We are looking for collaboration opportunities in project consortia and would like to offer our expertise in using soil organisms (microorganisms and soil fauna) as indicators for assessing the effects of different soil management practices on biological activity and soil health.
Our research subject area is focused mainly on the study of abundance, diversity and structure of soil organisms (microorganisms, nematodes, collembollans, mites and earthworms) in natural and man-made ecosystems (e.g. agroecosystems, burned lands, urbanized areas) and their role in the functioning of soil subsystem.
A very important part of the research are the interactions in the soil food web, with particular emphasis on the mutual relationships between microorganisms, soil fauna and vegetation, and their influence on the course of basic processes, such as primary production, decomposition or soil respiration.
Research topic: Using of soil organisms for assessing the effects of different management systems and practices (e.g., no-till, conservation tillage (strip-till) versus conventional deep tillage; perennial monoculture versus crop rotation; organic versus conventional tillage) on the biological activity and soil condition.

Department of Soil Ecology and Conservation, Institute of Biological Sciences, Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw, Poland