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5. The Effects of Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition on Terrestrial and Freshwater Biodiversity

Author

Baron, Jill S., Barber, Mary, Adams, Mark, Agboola, Julius I., Allen, Edith B., Bealey, William J., Bobbink, Roland, Bobrovsky, Maxim V., Bowman, William D, Branquinho, Cristina, Bustamente, Mercedes M.C., Clark, Christopher M., Cocking, Edward C., Cruz, Cristina, Davidson, Eric, Denmead, O. Tom, Dias, Teresa, Dise, Nancy B., Feest, Alan, Galloway, James N., Geiser, Linda H., Gilliam, Frank S., Harrison, Ian J., Khanina, Larisa G., Lu, Xiankai, Manrique, Esteban, Hueso, Raúl Ochoa, Ometto, Jean P.H.B., Payne, Richard, Scheuschner, Thomas, Sheppard, Lucy J., Simpson, Gavin L., Singh, Y. V., Stevens, Carly J., Strachan, Ian, Sverdrup, Harald, Tokuchi, Naoko, Dobben, Hans van, Woodin, Sarah, Sutton, Mark A., editor, Mason, Kate E., editor, Sheppard, Lucy J., editor, Sverdrup, Harald, editor, Haeuber, Richard, editor, and Hicks, W. Kevin, editor

Published
2014
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11. Overview of past, current, and future ecosystem and biodiversity trends of inland saline lakes of Europe and Central Asia

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Zadereev, Egor, primary, Lipka, Oksana, additional, Karimov, Bakhtiyor, additional, Krylenko, Marina, additional, Elias, Victoria, additional, Pinto, Isabel Sousa, additional, Alizade, Valida, additional, Anker, Yaakov, additional, Feest, Alan, additional, Kuznetsova, Daria, additional, Mader, Andre, additional, Salimov, Rashad, additional, and Fischer, Markus, additional

Published
2020
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12. Soil protistology rebooted: 30 fundamental questions to start with

