Joana Frazão

• PhD
• PostDoc Position at Higher Institute for agricultural sciences, food industry, horticulture and landscape management

Earthworm species in temperate climates have usually been classified into three main ecological categories according to their morpho-anatomical, physiological and ecological traits: epigeic, endogeic and anecic. However , since these ecological categories were first defined, many studies on the ecological traits of widespread anecic species: Lumbri...

Earthworms are important for soil functioning in arable cropping systems and earthworm species differ in their response to soil tillage and crop residue management. Lumbricus terrestris (Linnaeus, 1758) are rare in intensively tilled arable fields. In two parallel field trials with either non-inversion (NIT) or conventional tillage (CT), we investi...

Earthworms play an important role in soil organic matter (SOM) dynamics and soil structure formation, including soil porosity and aggregate stability. Earthworms feed on organic inputs such as crop residues (CR) which are displaced by mouldboard ploughing. In a 61-day mesocosm experiment, we investigated the effects of CR placement (surface-applied...

Agricultural intensification has negative impacts on biodiversity at spatial scales from field to landscape. Earthworms are important for soil functioning, so it is crucial to understand the responses of earthworm communities to agricultural management and land use. We aimed to: 1) investigate whether earthworm communities differed between relative...

Regenwormen leveren een belangrijke bijdrage aan de omzetting van bodemorganische stof en nutriënten en zorgen voor een goede bodemstructuur, maar ze zijn gevoelig voor verstoringen die de moderne landbouw met zich meebrengt (onder meer Pelosi et al., 2014). Naar aanleiding van strengere regelgeving rond het gebruik van meststoffen en toenemende bo...

Al sinds het opstarten van de regeling OBN zijn er herstelmaatregelen uitgevoerd in vennen en duinplassen. In een deel van de wateren bleek de waterkwaliteit en de vegetatie zich goed te herstellen in de eerste vijf jaren na de ingreep, maar de Fauna bleek op korte termijn overwegend negatief te reageren. Op deze korte termijn bleek vooral herstel...

1 Outbreaks of herbivorous insects tend to be spatially restricted, possibly because of demographic differences between inside and outside the outbreak area. In some cases, the margin of the outbreak area is distinct, allowing comparisons of adjacent areas that may identify factors leading to such differences in abundance. The northern pine process...