@article{fdi:010076562,
  title = {{S}oil nematode abundance and functional group composition at a global scale},
  author = {van den {H}oogen, {J}. and {G}eisen, {S}. and {R}outh, {D}. and {F}erris, {H}. and {T}raunspurger, {W}. and {W}ardle, {D}. {A}. and de {G}oede, {R}. {G}. {M}. and {A}dams, {B}. {J}. and {A}hmad, {W}. and {A}ndriuzzi, {W}. {S}. and {B}ardgett, {R}. {D}. and {B}onkowski, {M}. and {C}ampos-{H}errera, {R}. and {C}ares, {J}. {E}. and {C}aruso, {T}. and {C}aixeta, {L}. {D}. and {C}hen, {X}. {Y}. and {C}osta, {S}. {R}. and {C}reamer, {R}. and {C}astro, {J}. {M}. {D}. and {D}am, {M}. and {D}jigal, {D}. and {E}scuer, {M}. and {G}riffiths, {B}. {S}. and {G}utierrez, {C}. and {H}ohberg, {K}. and {K}alinkina, {D}. and {K}ardol, {P}. and {K}ergunteuil, {A}. and {K}orthals, {G}. and {K}rashevska, {V}. and {K}udrin, {A}. {A}. and {L}i, {Q}. and {L}iang, {W}. {J}. and {M}agilton, {M}. and {M}arais, {M}. and {M}artin, {J}. {A}. {R}. and {M}atveeva, {E}. and {M}ayad, {E}. and {M}ulder, {C}. and {M}ullin, {P}. and {N}eilson, {R}. and {N}guyen, {T}. {A}. {D}. and {N}ielsen, {U}. {N}. and {O}kada, {H}. and {R}ius, {J}. {E}. {P}. and {P}an, {K}. and {P}eneva, {V}. and {P}ellissier, {L}. and da {S}ilva, {J}. {C}. {P}. and {P}itteloud, {C}. and {P}owers, {T}. {O}. and {P}owers, {K}. and {Q}uist, {C}. {W}. and {R}asmann, {S}. and {M}oreno, {S}. {S}. and {S}cheu, {S}. and {S}etala, {H}. and {S}ushchuk, {A}. and {T}iunov, {A}. {V}. and {T}rap, {J}ean and van der {P}utten, {W}. and {V}estergard, {M}. and {V}illenave, {C}. and {W}aeyenberge, {L}. and {W}all, {D}. {H}. and {W}ilschut, {R}. and {W}right, {D}. {G}. and {Y}ang, {J}. {I}. and {C}rowther, {T}. {W}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{S}oil organisms are a crucial part of the terrestrial biosphere. {D}espite their importance for ecosystem functioning, few quantitative, spatially explicit models of the active belowground community currently exist. {I}n particular, nematodes are the most abundant animals on {E}arth, filling all trophic levels in the soil food web. {H}ere 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. {T}he resulting maps show that 4.4 +/- 0.64 x 10(20) nematodes (with a total biomass of approximately 0.3 gigatonnes) inhabit surface soils across the world, with higher abundances in sub-{A}rctic regions (38% of total) than in temperate (24%) or tropical (21%) regions. {R}egional variations in these global trends also provide insights into local patterns of soil fertility and functioning. {T}hese 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.},
  keywords = {},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{N}ature},
  volume = {572},
  numero = {7768},
  pages = {194--198 + 10 p.},
  ISSN = {0028-0836},
  year = {2019},
  DOI = {10.1038/s41586-019-1418-6},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010076562},
}