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Drought shifts soil nematode trophic groups and mediates the heterotrophic respiration

#SoilBiota | #FungalEnergyChannel | #BacterialEnergyChannel | #CarbonFootprint | #AridGrassland

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtae012

Chunqiang Wei et al. found that #Plant species of higher #IntrinsicGrowthAbility suffered greater negative #Soil effects, plant traits such as intrinsic growth ability, other than #PhylogeneticRelatedness, could be reliable #Predictors for plant responses to #SoilBiota, the soil biota on average had greater negative impacts on the #ExoticSpecies, particularly the #PerennialSpecies, than on the native species.
https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtac044

New publication: #Phylogeography of Antarctic #soil invertebrate fauna reveals ancient origins, repeated colonization and recent #evolution. #biodiversity #populationgenetics #soilbiota #moleculartaxonomy
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102024000403

Looking at this image, although it is a view, not far from home, I've seen innumerable times from the car, I wondered if the trees in these fragmented stands feel lonely? I wondered if the #SoilBiota / #mycorrhiza can communicate across the treeless spaces (not sure whether it's tilled). Or if the trees have never known forest, are they just used to the #isolation, like those of us in modern socities? #disconnection

6/ more observations
2) when plants are in their happy zone ecologically- temps, moisture, etc-- and maybe the communities of #SoilBiota they live best with?? they can be very adaptable- spruce seedlings here appear on any soil left for a short time-clay, gravel, my wood ash pile, pieces of wood, stumps, etc- which is why I was comfortable plopping them into mostly decomposed wood waste/rotted leaves/sawdust etc (others have gone into clay, gravel mix or used houseplant soil etc)

I recall an Ecological Society of America presentation on the Yellowstone fires of 1988 where the author showed a slide of the numbers of critters killed by the fires, and the line for soil microbes went off the chart...
#CarbonCapture #SoilBiota #ClimateChange
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/06/microbes-play-leading-role-in-soil-carbon-capture-study-shows/

Sometimes with macrophotography things just line up perfectly, as with this photo of a globular springtail (a female Stenacidia violacea) on some moss.

Have a great weekend everyone!

#SoilBiodiversity #SoilFauna #SoilBiota #Collembola #Springtail #SpringtailSaturday #Macrophotography #Mesofauna