Insect influences on decomposer systems
Invertebrate herbivores and their predators are most likely to
influence soil communities indirectly through the abundance
and variety (or quality) of litter (or organic matter) entering the
soil system (Pastor & Naiman, 1992; Bardgett & Wardle, 2003;
Cebrian & Lartigue, 2004). While other factors, such as mam-