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DOI 10.1016/j.agee.2022.108079
Title (Primary) Land-use intensification reduces soil macrofauna biomass at the community but not individual level
Author Yin, R.; Kardol, P.; Eisenhauer, N.; Schädler, M.
Source Titel Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment
Year 2022
Department BZF; iDiv
Volume 337
Page From art. 108079
Language englisch
Topic T5 Future Landscapes
Keywords Agroecosystem; Body mass; Climate change; Community biomass; Intensive land use; Soil invertebrate
Abstract Land-use intensification and climate change are main threats to the abundance and diversity of soil macrofauna. However, little is known about their biomass in response to these concurrent drivers. Here, we investigated the biomass responses of soil macrofauna along a land-use intensity gradient of five land-use regimes (i.e., from extensively-used grassland to conventional cropland) under two climate scenarios (ambient vs. future). We found that land-use intensification (but not climate change) significantly reduced soil macrofauna biomass at the community rather than individual level. Further, the community structure of soil macrofauna based on total biomass data varied with land-use type (i.e., grasslands vs. croplands). Collectively, our findings suggest that land-use intensification can negatively shift the community biomass patterns of soil macrofauna consistently under both ambient and future climates in agroecosystems.
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Yin, R., Kardol, P., Eisenhauer, N., Schädler, M. (2022):
Land-use intensification reduces soil macrofauna biomass at the community but not individual level
Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. 337 , art. 108079 10.1016/j.agee.2022.108079