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Kategorie Textpublikation
Referenztyp Zeitschriften
DOI 10.1038/s41467-020-17688-2
Lizenz creative commons licence
Titel (primär) Blind spots in global soil biodiversity and ecosystem function research
Autor Guerra, C.A.; Heintz-Buschart, A.; Sikorski, J.; Chatzinotas, A.; Guerrero-Ramírez, N.; Cesarz, S.; Beaumelle, L.; Rillig, M.C.; Maestre, F.T.; Delgado-Baquerizo, M.; Buscot, F.; Overmann, J.; Patoine, G.; Phillips, H.R.P.; Winter, M.; Wubet, T. ORCID logo ; Küsel, K.; Bardgett, R.D.; Cameron, E.K.; Cowan, D.; Grebenc, T.; Marín, C.; Orgiazzi, A.; Singh, B.K.; Wall, D.H.; Eisenhauer, N.
Quelle Nature Communications
Erscheinungsjahr 2020
Department BZF; UMB; BOOEK; iDiv
Band/Volume 11
Heft 1
Seite von art. 3870
Sprache englisch
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Keywords Biogeochemistry; Biogeography; Macroecology; Research data
Abstract Soils harbor a substantial fraction of the world’s biodiversity, contributing to many crucial ecosystem functions. It is thus essential to identify general macroecological patterns related to the distribution and functioning of soil organisms to support their conservation and consideration by governance. These macroecological analyses need to represent the diversity of environmental conditions that can be found worldwide. Here we identify and characterize existing environmental gaps in soil taxa and ecosystem functioning data across soil macroecological studies and 17,186 sampling sites across the globe. These data gaps include important spatial, environmental, taxonomic, and functional gaps, and an almost complete absence of temporally explicit data. We also identify the limitations of soil macroecological studies to explore general patterns in soil biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationships, with only 0.3% of all sampling sites having both information about biodiversity and function, although with different taxonomic groups and functions at each site. Based on this information, we provide clear priorities to support and expand soil macroecological research.
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Guerra, C.A., Heintz-Buschart, A., Sikorski, J., Chatzinotas, A., Guerrero-Ramírez, N., Cesarz, S., Beaumelle, L., Rillig, M.C., Maestre, F.T., Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Buscot, F., Overmann, J., Patoine, G., Phillips, H.R.P., Winter, M., Wubet, T., Küsel, K., Bardgett, R.D., Cameron, E.K., Cowan, D., Grebenc, T., Marín, C., Orgiazzi, A., Singh, B.K., Wall, D.H., Eisenhauer, N. (2020):
Blind spots in global soil biodiversity and ecosystem function research
Nat. Commun. 11 (1), art. 3870 10.1038/s41467-020-17688-2