Scheda di dettaglio – i prodotti della ricerca
| Dato | Valore |
|---|---|
| Title | Ecosystem services provided by soil microorganisms |
| Keywords | Microbial functional groupsBiodiversityMicrobial populationsRegulating and supporting servicesSoil homeostasis |
| Year | 2017 |
| Type | Contributo in volume |
| DOI | 10.1007/978-3-319-63336-7 |
| Authors | Saccá ML, Barra Caracciolo A, Di Lenola M, Grenni P |
| Text | 376970 2017 10.1007/978 3 319 63336 7 Microbial functional groups Biodiversity Microbial populations Regulating and supporting services Soil homeostasis Ecosystem services provided by soil microorganisms Sacca ML, Barra Caracciolo A, Di Lenola M, Grenni P Sacca ML Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Centre for Agriculture and Environment CREA AA Barra Caracciolo A, Di Lenola M, Grenni P IRSA CNR Ecosystem services are the contributions that ecosystems provide to human well being. They arise from the interaction of biotic and abiotic processes, and refer specifically to the final outputs or products from ecological systems. Soil harbours a large proportion of Earth s biodiversity, and provides the physical substrate for most human activities. Although soils have been widely studied and classified in terms of physical and chemical characteristics, knowledge of soil biodiversity and functioning are still incomplete. Soil organisms are extremely diverse and contribute to a wide range of ecosystem services that are essential to the sustainable functioning of natural and managed ecosystems. Microbial communities mainly composed by Bacteria, Archaea and microfungi are vital to soil ecosystem functioning. This is because they exist in enormous numbers and have an immense cumulative mass and activity. Most of the phenomena observed in the visible aboveground world are steered directly or indirectly by species, interactions, or processes in the belowground soil. In particular, being microbial communities involved in nutrient cycling and organic matter degradation, they can affect biodiversity and productivity of aboveground ecosystems. Microorganisms can have stimulating or inhibiting effects on plants by the release of metabolites with a varying range of activities. Microbial communities are the main responsible of soil homeostatic capabilities removing contaminants and providing key ecosystem regulating and supporting services such as soil fertility, resilience and resistance to different stress. This chapter aims at describing the contributions provided by soil microbial communities to different ecosystem services and their potential use as indicators of ecosystem functioning. Understanding ecosystem functioning and predicting responses to global changes calls for much better knowledge than we have today about microbial processes and interactions, including those with plants in the rhizosphere. Soil Biological Communities and Ecosystem Resilience Martin Lukac, Paola Grenni, Mauro Gamboni 978 3 319 63335 0 Published version Series Sustainability in Plant and Crop Protection Progetto Europeo COST Action BioLink Linking belowground biodiversity and ecosystem function in European forests COST Action number FP1305, European Cooperation in Science and Technology Capitolo libro pubblicato Book.pdf Contributo in volume DI LENOLA MARTINA anna.barracaracciolo BARRA CARACCIOLO ANNA paola.grenni GRENNI PAOLA TA.P04.005.011 Vulnerabilita degli ecosistemi delle acque sotterranee e attenuazione naturale degli inquinanti nel suolo e nel sottosuolo |