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Geisen, Stefan, Mitchell, Edward A.D., Wilkinson, David M., Adl, Sina, Bonkowski, Michael, Brown, Matthew W, Fiore-Donno, Anna Maria, Heger, Thierry J., Jassey, Vincent E.J., Krashevska, Valentyna, Lahr, Daniel J.G., Marcisz, Katarzyna, Mulot, Matthieu, Payne, Richard, Singer, David, Anderson, O. Roger, Charman, Dan J., Ekelund, Flemming, Griffiths, Bryan S., Rønn, Regin, Smirnov, Alexey, Bass, David, Belbahri, Lassaâd, Berney, Cédric, Blandenier, Quentin, Chatzinotas, Antonis, Clarholm, Marianne, Dunthorn, Micah, Feest, Alan, Fernández, Leonardo D., Foissner, Wilhelm, Fournier, Bertrand, Gentekaki, Eleni, Hájek, Michal, Helder, Johannes, Jousset, Alexandre, Koller, Robert, Kumar, Santosh, La Terza, Antonietta, Lamentowicz, Mariusz, Mazei, Yuri, Santos, Susana S., Seppey, Christophe V.W., Spiegel, Frederick W., Walochnik, Julia, Winding, Anne, Lara, Enrique, Sub Ecology and Biodiversity, Ecology and Biodiversity, Wageningen University and Research Centre [Wageningen] (WUR), Université de Neuchâtel (UNINE), Schlumberger-Doll Research, Schlumberger, University of Saskatchewan [Saskatoon] (U of S), Department of Terrestrial Ecology, Institut of Zoology, University of Cologne, Institute of Botany and Landscape Ecology, Universität Greifswald - University of Greifswald, Laboratoire Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Environnement (ECOLAB), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Monitoring, Faculty of Geographical and Geological Sciences, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan (AMUP), Laboratory of Soil Biodiversity, Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU), Department of Biology, Northern Arizona University [Flagstaff], Crop and Soil Systems Research Group, Scotland's Rural College (SCUR), The Natural History Museum [London] (NHM), Laboratory of Soil Biology, Evolution des Protistes et Ecosystèmes Pélagiques (EPEP), Adaptation et diversité en milieu marin (ADMM), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Station biologique de Roscoff [Roscoff] (SBR), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Station biologique de Roscoff [Roscoff] (SBR), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), University of Kaiserslautern [Kaiserslautern], Laboratoire de biodiversité du sol [Neuchâtel], Faculty of Computer Science, Dalhousie University [Halifax], Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Johann-Friedrich Blumenbach Institut für Zoologie und Anthropologie, Georg-August-University [Göttingen], Laboratoire Agronomie et Environnement (LAE), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Université de Lorraine (UL), French Institute of Pondichery, Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Monitoring, Faculty of Geographical and Geological Sciences, Adam Mickiewicz University, Erasmus University Medical Center [Rotterdam] (Erasmus MC), Center for Pathophysiology, NERI, Sub Ecology and Biodiversity, Ecology and Biodiversity, Terrestrial Ecology (TE), Wageningen University and Research [Wageningen] (WUR), Department of Biological Sciences [Mississippi], University of Southern Mississippi (USM), Institut Ecologie et Environnement (INEE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (UAM), Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, New York 10964 USA, Geography Department, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Scotland's Rural College (SRUC), University of Copenhagen = Københavns Universitet (KU), Department of Invertebrate Zoology, St Petersburg State University (SPbU), Adaptation et diversité en milieu marin (AD2M), Station biologique de Roscoff [Roscoff] (SBR), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Station biologique de Roscoff [Roscoff] (SBR), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Helmholtz Zentrum für Umweltforschung = Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (CZU), Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH | Centre de recherche de Juliers, Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft = Helmholtz Association, Laboratoire Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Environnement (LEFE), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Université de Toulouse (UT), Georg-August-University = Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, University of Copenhagen = Københavns Universitet (UCPH), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut Ecologie et Environnement (INEE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), and Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

Subjects
0301 basic medicine, [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], Soil biology, Ecology (disciplines), Biodiversity, Soil Science, Functional diversity, Biology, Microbiology, 03 medical and health sciences, ddc:570, Microbial interactions, Soil protists, Ecosystem, Protozoa, Laboratorium voor Nematologie, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, 2. Zero hunger, Functional ecology, Ecology, Food web, 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences, 15. Life on land, PE&RC, Protistology, 030104 developmental biology, 13. Climate action, international, 040103 agronomy & agriculture, 0401 agriculture, forestry, and fisheries, Conservation biology, EPS, Laboratory of Nematology, Soil fertility
Abstract

Protists are the most diverse eukaryotes. These microbes are keystone organisms of soil ecosystems and regulate essential processes of soil fertility such as nutrient cycling and plant growth. Despite this, protists have received little scientific attention, especially compared to bacteria, fungi and nematodes in soil studies. Recent methodological advances, particularly in molecular biology techniques, have made the study of soil protists more accessible, and have created a resurgence of interest in soil protistology. This ongoing revolution now enables comprehensive investigations of the structure and functioning of soil protist communities, paving the way to a new era in soil biology. Instead of providing an exhaustive review, we provide a synthesis of research gaps that should be prioritized in future studies of soil protistology to guide this rapidly developing research area. Based on a synthesis of expert opinion we propose 30 key questions covering a broad range of topics including evolution, phylogenetics, functional ecology, macroecology, paleoecology, and methodologies. These questions highlight a diversity of topics that will establish soil protistology as a hub discipline connecting different fundamental and applied fields such as ecology, biogeography, evolution, plant-microbe interactions, agronomy, and conservation biology. We are convinced that soil protistology has the potential to be one of the most exciting frontiers in biology. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Published
2017

