Publications by authors named "Sylvia Thieffry"
Parallel to the important use of pesticides in conventional agriculture there is a growing interest for green technologies to clear contaminated soil from pesticides and their degradation products. Bioaugmentation i. e.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFArticle Synopsis
- Projected changes in precipitation could significantly affect soil organisms in moss-dominated ecosystems, which play a critical role in carbon and nutrient cycling.
- A mesocosm experiment studied how varying amounts and frequencies of precipitation influence the abundance and types of small soil animals (like nematodes, mites, and springtails) in moss layers from post-fire boreal forests in Sweden.
- Results indicated that lower precipitation boosts certain microfauna and mesofauna but negatively impacts some predatory and omnivorous species, highlighting that these soil organisms are more affected by the amount of rainfall rather than how often it rains, particularly in older and less nutrient-rich forests.