Global soil biodiversity research

Delgado-Baquerizo et al. 2018, A global atlas of the dominant bacteria found in the soil. Science 239:320-325

Bahram et al. 2018, Structure and function of the global topsoil microbiome. Nature 560:233–237

Cano‐Díaz et al. 2020, Contrasting environmental preferences of photosynthetic and non-photosynthetic soil cyanobacteria across the globe. Global Ecology and Biogeography 29:2025-2038

Luan et al. 2020, Organism body size structures the soil microbial and nematode community assembly at a continental and global scale. Nature Communications 11:6406

Guerra et al. 2021, Global projections of the soil microbiome in the Anthropocene. Global Ecology and Biogeography 00:1-13

Jassey et al. 2022. Contributions of soil algae to the global carbon cycle. New Phyotologist

Iversen et al. 2017. A global Fine-Root Ecology Database to address below-ground challenges in plant ecology. New Phytologist 215(1): 15-26

Ma et al. 2021. The global distribution and environmental drivers of aboveground versus belowground plant biomass. Nature Ecology & Evolution

Tedersoo et al. 2014, Global diversity and geography of soil fungi. Science 346: 1256688

Bahram et al. 2018, Structure and function of the global topsoil microbiome. Nature 560:233–237

Egidi et al. 2019, A few Ascomycota taxa dominate soil fungal communities worldwide. Nature Communications 10: 2369

Větrovský et al. 2020, GlobalFungi: A global database of fungal occurrences from high-throughput-sequencing metabarcoding studies. Nature Scientific Data 7: 228

Luan et al. 2020, Organism body size structures the soil microbial and nematode community assembly at a continental and global scale. Nature Communications 11:6406

Vasar et al. 2022, Global taxonomic and phylogenetic assembly of AM fungi. Mycorrhiza

Mikryukov et al. 2023, Connecting the multiple dimensions of global soil fungal diversity. Science Advances 9:48

Hyde et al. 2023, Global consortium for the classification of fungi and fungus-like taxa. Mycosphere 14:1

Davison et al. 2015, Global assessment of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus diversity reveals very low endemism. Science 349:970-973

Soudzilovskaia et al. 2015, Global patterns of plant root colonization intensity by mycorrhizal fungi explained by climate and soil chemistry. Global Ecology and Biogeography 24: 371-382

Singer et al. 2019. Dispersal limitations and historical factors determine the biogeography of specialized terrestrial protists. Molecular Ecology 28: 3089-3100

Luan et al. 2020, Organism body size structures the soil microbial and nematode community assembly at a continental and global scale. Nature Communications 11:6406

Bastida et al. 2019, Climatic vulnerabilities and ecological preferences of soil invertebrates across biomes. Molecular Ecology 29: 752-761

Van den Hoogen et al. 2019, Soil nematode abundance and functional group composition at a global scale. Nature 572:194-198

Bastida et al. 2019, Climatic vulnerabilities and ecological preferences of soil invertebrates across biomes. Molecular Ecology 29: 752-761

Luan et al. 2020, Organism body size structures the soil microbial and nematode community assembly at a continental and global scale. Nature Communications 11:6406

Briones and Schmidt. 2017, Conventional tillage decreases the abundance and biomass of earthworms and alters their community structure in a global meta-analysis. Global Change Biology 23:4396-4419

Phillips et al. 2019, Global distribution of earthworm diversity. Science 366:480-485

Demetrio et al. 2021, A “dirty” footprint: Macroinvertebrate diversity in Amazonian Antrhopic soils. Global Change Biology 27:4575-4591

Sfenthourakis and Hornung 2018, Isopod distribution and climate change. ZooKeys 801:25-61

Buczkowski and Bertelsmeier 2016, Invasive termites in a changing climate: A global perspective. Ecology and Evolution 7: 974-985

Gibb et al. 2017, A global database of ant species abundances. Ecology 98:883-884

Bertelsmeier et al. 2017, Recent human history governs global ant invasion dynamics. Nature Ecology and Evolution 1: 0184

van Klink et al. 2021, InsectChange: a global database of temporal changes in insect and arachnid assemblages. Ecology 102: e03354

Bastida et al. 2019, Climatic vulnerabilities and ecological preferences of soil invertebrates across biomes. Molecular Ecology 29: 752-761

Fierer et al 2009, Global patterns in belowground communities. Ecology Letters 12: 1238-1249

Crowther et al 2019, The global soil community and its influence on biogeochemistry. Science 365: 772

Cameron et al 2019, Global mismatches in aboveground and belowground biodiversity. Conservation Biology 33: 1187-1192

Johnston and Sibly 2020, Multiple environmental controls explain global patterns in soil animal communities. Oecologia 192: 1047-1056

Luan et al. 2020, Organism body size structures the soil microbial and nematode community assembly at a continental and global scale. Nature Communications 11:6406

Lavelle et al. 2022, Soil macroinvertebrate communities: A world-wide assessment. Global Ecology and Biogeography 00:1-16

Anthony et al. 2023, Enumerating soil biodiversity. PNAS 120 (33) e2304663120