Mosses were among the first plants to colonize land over 400 million years ago, but they never really left the water behind. Unlike seed plants, mosses (as well as ferns and liverworts) don’t enclose ...

We compared decomposition of surface and buried, untreated, mixed desert shrub litter to that of insecticide- and fungicide-treated litter. Suppression of fungi reduced decomposition by @?29%; ...

Soil microarthropods influence vital ecosystem processes, such as decomposition and nutrient mineralisation. There is evidence, however, that proper functioning of ecosystems does not require the ...