15. Soil protistology rebooted: 30 fundamental questions to start with

Author

Sub Ecology and Biodiversity, Ecology and Biodiversity, Geisen, Stefan, Mitchell, Edward A.D., Wilkinson, David M., Adl, Sina, Bonkowski, Michael, Brown, Matthew W, Fiore-Donno, Anna Maria, Heger, Thierry J., Jassey, Vincent E.J., Krashevska, Valentyna, Lahr, Daniel J.G., Marcisz, Katarzyna, Mulot, Matthieu, Payne, Richard, Singer, David, Anderson, O. Roger, Charman, Dan J., Ekelund, Flemming, Griffiths, Bryan S., Rønn, Regin, Smirnov, Alexey, Bass, David, Belbahri, Lassaâd, Berney, Cédric, Blandenier, Quentin, Chatzinotas, Antonis, Clarholm, Marianne, Dunthorn, Micah, Feest, Alan, Fernández, Leonardo D., Foissner, Wilhelm, Fournier, Bertrand, Gentekaki, Eleni, Hájek, Michal, Helder, Johannes, Jousset, Alexandre, Koller, Robert, Kumar, Santosh, La Terza, Antonietta, Lamentowicz, Mariusz, Mazei, Yuri, Santos, Susana S., Seppey, Christophe V.W., Spiegel, Frederick W., Walochnik, Julia, Winding, Anne, Lara, Enrique, Sub Ecology and Biodiversity, Ecology and Biodiversity, Geisen, Stefan, Mitchell, Edward A.D., Wilkinson, David M., Adl, Sina, Bonkowski, Michael, Brown, Matthew W, Fiore-Donno, Anna Maria, Heger, Thierry J., Jassey, Vincent E.J., Krashevska, Valentyna, Lahr, Daniel J.G., Marcisz, Katarzyna, Mulot, Matthieu, Payne, Richard, Singer, David, Anderson, O. Roger, Charman, Dan J., Ekelund, Flemming, Griffiths, Bryan S., Rønn, Regin, Smirnov, Alexey, Bass, David, Belbahri, Lassaâd, Berney, Cédric, Blandenier, Quentin, Chatzinotas, Antonis, Clarholm, Marianne, Dunthorn, Micah, Feest, Alan, Fernández, Leonardo D., Foissner, Wilhelm, Fournier, Bertrand, Gentekaki, Eleni, Hájek, Michal, Helder, Johannes, Jousset, Alexandre, Koller, Robert, Kumar, Santosh, La Terza, Antonietta, Lamentowicz, Mariusz, Mazei, Yuri, Santos, Susana S., Seppey, Christophe V.W., Spiegel, Frederick W., Walochnik, Julia, Winding, Anne, and Lara, Enrique

