SOIL BON FOODWEB

PROTOCOLS & MANUALS

PROTOCOLS & MANUALS

While using the protocol you can refer to the following papers:

Potapov, A.M., Sun, X., Briones, M.J.I., Brown, G.G., Cameron, E.K., Chang, C.–H., Cortet, J., Eisenhauer, N., Franco, A., Fujii, S., Geisen, S., Guerra, C., Gongalsky, K., Haimi, J., Handa, I.T., Janion-Scheepers, C., Karaban, K., Lindo, Z., Mathieu, J., Moreno, M.L., Murvanidze, M., Nielsen, U.N., Scheu, S., Schneider, C., Seeber, J., Tsiafouli, M., Tuma, J., Tiunov, A.V., Zaytsev, A.S., Aschwood, F., Callaham, M., Wall, D.H., 2022. Global monitoring of soil animal communities using a common methodology. Soil Organisms 94, 55–68. https://doi.org/10.25674/so94iss1id178

VIDEOS

Field sampling protocol of the SBF Team

Wet cold method for nematod extraction

Wet hot method for ecnhytraeid extraction

Dry funnel method for microarthropod extraction

Scanning of invertebrate communities

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