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Economic and Ecological Significance of Arthropods in Diversified Ecosystems pp 17–51Cite as

Soil Biodiversity and Arthropods: Role in Soil Fertility

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Healthy productive soils are essential to meet the food requirement of humans and animals. Arthropods have important role in maintaining soil fertility. The major contribution of arthropods to soil is through decomposition and humification of all organic matter. In the soil, arthropods function as litter transformers, ecosystem engineers, and pulverizers. As much as 20 % of total animal litter input is processed by the activity of collembolans alone. Arthropods also stimulate mineralization of nutrients in soil. Soil practices in cultivated ecosystems significantly alter arthropod community which in turn has significant effect on soil productivity. Arthropods facilitate soil processes. Hence, understanding soil arthropod communities will prove useful in developing management plans for both wild and cultivated ecosystems.

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Bagyaraj, D.J., Nethravathi, C.J., Nitin, K.S. (2016). Soil Biodiversity and Arthropods: Role in Soil Fertility. In: Chakravarthy, A., Sridhara, S. (eds) Economic and Ecological Significance of Arthropods in Diversified Ecosystems. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-1524-3_2

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