Published
2017

16. Soil protistology rebooted:30 fundamental questions to start with

Author

Geisen, Stefan, Mitchell, Edward A. D., Wilkinson, David M., Adl, Sina, Bonkowski, Michael, Brown, Matthew W., Fiore-Donno, Anna Maria, Heger, Thierry J., Jassey, Vincent E. J., Krashevska, Valentyna, Lahr, Daniel J. G., Marcisz, Katarzyna, Mulot, Matthieu, Payne, Richard, Singer, David, Anderson, O. Roger, Charman, Dan J., Ekelund, Flemming, Griffiths, Bryan S., Rønn, Regin, Smirnov, Alexey, Bass, David, Belbahri, Lassaâd, Berney, Cédric, Blandenier, Quentin, Chatzinotas, Antonis, Clarholm, Marianne, Dunthorn, Micah, Feest, Alan, Fernández, Leonardo D., Foissner, Wilhelm, Fournier, Bertrand, Gentekaki, Eleni, Hájek, Michal, Helder, Johannes, Jousset, Alexandre, Koller, Robert, Kumar, Santosh, La Terza, Antonietta, Lamentowicz, Mariusz, Mazei, Yuri, Santos, Susana S., Seppey, Christophe V. W., Spiegel, Frederick W., Walochnik, Julia, Winding, Anne, Lara, Enrique, Geisen, Stefan, Mitchell, Edward A. D., Wilkinson, David M., Adl, Sina, Bonkowski, Michael, Brown, Matthew W., Fiore-Donno, Anna Maria, Heger, Thierry J., Jassey, Vincent E. J., Krashevska, Valentyna, Lahr, Daniel J. G., Marcisz, Katarzyna, Mulot, Matthieu, Payne, Richard, Singer, David, Anderson, O. Roger, Charman, Dan J., Ekelund, Flemming, Griffiths, Bryan S., Rønn, Regin, Smirnov, Alexey, Bass, David, Belbahri, Lassaâd, Berney, Cédric, Blandenier, Quentin, Chatzinotas, Antonis, Clarholm, Marianne, Dunthorn, Micah, Feest, Alan, Fernández, Leonardo D., Foissner, Wilhelm, Fournier, Bertrand, Gentekaki, Eleni, Hájek, Michal, Helder, Johannes, Jousset, Alexandre, Koller, Robert, Kumar, Santosh, La Terza, Antonietta, Lamentowicz, Mariusz, Mazei, Yuri, Santos, Susana S., Seppey, Christophe V. W., Spiegel, Frederick W., Walochnik, Julia, Winding, Anne, and Lara, Enrique

Published
2017

20. The effects of atmospheric nitrogen deposition on terrestrial and freshwater biodiversity

Author

Sutton, Mark A., Mason, Kate E., Sheppard, Lucy J., Sverdrup, Harald, Haeuber, Richard, Hicks, W. Kevin, Baron, Jill S., Barber, Mary, Adams, Mark, Agboola, Julius I., Allen, Edith B., Bealey, William J., Bobbink, Roland, Bobrovsky, Maxim V., Bowman, William D., Branquinho, Cristina, Bustamente, Mercedes M.C., Clark, Christopher M., Cocking, Edward C., Cruz, Cristina, Davidson, Eric, Denmead, O. Tom, Dias, Teresa, Dise, Nancy B., Feest, Alan, Galloway, James N., Geiser, Linda H., Gilliam, Frank S., Harrison, Ian J., Khanina, Larisa G., Lu, Xiankai, Manrique, Esteban, Ochoa-Hueso, Raúl, Ometto, Jean P.H.B., Payne, Richard, Scheuschner, Thomas, Simpson, Gavin L., Singh, Y.V., Stevens, Carly J., Strachan, Ian, Tokuchi, Naoko, van Dobben, Hans, Woodin, Sarah, Sutton, Mark A., Mason, Kate E., Sheppard, Lucy J., Sverdrup, Harald, Haeuber, Richard, Hicks, W. Kevin, Baron, Jill S., Barber, Mary, Adams, Mark, Agboola, Julius I., Allen, Edith B., Bealey, William J., Bobbink, Roland, Bobrovsky, Maxim V., Bowman, William D., Branquinho, Cristina, Bustamente, Mercedes M.C., Clark, Christopher M., Cocking, Edward C., Cruz, Cristina, Davidson, Eric, Denmead, O. Tom, Dias, Teresa, Dise, Nancy B., Feest, Alan, Galloway, James N., Geiser, Linda H., Gilliam, Frank S., Harrison, Ian J., Khanina, Larisa G., Lu, Xiankai, Manrique, Esteban, Ochoa-Hueso, Raúl, Ometto, Jean P.H.B., Payne, Richard, Scheuschner, Thomas, Simpson, Gavin L., Singh, Y.V., Stevens, Carly J., Strachan, Ian, Tokuchi, Naoko, van Dobben, Hans, and Woodin, Sarah

