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Nematodes

Appears in 8 processs and 22 steps. Everything below is linked: open a process to see it in context.

Top processes

Nematode feeding groups, the c-p scale and nitrogen release

6 steps

Soil fauna

5 steps

Start: Fauna encounter litter and microbes
End: Fragmented litter, castings and mineralized nutrients
Nematodes and protozoa graze microbes
and 2 more in this process

Nematode feeding guilds and control of root feeders

5 steps

Energy channels in the soil food web

2 steps

Living soil system

1 step

Soil fauna

Biological uptake, litter return and mineralization

1 step

Microbial turnover and grazing release nutrients

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Soil nitrogen mineralization and immobilization turnover

1 step

Microbial death, viral lysis and grazing return microbial N to the organic pool

Microarthropods: springtails and oribatid mites as fungal grazers and litter processors

1 step

Predatory mites (Mesostigmata) feed on springtails, nematodes and mite larvae and regulate prey numbers

Often found with

Bacterial biomass 5 Nitrogen 5 Soil fauna 4 Soil microbes 4 Earthworms 3 Mites and springtails 3 Microbial biomass 3 Protozoa 3 Bacterial-feeding nematodes 3 Fungal-feeding nematodes 3 Predatory nematodes 3 Fungal biomass 3

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