Table 2

Livestock impact on biological indicators of soil biodiversity.

Impact des systèmes d’élevage sur les indicateurs de biodiversité du sol.

Biological indicator Negative impact Positive impact Null impact Observed change References
MBC PCP-MG IC-OG Prieto et al. (2011)
PA IC PCP
DA, BA, APA, ALPA PCP, IC
Heterotrophic bacterial abundance PCP, IC-OG
Heterotrophic fungal abundance PCP-MG IC-OG
APA PCP, IC Olivera et al. (2014)
ALPA PCP-MG, OG IC-OG
BA PCP IC
PA PCP, IC
DA IC PCP
MBC PCP-OG IC
MBC MG Toledo et al. (2017)
Bacterial community structure IC-OG vs. LG/MG; PCP-LG vs. MG/OG Olivera et al. (2016)
Microbial community structure and networks network-GS Structure GS vs. NGS Marcos et al. (2019)
Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AMF) fungi spore abundance OG MG Dudinszky et al. (2019)
AMF diversity index OG MG

MBC: microbial biomass carbon; PA, DA, BA, APA, ALPA: protease, dehydrogenase, β-glucosidase, acid and alkaline phosphatase activity; PCP: plant-covered patches; IC: nearest inter-canopy areas; LG, MG and OG: low, moderate and overgrazing; NGS and GS: non-grazed and grazed sites.

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