Global monitoring of soil animal communities using a common methodology

• Autores: Potapov. Anton M.; Sun, Xin; Barnes, Andrew D.; Briones, Maria J.; Brown, George Gardner; Cameron, Erin K.; Chang, Chih Han; Cortet, Jérôme; Eisenhauer, N.; Franco, Andre L. C.; Fujii, S.; Geisen, S.; Gongalsky, Konstantin; Guerra, C.; Haimi, J.; Handa, T.; Janion Scheepers, C.; Karaban, K.; Lindo, Z.; Mathieu, J.; Moreno, Maria Laura; Murvanidze, M.; Nielsen, Uffe; Scheu, S,; Schmidt, O.; Schneider, C.; Seeber, J.; Tsiafouli, Maria; Tuma, J.; Tiunov, Alexei; Zaitsev, Andrey S.; Ashwood, F.; Callaham, M.; Wall, D.
• Año de publicación: 2022
• Idioma: inglés
• Tipo de recurso: artículo
• Materia: Biogeography; Ecosystem functioning; Macroecology; Soil fauna
• Institución: Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas

Here we introduce the Soil BON Foodweb Team, a cross-continental collaborative network that aims to monitor soil animalcommunities and food webs using consistent methodology at a global scale. Soil animals support vital soil processes via soil structuremodification, consumption of dead organic matter, and interactions with microbial and plant communities. Soil animal effects onecosystem functions have been demonstrated by correlative analyses as well as in laboratory and field experiments, but these studiestypically focus on selected animal groups or species at one or few sites with limited variation in environmental conditions. The lack ofcomprehensive harmonised large-scale soil animal community data including microfauna, mesofauna, and macrofauna, in conjunctionwith related soil functions, microbial communities, and vegetation, limits our understanding of biological interactions in soil systemsand how these interactions affect ecosystem functioning. To provide such data, the Soil BON Foodweb Team invites researchersworldwide to use a common methodology to address six long-term goals: (1) to collect globally representative harmonised data on soilmicro-, meso-, and macrofauna communities, (2) to describe key environmental drivers of soil animal communities and food webs,(3) to assess the efficiency of conservation approaches for the protection of soil animal communities, (4) to describe soil food websand their association with soil functioning globally, (5) to establish a global research network for soil biodiversity monitoring andcollaborative projects in related topics, (6) to reinforce local collaboration networks and expertise and support capacity building forsoil animal research around the world. In this paper, we describe the vision of the global research network and the common samplingprotocol to assess soil animal communities and advocate for the use of standard methodologies across observational and experimentalsoil animal studies. We will use this protocol to conduct soil animal assessments and reconstruct soil food webs at sites associated withthe global soil biodiversity monitoring network, Soil BON, allowing us to assess linkages among soil biodiversity, vegetation, soilphysico-chemical properties, climate, and ecosystem functions. In the present paper, we call for researchers especially from countriesand ecoregions that remain underrepresented in the majority of soil biodiversity assessments to join us. Together we will be able toprovide science-based evidence to support soil biodiversity conservation and functioning of terrestrial ecosystems
Fil: Potapov. Anton M.. Johann Friedrich Blumenbach Institute Of Zoology; Alemania
Fil: Sun, Xin. Key Laboratory Of Urban Environment And Health; China
Fil: Barnes, Andrew D.. University Of Waikato; Nueva Zelanda
Fil: Briones, Maria J.. Universidad de Vigo; España
Fil: Brown, George Gardner. Universidade Federal do Paraná; Brasil
Fil: Cameron, Erin K.. Saint Mary’s University; Canadá
Fil: Chang, Chih Han. National Taiwan University; China
Fil: Cortet, Jérôme. Université Paul Verlaine-Metz; Francia
Fil: Eisenhauer, N.. German Centre For Integrative Biodiversity Research.; Alemania
Fil: Franco, Andre L. C.. University of Colorado; Estados Unidos
Fil: Fujii, S.. No especifíca;
Fil: Geisen, S.. No especifíca;
Fil: Gongalsky, Konstantin. No especifíca;
Fil: Guerra, C.. German Centre For Integrative Biodiversity Research.; Alemania
Fil: Haimi, J.. University Of Eastern Finland. Faculty Of Science And Forestry. Department Of Environmental And Biological Sciences.; Finlandia
Fil: Handa, T.. Université du Québec a Montreal; Canadá
Fil: Janion Scheepers, C.. University of Cape Town; Sudáfrica
Fil: Karaban, K.. Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw; Polonia
Fil: Lindo, Z.. Western University; Canadá
Fil: Mathieu, J.. Sorbonne University; Francia
Fil: Moreno, Maria Laura. Universidad Nacional de Jujuy. Instituto de Ecorregiones Andinas. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Salta. Instituto de Ecorregiones Andinas; Argentina
Fil: Murvanidze, M.. No especifíca;
Fil: Nielsen, Uffe. No especifíca;
Fil: Scheu, S,. Johann Friedrich Blumenbach Institute Of Zoology; Alemania
Fil: Schmidt, O.. Universidad de Dublin; Irlanda
Fil: Schneider, C.. No especifíca;
Fil: Seeber, J.. Institute For Alpine Environment; Italia
Fil: Tsiafouli, Maria. Aristotle University; Grecia
Fil: Tuma, J.. Biology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic; República Checa
Fil: Tiunov, Alexei. Russian Academy of Sciences; Rusia
Fil: Zaitsev, Andrey S.. Russian Academy of Sciences; Rusia
Fil: Ashwood, F.. No especifíca;
Fil: Callaham, M.. No especifíca;
Fil: Wall, D.. University of Colorado; Estados Unidos