Land use and soil characteristics affect soil organisms differently from above-ground assemblages

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dc.contributor.authorBurton, Victoria J.
dc.contributor.authorContu, Sara
dc.contributor.authorDe Palma, Adriana
dc.contributor.authorHill, Samantha L. L.
dc.contributor.authorAlbrecht, Harald
dc.contributor.authorBone, James S.
dc.contributor.authorCarpenter, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorCorstanje, Ronald
dc.contributor.authorDe Smedt, Pallieter
dc.contributor.authorFarrell, Mark
dc.contributor.authorFord, Helen V.
dc.contributor.authorHudson, Lawrence N.
dc.contributor.authorInward, Kelly
dc.contributor.authorJones, David T.
dc.contributor.authorKosewska, Agnieszka
dc.contributor.authorLo-Man-Hung, Nancy F.
dc.contributor.authorMagura, Tibor
dc.contributor.authorMulder, Christian
dc.contributor.authorMurvanidze, Maka
dc.contributor.authorNewbold, Tim
dc.contributor.authorSmith, Jo
dc.contributor.authorSuarez, Andrew V.
dc.contributor.authorSuryometaram, Sasha
dc.contributor.authorTóthmérész, Béla
dc.contributor.authorUehara-Prado, Marcio
dc.contributor.authorVanbergen, Adam J.
dc.contributor.authorVerheyen, Kris
dc.contributor.authorWuyts, Karen
dc.contributor.authorScharlemann, Jörn P. W.
dc.contributor.authorEggleton, Paul
dc.contributor.authorPurvis, Andy
dc.date.accessioned2022-12-13T11:41:51Z
dc.date.available2022-12-13T11:41:51Z
dc.date.issued2022-11-17
dc.description.abstractBackground: 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 functioning. We modelled data from a global biodiversity database to compare how the abundance of soil-dwelling and above-ground organisms responded to land use and soil properties. Results: We found that land use affects overall abundance differently in soil and above-ground assemblages. The abundance of soil organisms was markedly lower in cropland and plantation habitats than in primary vegetation and pasture. Soil properties influenced the abundance of soil biota in ways that differed among land uses, suggesting they shape both abundance and its response to land use. Conclusions: Our results caution against assuming models or indicators derived from above-ground data can apply to soil assemblages and highlight the potential value of incorporating soil properties into biodiversity models.en_UK
dc.description.sponsorshipNatural Environment Research Council (NERC): NE/L002515/1 and NE/M014533/1. European Union funding: 817946en_UK
dc.identifier.citationBurton VJ, Contu S, De Palma A, et al., (2022) Land use and soil characteristics affect soil organisms differently from above-ground assemblages, BMC Ecology and Evolution, Volume 22, November 2022, Article number 135en_UK
dc.identifier.issn2730-7182
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-022-02089-4
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/18789
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherBioMed Centralen_UK
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.subjectLand-useen_UK
dc.subjectLand-use intensityen_UK
dc.subjectSoil biotaen_UK
dc.subjectSoil biodiversityen_UK
dc.subjectOrganism abundanceen_UK
dc.subjectMixed-effects modelsen_UK
dc.titleLand use and soil characteristics affect soil organisms differently from above-ground assemblagesen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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