@article{fdi:010089573,
  title = {{R}ising awareness to improve conservation of microorganisms in terrestrial ecosystems : advances and future directions in soil microbial diversity from {C}hile and the {A}ntarctic {P}eninsula},
  author = {{L}avergne, {C}. and {C}abrol, {L}{\'e}a and {C}uadros-{O}rellana, {S}. and {Q}uinteros-{U}rquieta, {C}. and {S}toll, {A}. and {Y}áñez, {C}. and {T}apia, {J}. and {O}rlando, {J}. and {R}ojas, {C}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{S}oil ecosystems are important reservoirs of biodiversity, as they are the most diverse habitat on {E}arth. {M}icrobial biodiversity plays key roles in many ecosystem services, including the support to biogeochemical cycles. {H}owever, despite great advances in the understanding of the role of soil microbiota in providing benefits to nature and humankind, there is still much knowledge to be gained from understudied areas across the globe. {I}ndeed, underrepresentation of the {G}lobal {S}outh in ecological studies has been suggested as an important gap that could compromise global solutions to conservation and the current biodiversity and climate crisis. {I}n the {S}outhern hemisphere, the southwest of {S}outh {A}merica, which includes {C}hile, runs behind the rest of the continent on studies related to soil microbial diversity and ecosystem functions. {T}herefore, to gain a better understanding of the global biodiversity and environment crisis, essential perspectives and knowledge from underrepresented regions need to be acknowledged to avoid biases in the scientific community. {T}he main objective of this work is to understand how soil microbial diversity has been studied in {C}hile and the {A}ntarctic {P}eninsula since 1975 to identify main knowledge gaps and funding opportunities for future research. {O}ur survey consists of 343 articles representing 1,335 sampling points from {C}ontinental {C}hile to the {A}ntarctic {P}eninsula. {I}t revealed a better representation of articles studying bacterial and fungal diversity in the extreme regions of {C}hile funded by both international funds and the {N}ational {A}gency for {R}esearch and {D}evelopment ({ANID}). {T}o study microbial diversity, cultivation-based methods are still the most commonly used, whereas molecular studies are increasing but insufficiently applied. {W}e have identified and argued the need to enhance collaborative multi- and interdisciplinary efforts, fundings for sequencing effort, and long-term studies to provide robust and informative knowledge about soil microbial communities.},
  keywords = {global south ; biogeography ; microbial ecology ; biodiversity ; soil diversity ; {C}hile ; bibliometrics ; {CHILI} ; {ANTARCTIQUE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{F}rontiers in {E}nvironmental {S}cience},
  volume = {12},
  numero = {},
  pages = {1326158 [17 ]},
  year = {2024},
  DOI = {10.3389/fenvs.2024.1326158},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010089573},
}