Abstract

This chapter reports the findings of a Working Group on how atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition affects both terrestrial and freshwater biodiversity. Regional and global scale impacts on biodiversity are addressed, together with potential indicators. Key conclusions are that: the rates of loss in biodiversity are greatest at the lowest and initial stages of N deposition increase; changes in species compositions are related to the relative amounts of N, carbon (C) and phosphorus (P) in the plant soil system; enhanced N inputs have implications for C cycling; N deposition is known to be having adverse effects on European and North American vegetation composition; very little is known about tropical ecosystem responses, while tropical ecosystems are major biodiversity hotspots and are increasingly recipients of very high N deposition rates; N deposition alters forest fungi and mycorrhyzal relations with plants; the rapid response of forest fungi and arthropods makes them good indicators of change; predictive tools (models) that address ecosystem scale processes are necessary to address complex drivers and responses, including the integration of N deposition, climate change and land use effects; criteria can be identified for projecting sensitivity of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems to N deposition. Future research and policy-relevant recommendations are identified.

Published
2014

22. A decadal view of biodiversity informatics: challenges and priorities

Author

Hardisty, Alex, Roberts, Dave, Addink, Wouter, Aelterman, Bart, Agosti, Donat, Amaral-Zettler, Linda, Ariño, Arturo H, Arvanitidis, Christos, Backeljau, Thierry, Bailly, Nicolas, Belbin, Lee, Berendsohn, Walter, Bertrand, Nic, Caithness, Neil, Campbell, David, Cochrane, Guy, Conruyt, Noël, Culham, Alastair, Damgaard, Christian, Davies, Neil, Fady, Bruno, Faulwetter, Sarah, Feest, Alan, Field, Dawn, Garnier, Eric, Geser, Guntram, Gilbert, Jack, Grosche, [No Value], Grosser, David, Herbinet, Bénédicte, Hobern, Donald, Jones, Andrew, de Jong, Yde, King, David, Knapp, Sandra, Koivula, Hanna, Los, Wouter, Meyer, Chris, Morris, Robert A, Morrison, Norman, Morse, David, Obst, Matthias, Pafilis, Evagelos, Page, Larry M, Page, Roderic, Pape, Thomas, Parr, Cynthia, Paton, Alan, Robert, Vincent, Biodiversity Informatics Community, Hardisty, Alex, Roberts, Dave, Addink, Wouter, Aelterman, Bart, Agosti, Donat, Amaral-Zettler, Linda, Ariño, Arturo H, Arvanitidis, Christos, Backeljau, Thierry, Bailly, Nicolas, Belbin, Lee, Berendsohn, Walter, Bertrand, Nic, Caithness, Neil, Campbell, David, Cochrane, Guy, Conruyt, Noël, Culham, Alastair, Damgaard, Christian, Davies, Neil, Fady, Bruno, Faulwetter, Sarah, Feest, Alan, Field, Dawn, Garnier, Eric, Geser, Guntram, Gilbert, Jack, Grosche, [No Value], Grosser, David, Herbinet, Bénédicte, Hobern, Donald, Jones, Andrew, de Jong, Yde, King, David, Knapp, Sandra, Koivula, Hanna, Los, Wouter, Meyer, Chris, Morris, Robert A, Morrison, Norman, Morse, David, Obst, Matthias, Pafilis, Evagelos, Page, Larry M, Page, Roderic, Pape, Thomas, Parr, Cynthia, Paton, Alan, Robert, Vincent, and Biodiversity Informatics Community

