Methods and approaches to advance soil macroecology

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dc.contributor.authorWhite, Hannah J.
dc.contributor.authorLeón-Sánchez, Lupe
dc.contributor.authorBurton, Victoria J.
dc.contributor.authorCameron, Erin K.
dc.contributor.authorCaruso, Tancredi
dc.contributor.authorCunha, Luís
dc.contributor.authorDirilgen, Tara
dc.contributor.authorJurburg, Stephanie D.
dc.contributor.authorKelly, Ruth
dc.contributor.authorKumaresan, Deepak
dc.contributor.authorOchoa-Hueso, Raúl
dc.contributor.authorOrdonez, Alejandro
dc.contributor.authorPhillips, Helen R.P.
dc.contributor.authorPrieto, Iván
dc.contributor.authorSchmidt, Olaf
dc.contributor.authorCaplat, Paul
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-13T10:24:10Z
dc.date.available2020-11-13T10:24:10Z
dc.date.issued2020-08-02
dc.descriptionPublication history: Accepted - 17 June 2020; Published online - 2 August 2020en_US
dc.description.abstractMotivation and aim Soil biodiversity is central to ecosystem function and services. It represents most of terrestrial biodiversity and at least a quarter of all biodiversity on Earth. Yet, research into broad, generalizable spatial and temporal patterns of soil biota has been limited compared to aboveground systems due to complexities of the soil system. We review the literature and identify key considerations necessary to expand soil macroecology beyond the recent surge of global maps of soil taxa, so that we can gain greater insight into the mechanisms and processes shaping soil biodiversity. We focus primarily on three groups of soil taxa (earthworms, mycorrhizal fungi and soil bacteria) that represent a range of body sizes and ecologies, and, therefore, interact with their environment at different spatial scales. Results The complexities of soil, including fine‐scale heterogeneity, 3‐D habitat structure, difficulties with taxonomic delimitation, and the wide‐ranging ecologies of its inhabitants, require the classical macroecological toolbox to be expanded to consider novel sampling, molecular identification, functional approaches, environmental variables, and modelling techniques. Main conclusions Soil provides a complex system within which to apply macroecological research, yet, it is this property that itself makes soil macroecology a field ripe for innovative methodologies and approaches. To achieve this, soil‐specific data, spatio‐temporal, biotic, and abiotic considerations are necessary at all stages of research, from sampling design to statistical analyses. Insights into whole ecosystems and new approaches to link genes, functions and diversity across spatial and temporal scales, alongside methodologies already applied in aboveground macroecology, invasion ecology and aquatic ecology, will facilitate the investigation of macroecological processes in soil biota, which is key to understanding the link between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in terrestrial ecosystems.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipFunding Information British Ecological Society Macroecology Special Interest Group H2020 Marie Skłodowska‐Curie Actions. Grant Number: MSCA‐IF‐2014‐GF‐660378 FP7 People: Marie‐Curie Actions. Grant Number: EC FP7 ‐ 631399 ‐ SENSE1100 Royal Entomological Society Department for the Economy, Northern Ireland Suomen Akatemia. Grant Number: 285882 Natural Environment Research Council. Grant Number: NE/M017036/1 British Ecological Society. Grant Number: 285882 Academy of Finland FP7. Grant Numbers: M017036, 15, 2881 Science Foundation Ireland. Grant Number: 15/IA/2881en_US
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12518/193
dc.identifier.citationWhite, H. J., León‐Sánchez, L., Burton, V. J., Cameron, E. K., Caruso, T., Cunha, L., Dirilgen, T., Jurburg, S. D., Kelly, R., Kumaresan, D., Ochoa‐Hueso, R., Ordonez, A., Phillips, H. R. P., Prieto, I., Schmidt, O. and Caplat, P. (2020) ‘Methods and approaches to advance soil macroecology’, Global Ecology and Biogeography. Edited by F. Schrodt. Wiley, 29(10), pp. 1674–1690. doi: 10.1111/geb.13156.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1466-8238
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13156
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherWileyen_US
dc.rights© 2020 John Wiley & Sons Ltden_US
dc.subjectbelowgrounden_US
dc.subjectbiodiversityen_US
dc.subjectdistributionen_US
dc.subjectmacroecologyen_US
dc.subjectsoilen_US
dc.subjectspatial scaleen_US
dc.titleMethods and approaches to advance soil macroecologyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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