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The Soil Food Web Ontology is a formal conceptual model of soil trophic ecology.
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Aligning the SFWO with Blower (1985) #84

Open Archilegt opened 1 year ago

Archilegt commented 1 year ago

The following terms and definitions were retrieved from Blower (1985):

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term | definition | source | source_page -- | -- | -- | -- detritivore | Consumer of detritus, usually implying dead vegetation; almost synonymous with saprophage. | Blower (1985) | 224 litter | A collective term including all the dead vegetation which dies back or falls on to the surface of the soil; woodland litter is mainly composed of dead leaves or needles, but also twigs, fruits, bud scales etc. | Blower (1985) | 225 saprophagy | Feeding on dead and decaying vegetable matter; similar to detritivory but allows the possibility that the animal is deriving nutrients from the organisms bringing about the decay. | Blower (1985) | 227

The following terms could be redacted if needed: From detritivore the terms detritivory and detritivorous. Note that detritivore referes to saprophage but the latter is not defined in the source. From saprophagy the terms saprophage and saprophagous. Note that saprophagy referes to detritivory but the latter is not defined in the source.

Reference: Blower, J. G. 1985. Millipedes. Synopsis of the British Fauna (New Series), No. 35. The Linnean Society of London

Also checked: Kevan, D.K. McE. & Scudder, G.G.E. 1989. Myriapoda. Illustrated Keys to the Families of Terrestrial Arthropods of Canada. Biological Survey of Canada. The glossary contained in the publication (pp. 61-64) is morphological. No applicable "trophic" terms were found.

Archilegt commented 1 year ago

Linked to "Revise definition request: detritivory" #44

Archilegt commented 7 months ago

@nleguillarme , we should proceed with moving detritivore (soil invertebrates that feed on detritus) out of decomposer (bacteria and fungi which degrade organic matter). Detritivore can be placed under heterotroph.