TY - JOUR T1 - A global database of soil nematode abundance and functional group composition JF - Scientific Data Y1 - 2020 A1 - van den Hoogen, Johan A1 - Geisen, Stefan A1 - Diana H. Wall A1 - Wardle, D A1 - Traunspurger, Walter A1 - de Goede, Ron G. M. A1 - Byron Adams A1 - Ahmad, Wasim A1 - Ferris, Howard A1 - Richard D. Bardgett A1 - Bonkowski, Michael A1 - Campos-Herrera, Raquel A1 - Cares, Juvenil E. A1 - Caruso, Tancredi A1 - de Brito Caixeta, Larissa A1 - Chen, Xiaoyun A1 - Costa, Sofia R. A1 - Creamer, Rachel A1 - da Cunha e Castro, José A1 - Dam, Marie A1 - Djigal, Djibril A1 - Escuer, Miguel A1 - Griffiths, Bryan S. A1 - Gutiérrez, Carmen A1 - Hohberg, Karin A1 - Kalinkina, Daria A1 - Kardol, Paul A1 - Kergunteuil, Alan A1 - Korthals, Gerard A1 - Krashevska, Valentyna A1 - Kudrin, Alexey A. A1 - Li, Qi A1 - Liang, Wenju A1 - Magilton, Matthew A1 - Marais, Mariette A1 - Martín, José Antonio Rodríguez A1 - Matveeva, Elizaveta A1 - Mayad, El Hassan A1 - Mzough, E. A1 - Mulder, Christian A1 - Mullin, Peter A1 - Neilson, Roy A1 - Nguyen, T. A. Duong A1 - Uffe N. Nielsen A1 - Okada, Hiroaki A1 - Rius, Juan Emilio Palomares A1 - Pan, Kaiwen A1 - Peneva, Vlada A1 - Pellissier, Loïc A1 - Carlos Pereira da Silva, Julio A1 - Pitteloud, Camille A1 - Powers, Thomas O. A1 - Powers, Kirsten A1 - Quist, Casper W. A1 - Rasmann, Sergio A1 - Moreno, Sara Sánchez A1 - Scheu, Stefan A1 - Setälä, Heikki A1 - Sushchuk, Anna A1 - Tiunov, Alexei V. A1 - Trap, Jean A1 - Vestergård, Mette A1 - Villenave, Cecile A1 - Waeyenberge, Lieven A1 - Wilschut, Rutger A1 - Wright, Daniel G. A1 - Keith, Aidan M. A1 - Yang, Jiue-in A1 - Schmidt, Olaf A1 - Bouharroud, R. A1 - Ferji, Z. A1 - van der Putten, Wim H. A1 - Routh, Devin A1 - Crowther, Thomas Ward AB -

As the most abundant animals on earth, nematodes are a dominant component of the soil community. they play critical roles in regulating biogeochemical cycles and vegetation dynamics within and across landscapes and are an indicator of soil biological activity. Here, we present a comprehensive global dataset of soil nematode abundance and functional group composition. This dataset includes 6,825 georeferenced soil samples from all continents and biomes. For geospatial mapping purposes these samples are aggregated into 1,933 unique 1-km pixels, each of which is linked to 73 global environmental covariate data layers. Altogether, this dataset can help to gain insight into the spatial distribution patterns of soil nematode abundance and community composition, and the environmental drivers shaping these patterns.

VL - 7 UR - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-020-0437-3 IS - 1 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Soil nematode abundance and functional group composition at a global scale JF - Nature Y1 - 2019 A1 - van den Hoogen, Johan A1 - Geisen, Stefan A1 - Routh, Devin A1 - Ferris, Howard A1 - Traunspurger, Walter A1 - Wardle, D A1 - de Goede, Ron G. M. A1 - Byron Adams A1 - Ahmad, Wasim A1 - Andriuzzi, Walter S. A1 - Richard D. Bardgett A1 - Bonkowski, Michael A1 - Campos-Herrera, Raquel A1 - Cares, Juvenil E. A1 - Caruso, Tancredi A1 - de Brito Caixeta, Larissa A1 - Chen, Xiaoyun A1 - Costa, Sofia R. A1 - Creamer, Rachel A1 - Mauro da Cunha Castro, José A1 - Dam, Marie A1 - Djigal, Djibril A1 - Escuer, Miguel A1 - Griffiths, Bryan S. A1 - Gutiérrez, Carmen A1 - Hohberg, Karin A1 - Kalinkina, Daria A1 - Kardol, Paul A1 - Kergunteuil, Alan A1 - Korthals, Gerard A1 - Krashevska, Valentyna A1 - Kudrin, Alexey A. A1 - Li, Qi A1 - Liang, Wenju A1 - Magilton, Matthew A1 - Marais, Mariette A1 - Martín, José Antonio Rodríguez A1 - Matveeva, Elizaveta A1 - Mayad, El Hassan A1 - Mulder, Christian A1 - Mullin, Peter A1 - Neilson, Roy A1 - Nguyen, T. A. Duong A1 - Uffe N. Nielsen A1 - Okada, Hiroaki A1 - Rius, Juan Emilio Palomares A1 - Pan, Kaiwen A1 - Peneva, Vlada A1 - Pellissier, Loïc A1 - Carlos Pereira da Silva, Julio A1 - Pitteloud, Camille A1 - Powers, Thomas O. A1 - Powers, Kirsten A1 - Quist, Casper W. A1 - Rasmann, Sergio A1 - Moreno, Sara Sánchez A1 - Scheu, Stefan A1 - Setälä, Heikki A1 - Sushchuk, Anna A1 - Tiunov, Alexei V. A1 - Trap, Jean A1 - van der Putten, W A1 - Vestergård, Mette A1 - Villenave, Cecile A1 - Waeyenberge, Lieven A1 - Diana H. Wall A1 - Wilschut, Rutger A1 - Wright, Daniel G. A1 - Yang, Jiue-in A1 - Crowther, Thomas Ward AB -

Soil organisms are a crucial part of the terrestrial biosphere. Despite their importance for ecosystem functioning, few quantitative, spatially explicit models of the active belowground community currently exist. In particular, nematodes are the most abundant animals on Earth, filling all trophic levels in the soil food web. Here we use 6,759 georeferenced samples to generate a mechanistic understanding of the patterns of the global abundance of nematodes in the soil and the composition of their functional groups. The resulting maps show that 4.4 ± 0.64 × 1020 nematodes (with a total biomass of approximately 0.3 gigatonnes) inhabit surface soils across the world, with higher abundances in sub-Arctic regions (38% of total) than in temperate (24%) or tropical (21%) regions. Regional variations in these global trends also provide insights into local patterns of soil fertility and functioning. These high-resolution models provide the first steps towards representing soil ecological processes in global biogeochemical models and will enable the prediction of elemental cycling under current and future climate scenarios.

VL - 572 UR - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1418-6 IS - 7768 ER -