Research at our chair
The Department of Soil Zoology joins seven sections, each working on different animal groups or topics: Nematoda, Apterygota, Arachnida, Myriapoda, Oligochaeta, Data Modelling and Soil Food Webs.
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Our research topics
Together we work in the fields of:
- Conservation of soil biodiversity and ecosystem restoration
- Structure and functioning of soil fauna communities and food webs
- Monitoring and modelling soil biodiversity distributions
- Contribution of soil fauna to ecosystem functioning
In the section Soil Food Webs the focus points are:
- Climate and land use drivers of soil food webs
- Soil fauna and dynamics of soil organic matter
- Soil macroecology and global zoogeochemistry
Learn more on the website of our department.