Title:	Soil BON earthworm: a global initiative on earthworm distribution, traits, and spatiotemporal diversity patterns.
Authors:	GANAULT, P. RISTOK, C. PHILLIPS, H. R. P. HEDDE, M. CAPOWIEZ, Y. BOTTINELLI, N. DECAËNS, T. MARCHAN, D. GÉRARD, S. MATHIEU, J. POTAPOV, A. CAMERON, E. K. BROWN, G. G. BARTZ, M. ZEISS, R. ZI, Y. TSIAFOULI, M. RUSSELL, D. J. GUERRA, C. EISENHAUER, N.
Affiliation:	PIERRE GANAULT, UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN NORMANDIE CHRISTIAN RISTOK, GERMAN CENTRE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH HELEN R. P. PHILLIPS, NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY MICKAËL HEDDE, ECO&SOLS, INRAE, IRD, CIRAD, INSTITUT AGRO YVAN CAPOWIEZ, UNIVERSITY OF AVIGNON NICOLAS BOTTINELLI, SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ THIBAUD DECAËNS, UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER DANIEL MARCHAN, UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER SYLVAIN GÉRARD, ECO&SOLS, INRAE, IRD, CIRAD, INSTITUT AGRO JÉRÔME MATHIEU, SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ ANTON POTAPOV, SENCKENBERG MUSEUM FOR NATURAL HISTORY GÖRLITZ ERIN K. CAMERON, SAINT MARY’S UNIVERSITY GEORGE GARDNER BROWN, CNPF MARIE BARTZ, UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA ROMY ZEISS, GERMAN CENTRE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH YACOUBA ZI, SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ MARIA TSIAFOULI, ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI DAVID J. RUSSELL, SENCKENBERG MUSEUM FOR NATURAL HISTORY GÖRLITZ CARLOS GUERRA, LEIPZIG UNIVERSITY, TALSTRASSE NICO EISENHAUER, LEIPZIG UNIVERSITY.
Date Issued:	2024
Citation:	Soil Organisms, v. 96, n. 1, p. 47-60, 2024.
Description:	Recent research on earthworms has shed light on their global distribution, with high alpha richness in temperate zones and high beta diversity in tropical areas. Climate and agricultural practices, notably plowing and conservation methods, were shown to strongly influence earthworm communities. However, data gaps persist in regions like North Australia, Asia, Russia, and Africa, limiting our understanding of earthworm distribution and their responses to global changes. Understanding changes within earthworm communities is crucial given their profound influence on ecosystem functions such as soil structure, nutrient dynamics, and plant growth. Classifying earthworms into functional groups remains complex, prompting the adoption of a trait-based approach for a more comprehensive classification, but there is no representative global data on earthworm traits. To address these knowledge gaps, the Soil BON Earthworm initiative aims at creating a global community of earthworm experts, standardizing sampling methods and databases, collecting time series data on earthworm communities, and modeling future earthworm distributions under different climate scenarios. The initiative aims to address key questions, such as the dynamic of earthworm communities over time and their response to environmental factors and anthropogenic influences, their impact on ecosystem functioning, and the redefinition of functional groups based on traits. The consortium invites researchers worldwide to contribute to this endeavor and encourages the resampling of study sites, to expand currently limited time series datasets. To facilitate data collection, standardized protocols and data templates are proposed, ensuring data quality and interoperability. Furthermore, the initiative intends to make use of citizen science in expanding observations and improving taxonomic coverage, highlighting platforms like iNaturalist for community en-gagement. Soil BON Earthworm seeks to unite global expertise and foster collaborative research to address critical gaps in under-standing earthworm ecology and its implications for ecosystems at a global scale.
Thesagro:	Minhoca Ecossistema Ecologia
NAL Thesaurus:	Community ecology Earthworms
Keywords:	Temporal dynamics Citizen science Functional traits Ecosystem functioning Características funcionais Ciência cidadã Dinâmica temporal
DOI:	10.25674/362
Type of Material:	Artigo de periódico
Access:	openAccess
Appears in Collections:	Artigo em periódico indexado (CNPF)