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Towards a global platform for linking soil biodiversity data

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2015
Soil biodiversity is immense, with an estimated 10-100 million organisms belonging to over 5000 taxa in a handful of soil. In spite of the importance of soil biodiversity for ecosystem functions and services, information on soil species, from taxonomy to
Kelly S Ramirez, Kelly S Ramirez, Markus eDöring, Nico eEisenhauer, Nico eEisenhauer, Ciro eGardi, Josh eLadau, Jonathan W Leff, Jonathan W Leff, Guillaume eLentendu, Zoë eLindo, Matthias C Rillig, Matthias C Rillig, David eRussell, Stefan eScheu, Mark G St. John, Franciska T de Vries, Tesfaye eWubet, Tesfaye eWubet, Wim H van der Putten, Wim H van der Putten, Diana H Wall   +21 more
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Earth’s buried wealth: uncovering global soil biodiversity

Soil Organisms
Soils harbor more than half the biodiversity of our planet, yet they are underappreciated and often unprotected. Among the initiatives promoting the sustainable use and conservation of soil biodiversity is the International Network on Soil Biodiversity (
Carlos Barreto, J. Jacob Parnell, George G. Brown, Zoë Lindo, Peter C. de Ruiter   +4 more
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Niche Differentiation of Active Methane-Oxidizing Bacteria in Estuarine Mangrove Forest Soils in Taiwan

Microorganisms, 2020
Mangrove forests are one of the important ecosystems in tropical coasts because of their high primary production, which they sustain by sequestering a substantial amount of CO2 into plant biomass.
Yo-Jin Shiau, Chiao-Wen Lin, Yuanfeng Cai, Zhongjun Jia, Yu-Te Lin, Chih-Yu Chiu   +5 more
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Changes in plant biodiversity facets of rocky outcrops and their surrounding rangelands across precipitation and soil gradients

Scientific Reports, 2022
Climate and soil factors induce substantial controls over plant biodiversity in stressful ecosystems. Despite of some studies on plant biodiversity in extreme ecosystems including rocky outcrops, simultaneous effects of climate and soil factors have ...
Fahime Rafiee, Hamid Ejtehadi, Mohammad Farzam, Habib Zare, Maral Bashirzadeh   +4 more
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Decision support for the identification of testate amoebae in microscopy images to detect peat presence in horticultural substrates

Environmental Data Science
Peat is formed by the accumulation of organic material in water-saturated soils. Drainage of peatlands and peat extraction contribute to carbon emissions and biodiversity loss.
Serge Zaugg, Camille Vögeli, Lena Märki, Clément Duckert, Edward A.D. Mitchell   +4 more
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From Lab to Landscape: Environmental Biohybrid Robotics for Ecological Futures

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This Perspective explores environmental biohybrid robotics, integrating living tissues, microorganisms, and insects for operation in real‐world ecosystems. It traces the leap from laboratory experiments to forests, wetlands, and urban environments and discusses key challenges, development pathways, and opportunities for ecological monitoring and ...
Miriam Filippi
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Carbon stock dynamics along a cork oak stand chronosequence: implications for climate-smart forest management

Journal of the Saudi Society of Agricultural Sciences
Forests, as carbon sinks, represent a key strategy for mitigating climate change. This study assessed carbon stocks and annual carbon accumulation rates (ACAR) across four reservoirs: aboveground biomass (AB: trees and undergrowth), belowground biomass ...
Hafida Zaher, Madiha Rhoufacha, Hamza Dahmani   +2 more
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Unearthing soil ecological observations

Soil Organisms, 2021
In the past, multiple initiatives have been initiated (Maestre & Eisenhauer 2019), but none of those has established itself as a concrete and sustainable global monitoring effort of soils.
Carlos António Guerra , Diana Wall, Nico Eisenhauer   +2 more
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Generalized Mechanism Model for Ecosystem Hysteresis

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A simplified model examines ecosystem transitions into alternative states after disturbances by leveraging positive and negative feedbacks. It identifies critical tipping points and quantifies hysteresis. Tests conducted on lakes, grasslands, and pitcher‐plant leaves align closely with empirical data and enable the prediction of recovery trajectories ...
Yanbin Hao, Xin Wang, Jie Liu, Mingzi Wu, Jianqing Du, Kai Xue, Xiaoning Song, Xiaoyong Cui, Tong Zhao, Yanfen Wang   +9 more
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Land use and soil characteristics affect soil organisms differently from above-ground assemblages

BMC Ecology and Evolution, 2022
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 ...
Victoria J. Burton, Sara Contu, Adriana De Palma, Samantha L. L. Hill, Harald Albrecht, James S. Bone, Daniel Carpenter, Ronald Corstanje, Pallieter De Smedt, Mark Farrell, Helen V. Ford, Lawrence N. Hudson, Kelly Inward, David T. Jones, Agnieszka Kosewska, Nancy F. Lo-Man-Hung, Tibor Magura, Christian Mulder, Maka Murvanidze, Tim Newbold, Jo Smith, Andrew V. Suarez, Sasha Suryometaram, Béla Tóthmérész, Marcio Uehara-Prado, Adam J. Vanbergen, Kris Verheyen, Karen Wuyts, Jörn P. W. Scharlemann, Paul Eggleton, Andy Purvis   +30 more
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