Soil nematode abundance and functional group composition at a global scale

Johan Hoogen (), Stefan Geisen, Devin Routh, Howard Ferris, Walter Traunspurger, David A. Wardle, Ron G. M. Goede, Byron J. Adams, Wasim Ahmad, Walter S. Andriuzzi, Richard D. Bardgett, Michael Bonkowski, Raquel Campos-Herrera, Juvenil E. Cares, Tancredi Caruso, Larissa Brito Caixeta, Xiaoyun Chen, Sofia R. Costa, Rachel Creamer, José Mauro da Cunha Castro, Marie Dam, Djibril Djigal, Miguel Escuer, Bryan S. Griffiths, Carmen Gutiérrez, Karin Hohberg, Daria Kalinkina, Paul Kardol, Alan Kergunteuil, Gerard Korthals, Valentyna Krashevska, Alexey A. Kudrin, Qi Li, Wenju Liang, Matthew Magilton, Mariette Marais, José Antonio Rodríguez Martín, Elizaveta Matveeva, El Hassan Mayad, Christian Mulder, Peter Mullin, Roy Neilson, T. A. Duong Nguyen, Uffe N. Nielsen, Hiroaki Okada, Juan Emilio Palomares Rius, Kaiwen Pan, Vlada Peneva, Loïc Pellissier, Julio Carlos Pereira da Silva, Camille Pitteloud, Thomas O. Powers, Kirsten Powers, Casper W. Quist, Sergio Rasmann, Sara Sánchez Moreno, Stefan Scheu, Heikki Setälä, Anna Sushchuk, Alexei V. Tiunov, Jean Trap, Wim Putten, Mette Vestergård, Cecile Villenave, Lieven Waeyenberge, Diana H. Wall, Rutger Wilschut, Daniel G. Wright, Jiue-in Yang and Thomas Ward Crowther ()
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Johan Hoogen: Institute of Integrative Biology
Stefan Geisen: Institute of Integrative Biology
Devin Routh: Institute of Integrative Biology
Howard Ferris: University of California
Walter Traunspurger: Bielefeld University
David A. Wardle: Nanyang Technological University
Ron G. M. Goede: Wageningen University & Research
Byron J. Adams: Evolutionary Ecology Laboratories, Monte L. Bean Museum, Brigham Young University
Wasim Ahmad: Aligarh Muslim University
Walter S. Andriuzzi: Colorado State University
Richard D. Bardgett: The University of Manchester
Michael Bonkowski: University of Cologne and Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences (CEPLAS)
Raquel Campos-Herrera: Universidad de La Rioja-Gobierno de La Rioja
Juvenil E. Cares: University of Brasília
Tancredi Caruso: Queen’s University of Belfast
Larissa Brito Caixeta: University of Brasília
Xiaoyun Chen: Nanjing Agricultural University
Sofia R. Costa: University of Minho
Rachel Creamer: Wageningen University & Research
José Mauro da Cunha Castro: Centro de Pesquisa Agropecuária do Trópico Semiárido
Marie Dam: Zealand Institute of Business and Technology
Djibril Djigal: Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles/CDH
Miguel Escuer: Instituto de Ciencias Agrarias, CSIC
Bryan S. Griffiths: Crop and Soil Systems Research Group, SRUC
Carmen Gutiérrez: Instituto de Ciencias Agrarias, CSIC
Karin Hohberg: Senckenberg Museum of Natural History Görlitz
Daria Kalinkina: Russian Academy of Sciences
Paul Kardol: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Alan Kergunteuil: University of Neuchâtel
Gerard Korthals: Netherlands Institute of Ecology
Valentyna Krashevska: University of Göttingen
Alexey A. Kudrin: Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Qi Li: Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Wenju Liang: Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Matthew Magilton: Queen’s University of Belfast
Mariette Marais: Plant Health and Protection
José Antonio Rodríguez Martín: Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria
Elizaveta Matveeva: Russian Academy of Sciences
El Hassan Mayad: Ibn Zohr University
Christian Mulder: University of Catania
Peter Mullin: University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Roy Neilson: The James Hutton Institute
T. A. Duong Nguyen: University of Cologne and Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences (CEPLAS)
Uffe N. Nielsen: Western Sydney University
Hiroaki Okada: Division of Applied Entomology and Zoology, Central Region Agricultural Research Center, NARO
Juan Emilio Palomares Rius: Spanish National Research Council
Kaiwen Pan: Center for Ecological Studies, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Vlada Peneva: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Loïc Pellissier: Landscape Ecology, Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems, Department of Environmental Systems Science
Julio Carlos Pereira da Silva: Universidade Federal de Lavras
Camille Pitteloud: Landscape Ecology, Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems, Department of Environmental Systems Science
Thomas O. Powers: University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Kirsten Powers: University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Casper W. Quist: Wageningen University
Sergio Rasmann: University of Neuchâtel
Sara Sánchez Moreno: Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria
Stefan Scheu: University of Göttingen
Heikki Setälä: University of Helsinki
Anna Sushchuk: Russian Academy of Sciences
Alexei V. Tiunov: Russian Academy of Sciences
Jean Trap: University of Montpellier, CIRAD, INRA, IRD, Montpellier SupAgro
Wim Putten: Netherlands Institute of Ecology
Mette Vestergård: Aarhus University
Cecile Villenave: University of Montpellier, CIRAD, INRA, IRD, Montpellier SupAgro
Lieven Waeyenberge: Plant Sciences Unit, Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Diana H. Wall: Colorado State University
Rutger Wilschut: Netherlands Institute of Ecology
Daniel G. Wright: Lancaster Environment Centre
Jiue-in Yang: National Taiwan University
Thomas Ward Crowther: Institute of Integrative Biology

Nature, 2019, vol. 572, issue 7768, 194-198

Abstract: Abstract 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.

Date: 2019
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