This blog tends to focus on Trophic Cascades and the positive "top down" influences that Carnivores have on natural systems.....................As we all know, bottom up influencers,,,,,,,,,,especially the quality of the soil and the underground life that soil fosters is critical to the above-ground diversity of life found in a given region.................Recent soil biodiversity research has revealed that below-ground communities not only play a major role in shaping plant biodiversity and the way that ecosystems function, but it can also determine how they respond to environmental change

ScienceDaily: Ecology Research News

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Unbelievable underworld and  its impact on us all Posted: 26 Nov 2014 10:27 AM PST A new study has pulled together research into the most diverse place on earth to demonstrate  how the organisms below-ground could hold the key to understanding how the worlds ecosystems  function and how they are responding to climate change.