The Real Scoop on Dirt Miami University真正的独家新闻迈阿密大学.pptVIP

The Real Scoop on Dirt More organization and complexity exist in a handful of soil than on the surface of all the other planets combined.” *************************************Edwin O. Wilson Harvard University “The soil is alive and the diversity is enormous. One square foot of soil has an array of small invertebrates, mites, arachnids... hundreds, or even thousands of species, many of which are still unknown to science.” E.O.Wilson Protozoa feed on bacteria and fungi 10 million /m2 (3 to 20 g/m2) Nematodes (round worms) feed on bacteria, fungi, protozoa and plant roots 10 million /m2 in grassland soils, 30 million /m2 in woodland soils Enchytraeids (pot worms) feed on dead plant material 200-000 /m2 in grassland (50-35 g/m2) Tardigrades (water bears) 50 to 500 /m2 Pauropoda 20 to 2000 /m2 Molluscs (Slugs and Snails) feed on rotting vegetation (+ a few carnivorous species which eat other molluscs) approx. 15 /m2 in grassland soils, 450 /m2 in woodland soils Symphyla feed on fungi up to 1000 /m2 in grassland soils, 3000 /m2 in woodland soils Isopoda (Woodlice) feed on fungi, and dead plant material 500 to 1500 /m2 in grassland soils, 3000 /m2 in woodland soils Diplopoda (Millipedes) feed on fungi, and dead plant material approx. 20 /m2 in grazed grassland, 100 /m2 in ungrazed grassland, 100+ /m2 in woodlands Chilopoda (Centipedes) feed on insects an other soil arthropods approx. 120 /m2 in grassland, 150+ in woodlands Aranaea (Spiders) feed on other arthropods 480 /m2 in Moorlands, 200 /m2 in pasture Acari (Mites) feed on everything 100,000 to 600,000 /m2 woodland soils Collembola (Springtails) feed on fungi and bacteria