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Subject listing for: Macrofauna |
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This Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas resource page contains web links on general soil biology, mycorrhizae, arthropods, soil bacteria, soil quality measures, earthworms, cover cropping, and other topics, as well as links to ATTRA publications on soil management.
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An information resource page with descriptions, classification information, a collembola slideshow, on-line databases, and publications.
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This Iziko Museums of Cape Town, South Africa site contains general insect information and photos. Sections of particular potential interest are on Collembola (springtails), and termites.
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This North Carolina State University (USA) page describes the life history, ecology, distribution, classification, physical features, and economic importance of collembola. Also available are links and illustrations.
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This bibliographic database of collembola literature citations from the University of Reading (UK) is sorted by year.
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This North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service (USA) publication in pdf format describes how community officials can develop and implement backyard composting programs.
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Boletín traducido del "The Oregon-Washington Master Gardener Handbook". Incluye instrucciones e información sobre la preparación de compost (1) en montones en el huerto o jardín y (2) en cubos con lombrices en la casa o patio con desechos de la cocina. PDF formato.
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Investigación científica con seis sustratos (paja, estiércol bovino, residuos de mercado y combinaciones) para identificar el mejor sustrato en la producción de vermicompuesto y de biomasa de lombrices. Artículo publicado en Terra, Revista de la Sociedad Mexicana de la Ciencia del Suelo, A.C. vol. 20 no. 3 2002 (formato PDF).
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This site, from the New South Wales Department of Primary Industries, is designed to help farmers increase dung beetle activity on their farms.
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This article originally printed in Components, reviews information on earthworm ecology as it relates to the sustainability of agriculture.
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This University of California (USA) SAREP page contains newsletter and review articles on earthworms, species profiles, images, and links to other earthworm information web sites.
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This Southern Crop Protection and Food Research Center (Canada) site answers questions on earthworms, and contains links to research publications, reports, newsletters, and other relevant materials.
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This site provides distribution maps and some photos for North Dakota earthworms. Information is based on surveys of 266 sites in North Dakota.
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Un resumen de la literatura científica acerca de hormigas en sistemas silvopastoriles en América Tropical. Presentado en la conferencia electrónica FAO-CIPAV sobre "Agroforestería para la Producción Animal en Latinoamérica" (2000).
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Ecowatch is an educational site for primary and secondary students who wish to learn about insects. The site contains an invertebrates database whose section titled Insecta may be of particular interest.
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An excellent introduction to the importance of soil biology in farming sustainability with a worldwide perspective, the home section of this FAO site has links to news, events, documents, case studies, and more.
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El objetivo de este foro electrónico es fomentar la ayuda mutua entre lombricultores, ayudar a quienes estén comenzando, e intercambiar experiencias entre personas de diferentes lugares.
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The Fort Hays University (USA) soil ecology links page has lists of links categorized by main classes of organisms and is especially strong in soil macrofauna, from centipedes to ants to slugs
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This site contains descriptions of the role of soil micro and macro-fauna in the processes of soil formation and nutrient cycling, and features a literature review on the interactions of soil organisms and organic manures.
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This reprint of an article on earthworms and composting from a 1947 edition of Organic Gardening has been re-posted in the on-line Soil and Health Library.
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This site, from the New South Wales Department of Primary Industries, describes the specific benefits of earthworms and ways to encourage their presence.
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This 1998 article in the Illinois Natural History Survey (USA) site discusses the function and benefits of earthworms in soils and their potential as biological indicators of soil quality.
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This 1994 edition of the Rodale Institutes International Ag-Sieve contains five brief articles, an editorial, and an information page on vermicomposting.
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FAO's AGLL Soil Biodiversity Portal presents this case study in which the potential benefit of using termites for soil rehabilitation in Burkina Faso is explored.
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Un breve manual en línea con las siguientes secciones: Historia, Conceptos generales, Recomendaciones (como hacerla/cultura de lombrices), Donde comprar
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An overview of sampling protocols for terrestiral microarthropods in the prairie ecozone, including methods for soil sampling, behavioral extraction, and washing techniques.
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This clearly explained and illustrated web-chapter from a New Zealand conservation organization describes the role of soil organisms in the nutrient cycles that characterize farming ecosystems.
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The soil biodiversity and ecosystem functioning page from Colorado State University (USA) focuses on soil ecology of natural systems. It has links pages and an image section of nematodes.
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Focused on arid rangeland ecosystems in the western United States, the Bureau of Land Management's Soil Biological Communities Web site has 7 brief sections on fungi, soil biological crusts and other soil ecological communities, plus a short list of links.
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This resource page from University of Minnesota Extension (USA) has practical information for farmers and others on how soil management affects soil biology and soil productivity.
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Part of the US Department of Agriculture's Natural Resource Conservation Service's Soil biology primer page, this resource page contains curriculum materials and an annotated list of links.
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To see soil biology in action, visit Tom Loynachan's Soil Biology Movies page, with 16 QuickTime movies covering soil life from actinomycetes to mites.
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This is the website for the Soil Biology Research Group from the University of Western Australia. The site's primary objective is to answer common questions regarding soil biological processes, organic matter, soil organisms, and the soil management practices that affect these.
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This North Carolina State University (USA) site describes termites life history, ecology, distribution, classification, physical features, and economic importance. There are also links and illustrations.
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This 1997 University of Missouri (USA) page describes the characteristics of collembola and contains photos and descriptions of its three body types
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This New Zealand Institute for Crop and Food Research page contains links to information on the function and biology of earthworms, and the effects of soil management practices on them.
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This page from an educational site, Earth Lifeweb, describes the order collembola, and contains links to further information.
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The US Soil and Water Conservation Service's Soil Biology Primer is an introduction to soil biology and ecology, available both in an on-line format and with information on ordering a bound copy.
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This article in depthly describes the soil foodweb's significance, function and structure, and suggests how to maintain and enhance it.
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This information page from the University of Toronto (Canada) contains extensive information on termites, an alphabetical list of termite genera with links to color photos, a virtual tour to the "World of Termites in Cyberspace", and more.
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This North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service (USA) page contains a variety of information resources on vermicomposting.
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Developed by Texas A & M University Extension this site contains getting started information for worm composting or vermiculture.
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This information resource page on earthworms contains subscription information for the Worm Digest newsletter, links, and the cyberworm's worldwide worm tour (this on-line tour takes you to other earthworm and vermicomposting sites).
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