GLUSEEN

Global Urban Soil Ecological Education Network (GLUSEEN) is an open source ecological network . It is intended to be a worldwide multi-city comparison investigating the effects of urban environments on decomposition and soil community structure... Welcome to the site of the Global Urban Soil Ecological Education Network (GLUSEEN). Use the menu items above to explore our resources... Urban soils provide many of the same ecosystem services as "natural" or agricultural soils e.g. decomposition and nutrient cycling, water purification and regulation, medium for plant growth, and habitat for an enormous diversity of organisms. Soil biota and substrate quality, along with abiotic factors, such as climate and parent material, greatly influences decomposition rates. In the highly fragmented urban landscape land history, cover and management will strongly influence, and, in some cases may override these drivers.