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ArticleBMC ecology and evolution2022

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

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 and 21 more

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Article in BMC ecology and evolution, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Characterization of defensome genes and mobile genetic Elements in different types of pasture soil agroecosystems from the Brazilian Amazon.International microbiology : the official journal of the Spanish Society for Microbiology · 2026
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  3. Biodiversity in mountain soils above the treeline.Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

31 authors.

Victoria J BurtonScience and Solutions for a Changing Planet DTP, and the Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College, London, UK. v.burton@nhm.ac.uk.
Sara ContuNatural History Museum, London, UK.
Adriana De PalmaNatural History Museum, London, UK.
Samantha L L HillUnited Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Cambridge, UK.
Harald AlbrechtTechnische Universitaet Muenchen, Chair of Restoration Ecology, Freising, Germany.
James S BoneEnvironmental Resources Management (ERM) Limited, London, UK.
Daniel CarpenterNatural History Museum, London, UK.
Ronald CorstanjeCranfield University, Cranfield, UK.
Pallieter De SmedtForest and Nature Lab, Department of Environment, Ghent University, Gontrode (Melle), Ghent, Belgium.
Mark FarrellCSIRO Agriculture and Food, Glen Osmond, Kaurna Country, Australia.
Helen V FordBangor University, Bangor, UK.
Lawrence N HudsonNatural History Museum, London, UK.
Kelly InwardNatural History Museum, London, UK.
David T JonesNatural History Museum, London, UK.
Agnieszka KosewskaDepartment of Entomology, Phytopathology and Molecular Diagnostics, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Olsztyn, Poland.
Nancy F Lo-Man-HungLaboratory of Gene Expression and Evolution in Arthropods, Department of Genetics and Evolutionary Biology, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Tibor MaguraDepartment of Ecology, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary.
Christian MulderDepartment of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
Maka MurvanidzeFaculty of Exact and Natural Sciences, FI. Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi, Georgia.
Tim NewboldCentre for Biodiversity and Environment Research, Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, London, UK.
Jo SmithMV Agroecological Research Centre PT, Mértola, Portugal.
Andrew V SuarezDepartment of Evolution, Ecology and Behavior and Department of Entomology, University of Illinois, Urbana, USA.
Sasha SuryometaramWildlife Conservation Society, Indonesia Program, Bogor, Indonesia.
Béla TóthmérészMTA-DE Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Research Group, Debrecen, Hungary.
Marcio Uehara-PradoIndependent Researcher, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil.
Adam J VanbergenAgroécologie, INRAE, Institut Agro, Univ. Bourgogne, Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, 21000, Dijon, France.
Kris VerheyenForest and Nature Lab, Department of Environment, Ghent University, Gontrode (Melle), Ghent, Belgium.
Karen WuytsLab of Environmental and Urban Ecology, Research Group Environmental Ecology and Microbiology (ENdEMIC), Department of Bioscience Engineering, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
Jörn P W ScharlemannSchool of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK.
Paul EggletonNatural History Museum, London, UK.
Andy PurvisNatural History Museum, London, UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundLand-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.

resultsWe 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.

conclusionsOur 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.

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EcosystemSoilBiodiversityBiotaSoil MicrobiologySoilLand-useLand-use intensityMixed-effects modelsOrganism abundanceSoil biodiversitySoil biota

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PMID36397002
PMCPMC9673366

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