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Second, can forest management practices help modulate the effects of Mediterranean summer drought on these soil organisms? We conducted a field experiment in which we explored the influence of two forest management techniques-tree thinning (intense, moderate, or absent) and understory removal (shrubs present or absent)-on soil nematodes before and after the summer drought. We found that only total and bacterivorous nematode abundances were positively influenced by the forest management practices. The highest values were observed under conditions of intense thinning combined with shrub presence, with an average of 97,509 individuals per kg of dry soil. In contrast, the abundances of all nematodes, with the exception of predaceous nematodes, were lower after the summer drought with a reduction ranging from-55 % to-82 %. Total, bacterivorous, and fungivorous nematode abundances were less negatively affected by the summer drought under conditions of moderate thinning when shrubs were present versus absent. More generally, we discovered that bacterivorous and fungivorous nematodes were particularly sensitive to the forest management practices and the summer drought. It is thus apparent that habitat alterations induced by forest management can strongly affect nematode community structure and could therefore prompt shifts in ecosystem functioning. Finally, this study highlights that, in forests, understory vegetation can have significant positive impacts on soil nematode populations when severe dry periods occur.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "570", "Forest management", "Drought", "Soil nematodes", "15. Life on land", "630", "6. Clean water", "[SDE.BE] Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology", "13. 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Management strategies that deliberately include the native shrub  Piliostigma reticulatum  in Senegalese cropping systems result in soil functioning enhancement that benefits to the associated cereal. The objective of this work was to evaluate shrub effect on soil nematode communities. Soil samples were collected from an experimental design where pearl millet ( Pennisetum glaucum ) was cultivated alone or with  P. reticulatum  stands and mulch. Soil nematofauna characteristics were determined and compared with results from soil under pure shrub stands and from bare soil. The analysis of soil nematofauna, characterized by the abundance of different trophic groups and related indices (MI, maturity index; EI and SI, enrichment and structure indices), allowed discrimination between treatments with or without shrub presence. The soil nematode community in millet cultivation was dominated by plant feeding nematodes, mainly from the Hoplolaimidae family, but their abundance decreased when  P. reticulatum  was associated to the cereal. The shrub also impacted other nematode trophic groups. The abundance of opportunistic bacterial feeders (mainly Cephalobidae) was increased in shrub treatments. Further research should explore consequences on cereal nutrition and nematicidal properties of  P. reticulatum .", "keywords": ["580", "2. Zero hunger", "0106 biological sciences", "Ecological indices", "Soil nematodes", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. 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Nitrogen enrichment also affected the soil nematode community indirectly through changes in soil pH and PLFA. We conclude that experimental warming influenced soil food web components of the temperate steppe less than N addition, and there was little influence of warming on N addition effects under these experimental conditions.", "keywords": ["China", "Food Chain", "Nematoda", "Nitrogen", "Science", "deposition", "Models", " Biological", "northern china", "Soil", "soil nematodes", "Animals", "Biomass", "organic-matter", "global change", "Phospholipids", "Soil Microbiology", "2. Zero hunger", "elevated co2", "Analysis of Variance", "species composition", "Q", "R", "Temperature", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "Plants", "15. Life on land", "13. 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Based on nematodes\u2019 functional types,  nematode community indices have been developed, and can be used to link  variation in nematodes community composition and ecosystem processes. Yet,  the use of these indices has been mainly restricted to anthropogenic  stresses. In this study, we propose to expand the use of nematodes'  derived ecological indices in order to link soil and climate properties  with soil food webs, and ecosystem processes that all vary along steep  elevation gradients. For this purpose, we explored how elevation affects  the trophic and functional diversity of nematode communities sampled every  300 m, from about 1000 m to 3700 m above sea level, across four transects  in the lesser Himalayan range of Jammu and Kashmir. We found that (1) the  trophic and functional diversity of nematodes increases with elevation;  (2) differences in nematodes communities generate habitat-specific  functional diversity; (3) the maturity index (\uf053MI), increases with  elevation, while the enrichment index decreases, indicating less mature  and less productive ecosystems, enhanced fungal-based energy flow, and a  predominant role of nematodes in generating carbon influxes at high  elevation sites. We thus confirm that the functional contribution of soil  nematodes to belowground ecosystem processes, including carbon and energy  flow, is stronger at high elevation. Overall, this study highlights the  central importance of nematodes in sustaining soil ecosystems and brings  insights into their functional role, particularly in alpine and arctic  soils.", "keywords": ["alpine biodiversity", "soil nematodes", "15. 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