Biodiversity interactions

Biodiversity Interactions

What is soil biodiversity?

Soil biodiversity includes the living organisms and their interactions with each other, along with plants in the soil. Soil biota varies with environment, from the other side of the world, a country, or even a tree. For example, a handful of soil from one spot on the forest floor may contain a very different selection of life from soil two feet away. This is because of variations in the availability of water or nutrients. [3] This immense variety serves as a cause for the many interactions, effects, and services that this ecosystem creates and contributes to. The benefits gained from this ecological environment affect not only the sub-terrestrial, but the surrounding environment as well.

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The benefits

Soil is a vital part of the environment. The benefits of biodiversity interactions within the soil support many ecosystem functions. The biota process waste organic matter in order to sustain terrestrial life, regulate the water cycle and the carbon flux, decontaminate the soil and air due to pollution, and essentially provide us with medicine. (antibiotics) [2]