Globally invariant metabolism but density-diversity mismatch in springtails

Anton Potapov; Carlos Guerra; Johan van den Hoogen; Anatoly Babenko; Bruno Bellini; Matty Berg; Steven Chown; Louis Deharveng; Ľubomír Kováč; Natalia Kuznetsova; Jean-François Ponge; Mikhail Potapov; David Russell; Douglas Alexandre; Juha Alatalo; Javier Arbea; Ipsa Bandyopadhyaya; Verónica Bernava; Stef Bokhorst; Thomas Bolger; Gabriela Castaño-Meneses; Matthieu Chauvat; Ting-Wen Chen; Mathilde Chomel; Aimee Classen; Jérôme Cortet; Peter Čuchta; Ana Manuela de la Pedrosa; Susana Ferreira; Cristina Fiera; Juliane Filser; Oscar Franken; Saori Fujii; Essivi Gagnon Koudji; Meixiang Gao; Benoit Gendreau-Berthiaume; Diego 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 Krab; Annely Kuu; Estevam de Lima; Dunmei Lin; Zoe Lindo; Amy Liu; Jing-Zhong Lu; María José Luciañez; Michael Marx; Matthew McCary; Maria Minor; Taizo Nakamori; Ilaria Negri; Raúl Ochoa-Hueso; José Palacios-Vargas; Melanie Pollierer; Pascal Querner; Natália Raschmanová; Muhammad Imtiaz Rashid; Laura Raymond-Léonard; Laurent Rousseau; Ruslan Saifutdinov; Sandrine Salmon; Emma Sayer; Nicole Scheunemann; Cornelia Scholz; Julia Seeber; Yulia Shveenkova; Sophya Stebaeva; Maria Sterzynska; Xin Sun; Winda Susanti; Anastasia Taskaeva; Madhav Thakur; Maria Tsiafouli; Matthew Turnbull; Mthokozisi N. Twala; Alexei Uvarov; Lisa Venier; Lina Widenfalk; Bruna Winck; Daniel Winkler; Donghui Wu; Zhijing Xie; Rui Yin; Douglas Zeppelini; Thomas Crowther; Nico Eisenhauer; Stefan Scheu

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Globally invariant metabolism but density-diversity mismatch in springtails

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Globally invariant metabolism but density-diversity mismatch in springtails

Anton Potapov, Carlos Guerra, Johan van den Hoogen, Anatoly Babenko, Bruno Bellini, Matty Berg, Steven Chown, Louis Deharveng, Ľubomír Kováč, Natalia Kuznetsova, …

Nature Communications, Vol.14(1)

20/01/2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36216-6

PMID: 36750574

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.

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Title: Globally invariant metabolism but density-diversity mismatch in springtails
Creators - without role: Anton Potapov - Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution
Carlos Guerra - Leipzig University
Johan van den Hoogen - ETH Zurich
Anatoly Babenko - Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution
Bruno Bellini - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
Matty Berg - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Steven Chown - Monash University
Louis Deharveng - Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité
Ľubomír Kováč - University of Pavol Jozef Šafárik
Natalia Kuznetsova - Moscow State Pedagogical University
Jean-François Ponge - Mécanismes Adaptatifs et Evolution
Mikhail Potapov - Moscow State Pedagogical University
David Russell - Senckenberg Society for Nature Research
Douglas Alexandre - Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina
Juha Alatalo - Qatar University
Javier Arbea - Department of Sciences, CEPA Camargo, Astillero, Spain
Ipsa Bandyopadhyaya - Visva-Bharati University
Verónica Bernava - National Space Activities Commission
Stef Bokhorst - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Thomas Bolger - University College Dublin
Gabriela Castaño-Meneses - Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Matthieu Chauvat - Université de Rouen Normandie
Ting-Wen Chen - Czech Academy of Sciences, Biology Centre
Mathilde Chomel - FiBL France
Aimee Classen - University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Jérôme Cortet - Université de Montpellier, Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive - CEFE
Peter Čuchta - Czech Academy of Sciences, Biology Centre
Ana Manuela de la Pedrosa - Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Susana 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 Gomez-Pamies - National University of 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 - Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla
Mari Ivask - Tallinn University of Technology
Charlene Janion-Scheepers - Iziko Museums of South Africa
Malte Jochum - Leipzig University
Sophie Joimel - Écologie Fonctionnelle et Écotoxicologie des Agroécosystèmes
Bruna Claudia S. Jorge - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
Edite Jucevica - University of Latvia
Olga Ferlian - German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research
Luís Carlos Iuñes de Oliveira Filho - Department of Soil Science, Centre for Agriculture and Veterinary Science, Santa Catarina State University (UDESC-Lages), Lages, SC, Brazil
Osmar Klauberg-Filho - Department of Soil Science, Centre for Agriculture and Veterinary Science, Santa Catarina State University (UDESC-Lages), Lages, SC, Brazil
Dilmar Baretta - Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina
Eveline Krab - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Annely Kuu - Estonian University of Life Sciences
Estevam de Lima - Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Dunmei Lin - Chongqing University
Zoe Lindo - Western University
Amy Liu - Monash University
Jing-Zhong Lu - Johann-Friedrich Blumenbach Institut für Zoologie und Anthropologie
María José Luciañez - Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Michael Marx - Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Matthew McCary - Rice University
Maria Minor - Massey University
Taizo Nakamori - Yokohama National University
Ilaria Negri - Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Raúl Ochoa-Hueso - Universidad de Cádiz
José Palacios-Vargas - Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Melanie Pollierer - Johann-Friedrich Blumenbach Institut für Zoologie und Anthropologie
Pascal Querner - Natural History Museum Vienna
Natália Raschmanová - University of Pavol Jozef Šafárik
Muhammad Imtiaz Rashid - King Abdulaziz University
Laura Raymond-Léonard - Université du Québec à Montréal
Laurent Rousseau - Université du Québec à Montréal
Ruslan Saifutdinov - Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution
Sandrine Salmon - Mécanismes Adaptatifs et Evolution
Emma Sayer - Lancaster University
Nicole Scheunemann - Senckenberg Museum für Naturkunde Görlitz
Cornelia Scholz - BOKU University
Julia Seeber - Eurac Research
Yulia Shveenkova - Privolshky Les Nature Reserve
Sophya Stebaeva - Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution
Maria Sterzynska - Museum and Institute of Zoology
Xin Sun - Institute of Urban Environment
Winda Susanti - Johann-Friedrich Blumenbach Institut für Zoologie und Anthropologie
Anastasia Taskaeva - Université de Bourgogne
Madhav Thakur - University of Bern
Maria Tsiafouli - Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Matthew Turnbull
Mthokozisi N. Twala - University of Pretoria
Alexei Uvarov - Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution
Lisa Venier - Canadian Forest Service
Lina Widenfalk - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Bruna Winck - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
Daniel Winkler - BOKU University
Donghui Wu - Northeast Normal University
Zhijing Xie - Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology
Rui Yin - Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Douglas Zeppelini - Universidade Estadual da Paraíba
Thomas Crowther - Swiss Integrative Center for Human Health
Nico Eisenhauer - German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research
Stefan Scheu - University of Göttingen
Publication Details: Nature Communications, Vol.14(1)
Grant note: Projekt DEAL
Identifiers: 9933837509311
Academic Unit: Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive - CEFE
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article
Local Fields: hal-03979986