Abstract

Biodiversity informatics plays a central enabling role in the research community's efforts to address scientific conservation and sustainability issues. Great strides have been made in the past decade establishing a framework for sharing data, where taxonomy and systematics has been perceived as the most prominent discipline involved. To some extent this is inevitable, given the use of species names as the pivot around which information is organised. To address the urgent questions around conservation, land-use, environmental change, sustainability, food security and ecosystem services that are facing Governments worldwide, we need to understand how the ecosystem works. So, we need a systems approach to understanding biodiversity that moves significantly beyond taxonomy and species observations. Such an approach needs to look at the whole system to address species interactions, both with their environment and with other species.It is clear that some barriers to progress are sociological, basically persuading people to use the technological solutions that are already available. This is best addressed by developing more effective systems that deliver immediate benefit to the user, hiding the majority of the technology behind simple user interfaces. An infrastructure should be a space in which activities take place and, as such, should be effectively invisible.This community consultation paper positions the role of biodiversity informatics, for the next decade, presenting the actions needed to link the various biodiversity infrastructures invisibly and to facilitate understanding that can support both business and policy-makers. The community considers the goal in biodiversity informatics to be full integration of the biodiversity research community, including citizens' science, through a commonly-shared, sustainable e-infrastructure across all sub-disciplines that reliably serves science and society alike.

Published
2013

34. Ecology of Soil Eumycetozoans.

Author

STEPHENSON, Steven L. and FEEST, Alan

Subjects
*SOIL microbial ecology, *MYXOMYCETES, *ECOLOGICAL niche, *DICTYOSTELIALES, *LITERATURE reviews, *AMOEBIDA
Abstract

Eumycetozoans, commonly referred to as slime moulds, are common to abundant organisms in soils. Three groups of slime moulds (myxogastrids, dictyostelids and protostelids) are recognized, and the fi rst two of these are among the most important bacterivores in the soil microhabitat. The purpose of this paper is fi rst to provide a brief description of all three groups and then to review what is known about their distribution and ecology in soils. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2012
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35. Biodiversity quality: A paradigm for biodiversity

Author

Feest, Alan, Aldred, Timothy D., and Jedamzik, Katrin

Subjects
*BIODIVERSITY, *QUALITY, *BIOLOGICAL classification, *SPECIES diversity, *MACROFUNGI, *BUTTERFLIES, *BIOTIC communities, *NUMERICAL analysis
Abstract

Abstract: This paper addresses the need for an internationally accepted definition of biodiversity the lack of which creates difficulty in measuring biodiversity difference and change. The authors suggest that well-sampled data can be used to generate a range of numerical indices reflecting species group characteristics/functionality that can be viewed in combination to create a picture of Biodiversity Quality. Examples of this approach demonstrate how to expand the currently accepted Convention on Biological Diversity definition, based on the “variability” of genes, species and ecosystems, since the numerical expression of the indices allows the probability of difference between biodiversity quality trends and values over time, and between sites or taxonomic groups, to be assessed for statistical inference of difference or similarity. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Published
2010
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36. Soil protistology rebooted: 30 fundamental questions to start with

Author

Rønn, Regin, Koller, Robert, Spiegel, Frederick W., Dunthorn, Micah, Payne, Richard, Ekelund, Flemming, Gentekaki, Eleni, Blandenier, Quentin, Belbahri, Lassaâd, Lahr, Daniel J.G., Mazei, Yuri, Lara, Enrique, Anderson, O. Roger, Fournier, Bertrand, La Terza, Antonietta, Seppey, Christophe V.W., Heger, Thierry J., Hájek, Michal, Fiore-Donno, Anna Maria, Clarholm, Marianne, Wilkinson, David M., Charman, Dan J., Helder, Johannes, Jassey, Vincent E.J., Santos, Susana S., Jousset, Alexandre, Chatzinotas, Antonis, Geisen, Stefan, Lamentowicz, Mariusz, Kumar, Santosh, Feest, Alan, Marcisz, Katarzyna, Mitchell, Edward A.D., Bass, David, Fernández, Leonardo D., Berney, Cédric, Bonkowski, Michael, Brown, Matthew W., Mulot, Matthieu, Walochnik, Julia, Griffiths, Bryan S., Singer, David, Adl, Sina, Krashevska, Valentyna, Smirnov, Alexey, Winding, Anne, and Foissner, Wilhelm

