@article{4f8755909037498fa85cfc261c5251cc,
title = "Land use and soil characteristics affect soil organisms differently from above-ground assemblages",
abstract = "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 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.",
keywords = "Land-use, Land-use intensity, Mixed-effects models, Organism abundance, Soil biodiversity, Soil biota",
author = "Burton, {Victoria J.} and Sara Contu and {De Palma}, Adriana and Hill, {Samantha L.L.} and Harald Albrecht and Bone, {James S.} and Daniel Carpenter and Ronald Corstanje and {De Smedt}, Pallieter and Mark Farrell and Ford, {Helen V.} and Hudson, {Lawrence N.} and Kelly Inward and Jones, {David T.} and Agnieszka Kosewska and Lo-Man-Hung, {Nancy F.} and Tibor Magura and Christian Mulder and Maka Murvanidze and Tim Newbold and Jo Smith and Suarez, {Andrew V.} and Sasha Suryometaram and B{\'e}la T{\'o}thm{\'e}r{\'e}sz and Marcio Uehara-Prado and Vanbergen, {Adam J.} and Kris Verheyen and Karen Wuyts and Scharlemann, {J{\"o}rn P.W.} and Paul Eggleton and Andy Purvis",
note = "Funding Information: This research financially supported by Fundamental scientific research projects of non-profit scientific research institutes in Fujian Province (2020R1034003), Collaborative Innovation of the Fujian Provincial People{\textquoteright}s Government (XTCXGC2021003), Fujian Provincial Finance Special Project to Science and Technology Innovation Team of Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CXTD2021014-2), Young Talents in Science and Technology Project of Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences (YC2021005). This research is also funded by Shengnongjia Academy of Forestry, Hubei, China (No. SAF202102), Hubei Technology Innovation Center for Agricultural Sciences - {\textquoteleft}2020 key technology research and demonstration project of safe and efficient production of genuine medicinal materials{\textquoteright} (No. 2020-620-000-002-04), China-Bulgaria science and technology exchange meeting for traditional medicine (year of 2020), Pinghu Municipal Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (PH2020005) to XH. Funding Information: This is a contribution from the Imperial College Grand Challenges in Ecosystems and the Environment Initiative. We thank the following who either contributed or collated data: Dr Andrew D. Barnes, Dr David Bogy{\'o}, Professor C{\'e}line Boutin, Joanna Zawadzka, Ilona Leighton-Goodall, Keiron Brown and the Earthworm Society of Britain. This study is part of the PREDICTS project, which is endorsed by the GEO BON. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022, The Author(s).",
year = "2022",
month = dec,
doi = "10.1186/s12862-022-02089-4",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "22",
journal = "BMC Ecology and Evolution",
issn = "1472-6785",
publisher = "BioMed Central",
number = "1",
}