nutrient cycling
Every article and hero in Arborpedia that touches this subject.
№ 084GrowingChop and Drop: Mulch Where It Falls
Cut plant material and leave it in place. Free mulch, free fertility, and a closed nutrient loop that mimics how every forest feeds itself.
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№ 123WildlifeDecomposers: The Hidden Recyclers
Fungi, bacteria, beetles, and worms unlock nutrients from dead matter. Without them, soils never form and forests collapse within years.
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№ 141WildlifeDung Beetles: The Pasture's Free Sanitation and Fertiliser
The beetles that bury animal dung — burying with it a pasture's fertility, aeration, and parasite control — and the deworming drugs that quietly kill them, breaking a service worth billions.
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№ 323EcologyNutrient Cycling: How Nature Runs Without Waste
Energy flows through an ecosystem and is lost, but matter goes round and round — carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus cycling endlessly from soil to life and back. The closed loops that a healthy system runs on, and that farming so often breaks.
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