Subjects
2. Zero hunger, 13. Climate action, 15. Life on land, 580 Plants (Botany)
Abstract

Protists are the most diverse eukaryotes. These microbes are keystone organisms of soil ecosystems and regulate essential processes of soil fertility such as nutrient cycling and plant growth. Despite this, protists have received little scientific attention, especially compared to bacteria, fungi and nematodes in soil studies. Recent methodological advances, particularly in molecular biology techniques, have made the study of soil protists more accessible, and have created a resurgence of interest in soil protistology. This ongoing revolution now enables comprehensive investigations of the structure and functioning of soil protist communities, paving the way to a new era in soil biology. Instead of providing an exhaustive review, we provide a synthesis of research gaps that should be prioritized in future studies of soil protistology to guide this rapidly developing research area. Based on a synthesis of expert opinion we propose 30 key questions covering a broad range of topics including evolution, phylogenetics, functional ecology, macroecology, paleoecology, and methodologies. These questions highlight a diversity of topics that will establish soil protistology as a hub discipline connecting different fundamental and applied fields such as ecology, biogeography, evolution, plant-microbe interactions, agronomy, and conservation biology. We are convinced that soil protistology has the potential to be one of the most exciting frontiers in biology.

37. Soil protistology rebooted: 30 fundamental questions to start with

Author

Geisen, Stefan, Mitchell, Edward A.D, Wilkinson, David M, Adl, Sina, Bonkowski, Michael, Brown, Matthew W, Fiore-Donno, Anna Maria, Heger, Thierry J, Jassey, Vincent E.J, Krashevska, Valentyna, Lahr, Daniel J.G, Marcisz, Katarzyna, Mulot, Matthieu, Payne, Richard, Singer, David, Anderson, Roger O, Charman, Dan J, Ekelund, Flemming, Griffiths, Bryan S, Rønn, Regin, Smirnov, Alexey, Bass, David, Belbahri, Lassaâd, Berney, Cédric, Blandenier, Quentin, Chatzinotas, Antonis, Clarholm, Marianne, Dunthorn, Micah, Feest, Alan, Fernández, Leonardo D, Foissner, Wilhelm, Fournier, Bertrand, Gentekaki, Eleni, Hájek, Michal, Helder, Johannes, Jousset, Alexandre, Koller, Robert, Kumar, Santosh, La Terza, Antonietta, Lamentowicz, Mariusz, Mazei, Yuri, Santos, Susana S, Seppey, Christophe V.W, Spiegel, Frederick W, Walochnik, Julia, Winding, Anne, Lara, Enrique, Geisen, Stefan, Mitchell, Edward A.D, Wilkinson, David M, Adl, Sina, Bonkowski, Michael, Brown, Matthew W, Fiore-Donno, Anna Maria, Heger, Thierry J, Jassey, Vincent E.J, Krashevska, Valentyna, Lahr, Daniel J.G, Marcisz, Katarzyna, Mulot, Matthieu, Payne, Richard, Singer, David, Anderson, Roger O, Charman, Dan J, Ekelund, Flemming, Griffiths, Bryan S, Rønn, Regin, Smirnov, Alexey, Bass, David, Belbahri, Lassaâd, Berney, Cédric, Blandenier, Quentin, Chatzinotas, Antonis, Clarholm, Marianne, Dunthorn, Micah, Feest, Alan, Fernández, Leonardo D, Foissner, Wilhelm, Fournier, Bertrand, Gentekaki, Eleni, Hájek, Michal, Helder, Johannes, Jousset, Alexandre, Koller, Robert, Kumar, Santosh, La Terza, Antonietta, Lamentowicz, Mariusz, Mazei, Yuri, Santos, Susana S, Seppey, Christophe V.W, Spiegel, Frederick W, Walochnik, Julia, Winding, Anne, and Lara, Enrique

