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Land use and soil characteristics affect soil organisms differently from above-ground assemblages.
Burton, Victoria J; Contu, Sara; De Palma, Adriana; Hill, Samantha L L; Albrecht, Harald; Bone, James S; Carpenter, Daniel; Corstanje, Ronald; De Smedt, Pallieter; Farrell, Mark; Ford, Helen V; Hudson, Lawrence N; Inward, Kelly; Jones, David T; Kosewska, Agnieszka; Lo-Man-Hung, Nancy F; Magura, Tibor; Mulder, Christian; Murvanidze, Maka; Newbold, Tim; Smith, Jo; Suarez, Andrew V; Suryometaram, Sasha; Tóthmérész, Béla; Uehara-Prado, Marcio; Vanbergen, Adam J; Verheyen, Kris; Wuyts, Karen; Scharlemann, Jörn P W; Eggleton, Paul; Purvis, Andy.
Affiliation
  • Burton VJ; Science and Solutions for a Changing Planet DTP, and the Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College, London, UK. v.burton@nhm.ac.uk.
  • Contu S; Natural History Museum, London, UK. v.burton@nhm.ac.uk.
  • De Palma A; Natural History Museum, London, UK.
  • Hill SLL; Natural History Museum, London, UK.
  • Albrecht H; United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Cambridge, UK.
  • Bone JS; Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Chair of Restoration Ecology, Freising, Germany.
  • Carpenter D; Environmental Resources Management (ERM) Limited, London, UK.
  • Corstanje R; Natural History Museum, London, UK.
  • De Smedt P; Cranfield University, Cranfield, UK.
  • Farrell M; Forest and Nature Lab, Department of Environment, Ghent University, Gontrode (Melle), Ghent, Belgium.
  • Ford HV; CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Glen Osmond, Kaurna Country, Australia.
  • Hudson LN; Bangor University, Bangor, UK.
  • Inward K; Natural History Museum, London, UK.
  • Jones DT; Natural History Museum, London, UK.
  • Kosewska A; Natural History Museum, London, UK.
  • Lo-Man-Hung NF; Department of Entomology, Phytopathology and Molecular Diagnostics, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Olsztyn, Poland.
  • Magura T; Laboratory of Gene Expression and Evolution in Arthropods, Department of Genetics and Evolutionary Biology, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
  • Mulder C; Department of Ecology, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary.
  • Murvanidze M; ELKH-DE Anthropocene Ecology Research Group, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary.
  • Newbold T; Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
  • Smith J; Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences, FI. Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi, Georgia.
  • Suarez AV; Centre for Biodiversity and Environment Research, Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, London, UK.
  • Suryometaram S; MV Agroecological Research Centre PT, Mértola, Portugal.
  • Tóthmérész B; Department of Evolution, Ecology and Behavior and Department of Entomology, University of Illinois, Urbana, USA.
  • Uehara-Prado M; Wildlife Conservation Society, Indonesia Program, Bogor, Indonesia.
  • Vanbergen AJ; MTA-DE Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Research Group, Debrecen, Hungary.
  • Verheyen K; Independent Researcher, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil.
  • Wuyts K; Agroécologie, INRAE, Institut Agro, Univ. Bourgogne, Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, 21000, Dijon, France.
  • Scharlemann JPW; Forest and Nature Lab, Department of Environment, Ghent University, Gontrode (Melle), Ghent, Belgium.
  • Eggleton P; Lab of Environmental and Urban Ecology, Research Group Environmental Ecology and Microbiology (ENdEMIC), Department of Bioscience Engineering, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
  • Purvis A; School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK.
BMC Ecol Evol ; 22(1): 135, 2022 11 17.
Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36397002
ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND:

Land-use is a major driver of changes in biodiversity worldwide, but studies have overwhelmingly focused on above-ground taxa the effects on soil biodiversity are less well known, despite the importance of soil organisms in ecosystem functioning. We modelled data from a global biodiversity database to compare how the abundance of soil-dwelling and above-ground organisms responded to land use and soil properties.

RESULTS:

We found that land use affects overall abundance differently in soil and above-ground assemblages. The abundance of soil organisms was markedly lower in cropland and plantation habitats than in primary vegetation and pasture. Soil properties influenced the abundance of soil biota in ways that differed among land uses, suggesting they shape both abundance and its response to land use.

CONCLUSIONS:

Our results caution against assuming models or indicators derived from above-ground data can apply to soil assemblages and highlight the potential value of incorporating soil properties into biodiversity models.
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Full text: 1 Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Soil / Ecosystem Type of study: Prognostic_studies Language: En Year: 2022 Type: Article
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