Soil Biodiversity
The world beneath our feet
Soils are teeming with life. Soil organisms break down pollutants, recycle nutrients and produce and consume trace gases that regulate climate. They help create the very structure of soil.
Twelve leaflets covering a range of topics are available to download.
The Sourhope Research Site (PDF File 530Kb)
Worms and soil structure (PDF File 652Kb)
Grassland responses to changing communities of soil organisms (PDF File 285Kb)
Waxcap grasslands at Sourhope (PDF File 369Kb)
Soil mesofauna and carbon cycling (PDF File 315Kb)
What is the link between microbial diversity and soil resilience? (PDF File 377Kb)
A model of soil biodiversity (PDF File 297Kb)
Soil treatments and chitin-degrading microbes (PDF File 280Kb)
Soil protozoan diversity and its role in carbon and nitrogen turnover (PDF File 407Kb)
Earthworms, microbes and soil treatments (PDF File 525Kb)
Carbon flows and mycorrhizal fungi (PDF File 342Kb)