Abstract

Protists are the most diverse eukaryotes. These microbes are keystone organisms of soil ecosystems and regulate essential processes of soil fertility such as nutrient cycling and plant growth. Despite this, protists have received little scientific attention, especially compared to bacteria, fungi and nematodes in soil studies. Recent methodological advances, particularly in molecular biology techniques, have made the study of soil protists more accessible, and have created a resurgence of interest in soil protistology. This ongoing revolution now enables comprehensive investigations of the structure and functioning of soil protist communities, paving the way to a new era in soil biology. Instead of providing an exhaustive review, we provide a synthesis of research gaps that should be prioritized in future studies of soil protistology to guide this rapidly developing research area. Based on a synthesis of expert opinion we propose 30 key questions covering a broad range of topics including evolution, phylogenetics, functional ecology, macroecology, paleoecology, and methodologies. These questions highlight a diversity of topics that will establish soil protistology as a hub discipline connecting different fundamental and applied fields such as ecology, biogeography, evolution, plant-microbe interactions, agronomy, and conservation biology. We are convinced that soil protistology has the potential to be one of the most exciting frontiers in biology.

40. A decadal view of biodiversity informatics: challenges and priorities.

Author

Hardisty A, Roberts D, Addink W, Aelterman B, Agosti D, Amaral-Zettler L, Ariño AH, Arvanitidis C, Backeljau T, Bailly N, Belbin L, Berendsohn W, Bertrand N, Caithness N, Campbell D, Cochrane G, Conruyt N, Culham A, Damgaard C, Davies N, Fady B, Faulwetter S, Feest A, Field D, Garnier E, Geser G, Gilbert J, Grosche, Grosser D, Hardisty A, Herbinet B, Hobern D, Jones A, de Jong Y, King D, Knapp S, Koivula H, Los W, Meyer C, Morris RA, Morrison N, Morse D, Obst M, Pafilis E, Page LM, Page R, Pape T, Parr C, Paton A, Patterson D, Paymal E, Penev L, Pollet M, Pyle R, von Raab-Straube E, Robert V, Roberts D, Robertson T, Rovellotti O, Saarenmaa H, Schalk P, Schaminee J, Schofield P, Sier A, Sierra S, Smith V, van Spronsen E, Thornton-Wood S, van Tienderen P, van Tol J, Tuama ÉÓ, Uetz P, Vaas L, Vignes Lebbe R, Vision T, Vu D, De Wever A, White R, Willis K, and Young F

Subjects
Animals, Ecosystem, Humans, Information Dissemination, Biodiversity, Computational Biology instrumentation, Computational Biology methods
Abstract

Biodiversity informatics plays a central enabling role in the research community's efforts to address scientific conservation and sustainability issues. Great strides have been made in the past decade establishing a framework for sharing data, where taxonomy and systematics has been perceived as the most prominent discipline involved. To some extent this is inevitable, given the use of species names as the pivot around which information is organised. To address the urgent questions around conservation, land-use, environmental change, sustainability, food security and ecosystem services that are facing Governments worldwide, we need to understand how the ecosystem works. So, we need a systems approach to understanding biodiversity that moves significantly beyond taxonomy and species observations. Such an approach needs to look at the whole system to address species interactions, both with their environment and with other species.It is clear that some barriers to progress are sociological, basically persuading people to use the technological solutions that are already available. This is best addressed by developing more effective systems that deliver immediate benefit to the user, hiding the majority of the technology behind simple user interfaces. An infrastructure should be a space in which activities take place and, as such, should be effectively invisible.This community consultation paper positions the role of biodiversity informatics, for the next decade, presenting the actions needed to link the various biodiversity infrastructures invisibly and to facilitate understanding that can support both business and policy-makers. The community considers the goal in biodiversity informatics to be full integration of the biodiversity research community, including citizens' science, through a commonly-shared, sustainable e-infrastructure across all sub-disciplines that reliably serves science and society alike.

Published
2013
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