., taxocoenoses, oxidable organic matter availability, population distribution, etc.), interaction levels (i.e. mineral paths between compartments, food web, etc.), or evolutionary levels (short-term variations on water availability, long-term erosion, etc.).
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Ariño, A.H., Belascoáin, C., Jordana, R. (2008). Optimal Sampling for Complexity in Soil Ecosystems. In: Minai, A.A., Bar-Yam, Y. (eds) Unifying Themes in Complex Systems IV. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-73849-7_25
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