Towards an integrative understanding of soil biodiversity

• Main Authors: Thakur, Madhav P., Phillips, Helen R. P., Brose, Ulrich, De Vries, Franciska T., Lavelle, Patrick, Loreau, Michel, Mathieu, Jerome, Mulder, Christian, Van der Putten, Wim H., Rillig, Matthias C., Wardle, David A., Bach, Elizabeth M., Bartz, Marie L. C., Bennett, Joanne M., Briones, Maria J. I., Brown, George, Decaëns, Thibaud, Eisenhauer, Nico, Ferlian, Olga, Guerra, Carlos António, König-Ries, Birgitta, Orgiazzi, Alberto, Ramirez, Kelly S., Russell, David J., Rutgers, Michiel, Wall, Diana H., Cameron, Erin K.
• Other Authors: Asian School of the Environment
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Science::Geology; Biodiversity Theory; Alpha Diversity
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/148928
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Soil is one of the most biodiverse terrestrial habitats. Yet, we lack an integrative conceptual framework for understanding the patterns and mechanisms driving soil biodiversity. One of the underlying reasons for our poor understanding of soil biodiversity patterns relates to whether key biodiversit...