Globally invariant metabolism but density-diversity mismatch in springtails

Anton M. Potapov (), Carlos A. Guerra, Johan Hoogen, Anatoly Babenko, Bruno C. Bellini, Matty P. Berg, Steven L. Chown, Louis Deharveng, Ľubomír Kováč, Natalia A. Kuznetsova, Jean-François Ponge, Mikhail B. Potapov, David J. Russell, Douglas Alexandre, Juha M. Alatalo, Javier I. Arbea, Ipsa Bandyopadhyaya, Verónica Bernava, Stef Bokhorst, Thomas Bolger, Gabriela Castaño-Meneses, Matthieu Chauvat, Ting-Wen Chen, Mathilde Chomel, Aimee T. Classen, Jerome Cortet, Peter Čuchta, Ana Manuela de la Pedrosa, Susana S. D. Ferreira, Cristina Fiera, Juliane Filser, Oscar Franken, Saori Fujii, Essivi Gagnon Koudji, Meixiang Gao, Benoit Gendreau-Berthiaume, Diego F. Gomez-Pamies, Michelle Greve, I. Tanya Handa, Charlène Heiniger, Martin Holmstrup, Pablo Homet, Mari Ivask, Charlene Janion-Scheepers, Malte Jochum, Sophie Joimel, Bruna Claudia S. Jorge, Edite Jucevica, Olga Ferlian, Luís Carlos Iuñes de Oliveira Filho, Osmar Klauberg-Filho, Dilmar Baretta, Eveline J. Krab, Annely Kuu, Estevam C. A. Lima, Dunmei Lin, Zoe Lindo, Amy Liu, Jing-Zhong Lu, María José Luciañez, Michael T. Marx, Matthew A. McCary, Maria A. Minor, Taizo Nakamori, Ilaria Negri, Raúl Ochoa-Hueso, José G. Palacios-Vargas, Melanie M. Pollierer, Pascal Querner, Natália Raschmanová, Muhammad Imtiaz Rashid, Laura J. Raymond-Léonard, Laurent Rousseau, Ruslan A. Saifutdinov, Sandrine Salmon, Emma J. Sayer, Nicole Scheunemann, Cornelia Scholz, Julia Seeber, Yulia B. Shveenkova, Sophya K. Stebaeva, Maria Sterzynska, Xin Sun, Winda I. Susanti, Anastasia A. Taskaeva, Madhav P. Thakur, Maria A. Tsiafouli, Matthew S. Turnbull, Mthokozisi N. Twala, Alexei V. Uvarov, Lisa A. Venier, Lina A. Widenfalk, Bruna R. Winck, Daniel Winkler, Donghui Wu, Zhijing Xie, Rui Yin, Douglas Zeppelini, Thomas W. Crowther, Nico Eisenhauer and Stefan Scheu
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Anton M. Potapov: University of Göttingen
Carlos A. Guerra: German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig
Johan Hoogen: Institute of Integrative Biology, ETH Zürich
Anatoly Babenko: Russian Academy of Sciences
Bruno C. Bellini: Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte
Matty P. Berg: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Steven L. Chown: Monash University
Louis Deharveng: Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle
Ľubomír Kováč: Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice
Natalia A. Kuznetsova: Moscow Pedagogical State University
Jean-François Ponge: Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle
Mikhail B. Potapov: Moscow Pedagogical State University
David J. Russell: Senckenberg Society for Nature Research
Douglas Alexandre: Santa Catarina State University University (UDUESC- Lages)
Juha M. Alatalo: Qatar University
Javier I. Arbea: CEPA Camargo
Ipsa Bandyopadhyaya: Visva Bharati University
Verónica Bernava: Administración de Parques Nacionales
Stef Bokhorst: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Thomas Bolger: University College Dublin
Gabriela Castaño-Meneses: Campus Juriquilla, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Matthieu Chauvat: Normandie University—UNIROUEN, INRAE, ECODIV
Ting-Wen Chen: University of Göttingen
Mathilde Chomel: Research Institute of Organic Agriculture
Aimee T. Classen: University of Michigan
Jerome Cortet: Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3
Peter Čuchta: Institute of Soil Biology
Ana Manuela de la Pedrosa: Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Susana S. D. Ferreira: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Cristina Fiera: Romanian Academy
Juliane Filser: University of Bremen
Oscar Franken: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Saori Fujii: Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute
Essivi Gagnon Koudji: Université du Québec à Montréal
Meixiang Gao: Ningbo University
Benoit Gendreau-Berthiaume: Université du Québec en Outaouais
Diego F. Gomez-Pamies: Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas-Universidad Nacional de Misiones
Michelle Greve: University of Pretoria
I. Tanya Handa: Université du Québec à Montréal
Charlène Heiniger: HES-SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland
Martin Holmstrup: Aarhus University
Pablo Homet: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Mari Ivask: Tallinn University of Technology
Charlene Janion-Scheepers: University of Cape Town
Malte Jochum: German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig
Sophie Joimel: Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, UMR EcoSys
