Big data, big problems? How to circumvent problems in biodiversity map** and ensure meaningful results

AC Hughes, JB Dorey, S Bossert, H Qiao, MC Orr - Ecography, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Our knowledge of biodiversity hinges on sufficient data, reliable methods, and realistic
models. Without an accurate assessment of species distributions, we cannot effectively …

Linking effect traits of soil fauna to processes of organic matter transformation

J Bonfanti, AM Potapov, G Angst, P Ganault… - Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Soil organic matter (SOM) transformation processes are regulated by the activities of plants,
microbes, and fauna. Compared with plants and microbes, effects of soil fauna are less …

Quantifying the utilisation of blue, green and brown resources by riparian predators: A combined use of amino acid isotopes and fatty acids

G Saboret, BJW Drost, C Kowarik… - Methods in Ecology …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Global change drives multiple facets of biodiversity including interaction diversity, which is
fundamental for ecosystem functioning. However, studying trophic interactions is …

Multiple dimensions of soil food-web research: History and prospects

A Potapov, Z Lindo, R Buchkowski, S Geisen - European Journal of Soil …, 2023 - Elsevier
Soil food webs are at the nexus of soil biodiversity, functioning, and stability. With a research
history of over 35 years, soil food-web research remains a challenging and relatively …

Nematode biomass changes along an elevational gradient are trophic group dependent but independent of body size

G Li, RA Wilschut, S Luo, H Chen, X Wang… - Global Change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aboveground, large and higher trophic‐level organisms often respond more strongly to
environmental changes than small and lower trophic‐level organisms. However, whether …

[HTML][HTML] How will climate change affect the feeding biology of Collembola?

SKD Sanders, G Martínez-De León, L Formenti… - Soil Biology and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Collembolans are one of the most diverse and abundant group of soil invertebrates. Recent
studies have shown anthropogenic climate warming to alter Collembola diversity and …

Simplified estimates of soil nematode body mass using maximum diameter: insights from large-scale grasslands across China

Q Ma, Y Zhu, Y Chen, W Wu, X Qing, T Liu, Y Li… - Soil Biology and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Soil nematode biomass is of growing importance in elucidating soil food web structure,
ecosystem functioning, and global biogeographical cycling. However, a significant …

Precipitation seasonality and soil pH drive the large-scale distribution of soil invertebrate communities in agricultural ecosystems

B Wu, X Jiao, A Sun, F Li, JZ He… - FEMS Microbiology …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Soil invertebrates contribute significantly to vital ecosystem functions such as the breakdown
of organic matter and cycling of essential nutrients, but our knowledge of their large-scale …

The interactive effect of reclamation scenario and vegetation types on physical parameters of soils developed on carboniferous mine spoil heap

AM Misebo, M Szostak, E Sierka… - Land Degradation & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Bulk density, porosity, and water retention capacity play a key role in limiting root growth and
nutrient uptake in developed technogenic soils. Thus, the purpose of this study was to …

[HTML][HTML] Finding the optimal strategy for quantitative sampling of springtails community (Hexapoda: Collembola) in glacial lithosols

B Valle, M Gobbi, M Brambilla, MS Borgatti… - Pedobiologia, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Springtails (Hexapoda: Collembola) play a key role in biological community in
glacial ecosystems and represent important ecological indicators in such threatened …