Bruna Claudia S. Jorge: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
Edite Jucevica: University of Latvia
Olga Ferlian: German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig
Luís Carlos Iuñes de Oliveira Filho: Santa Catarina State University (UDESC-Lages)
Osmar Klauberg-Filho: Santa Catarina State University (UDESC-Lages)
Dilmar Baretta: Santa Catarina State University (UDESC Oeste)
Eveline J. Krab: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Annely Kuu: Estonian University of Life Sciences
Estevam C. A. Lima: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Dunmei Lin: Chongqing University
Zoe Lindo: University of Western Ontario
Amy Liu: Monash University
Jing-Zhong Lu: University of Göttingen
María José Luciañez: Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Michael T. Marx: Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Matthew A. McCary: Rice University
Maria A. Minor: Massey University
Taizo Nakamori: Yokohama National University
Ilaria Negri: Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Raúl Ochoa-Hueso: University of Cádiz
José G. Palacios-Vargas: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Melanie M. Pollierer: University of Göttingen
Pascal Querner: Natural History Museum Vienna, 1. Zoology
Natália Raschmanová: Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice
Muhammad Imtiaz Rashid: King Abdulaziz University
Laura J. Raymond-Léonard: Université du Québec à Montréal
Laurent Rousseau: Université du Québec à Montréal
Ruslan A. Saifutdinov: Russian Academy of Sciences
Sandrine Salmon: UMR 7179 MECADEV—AVIV department, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle
Emma J. Sayer: Lancaster University
Nicole Scheunemann: University of Göttingen
Cornelia Scholz: University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences
Julia Seeber: Eurac Research
Yulia B. Shveenkova: State Nature Reserve “Privolzhskaya Lesostep”
Sophya K. Stebaeva: Russian Academy of Sciences
Maria Sterzynska: Museum and Institute of Zoology Polish Academy of Science
Xin Sun: Chinese Academy of Sciences
Winda I. Susanti: University of Göttingen
Anastasia A. Taskaeva: Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences
Madhav P. Thakur: University of Bern
Maria A. Tsiafouli: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Matthew S. Turnbull: Unaffiliated
Mthokozisi N. Twala: University of Pretoria
Alexei V. Uvarov: Russian Academy of Sciences
Lisa A. Venier: Natural Resources Canada
Lina A. Widenfalk: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Bruna R. Winck: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
Daniel Winkler: University of Sopron
Donghui Wu: Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhijing Xie: Chinese Academy of Sciences
Rui Yin: Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research
Douglas Zeppelini: Paraiba State University
Thomas W. Crowther: Institute of Integrative Biology, ETH Zürich
Nico Eisenhauer: German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig
Stefan Scheu: University of Göttingen

Nature Communications, 2023, vol. 14, issue 1, 1-13

Abstract: Abstract Soil life supports the functioning and biodiversity of terrestrial ecosystems. Springtails (Collembola) are among the most abundant soil arthropods regulating soil fertility and flow of energy through above- and belowground food webs. However, the global distribution of springtail diversity and density, and how these relate to energy fluxes remains unknown. Here, using a global dataset representing 2470 sites, we estimate the total soil springtail biomass at 27.5 megatons carbon, which is threefold higher than wild terrestrial vertebrates, and record peak densities up to 2 million individuals per square meter in the tundra. Despite a 20-fold biomass difference between the tundra and the tropics, springtail energy use (community metabolism) remains similar across the latitudinal gradient, owing to the changes in temperature with latitude. Neither springtail density nor community metabolism is predicted by local species richness, which is high in the tropics, but comparably high in some temperate forests and even tundra. Changes in springtail activity may emerge from latitudinal gradients in temperature, predation and resource limitation in soil communities. Contrasting relationships of biomass, diversity and activity of springtail communities with temperature suggest that climate warming will alter fundamental soil biodiversity metrics in different directions, potentially restructuring terrestrial food webs and affecting soil functioning.

Date: 2023
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