Search results for "maaperäeläimistö"

Global data on earthworm abundance, biomass, diversity and corresponding environmental properties

2021

Earthworms are an important soil taxon as ecosystem engineers, providing a variety of crucial ecosystem functions and services. Little is known about their diversity and distribution at large spatial scales, despite the availability of considerable amounts of local-scale data. Earthworm diversity data, obtained from the primary literature or provided directly by authors, were collated with information on site locations, including coordinates, habitat cover, and soil properties. Datasets were required, at a minimum, to include abundance or biomass of earthworms at a site. Where possible, site-level species lists were included, as well as the abundance and biomass of individual species and ec…

Macrobiotus naginae sp. nov., a New Xerophilous Tardigrade Species from Rokua Sand Dunes (Finland)

2022

Animals that colonize soil show specific adaptations to soil. Compared to closely related species living on the surface, the limbs of soil-dwelling animals are often shortened, reduced, or absent to allow a less restricted passage through cavities between soil particles. This pattern of limb reduction has also been observed in tardigrades, where multiple lineages that colonized the below-ground habitat show independent reduction and/or loss of legs and claws. In the tardigrade superfamily Macrobiotoidea, leg and claw reductions are a common trait found in the Macrobiotus pseudohufelandi complex. This rarely found species complex currently contains four nominal taxa. Here we describe, with t…

The toughest animals of the Earth versus global warming: Effects of long-term experimental warming on tardigrade community structure of a temperate d…

2021

Abstract Understanding how different taxa respond to global warming is essential for predicting future changes and elaborating strategies to buffer them. Tardigrades are well known for their ability to survive environmental stressors, such as drying and freezing, by undergoing cryptobiosis and rapidly recovering their metabolic function after stressors cease. Determining the extent to which animals that undergo cryptobiosis are affected by environmental warming will help to understand the real magnitude climate change will have on these organisms. Here, we report on the responses of tardigrades within a five‐year‐long, field‐based artificial warming experiment, which consisted of 12 open‐to…

Global monitoring of soil animal communities using a common methodology.

2022

Here we introduce the Soil BON Foodweb Team, a cross-continental collaborative network that aims to monitor soil animal communities and food webs using consistent methodology at a global scale. Soil animals support vital soil processes via soil structure modification, consumption of dead organic matter, and interactions with microbial and plant communities. Soil animal effects on ecosystem functions have been demonstrated by correlative analyses as well as in laboratory and field experiments, but these studies typically focus on selected animal groups or species at one or few sites with limited variation in environmental conditions. The lack of comprehensive harmonised large-scale soil anim…

Maaperäeläinten runsastuminen ja vaikutukset tarhakurjenpolven (Geranium x magnificum) taimien kasvuun rahkaturpeisessa kasvualustassa

2008

Puiden juurierityksen estämisen vaikutus maaperään ja maaperäeläimiin

2017

Merkittävä osa kasvien yhteyttämästä hiilestä päätyy maan alle joko kasvibiomassana, symbionttisten sienten biomassana tai juurten erittäminä hiiliyhdisteinä. Maaperäeläimille ja mikrobeille juurista maahan erittyneet hiiliyhdisteet ovat tärkeä energianlähde. Puiden juurieritys vaikuttaa siten myös maaperän eliöyhteisön rakenteeseen ja sitä kautta mahdollisesti kaikkiin maaperän mikrobiologisiin prosesseihin. Tässä tutkimuksessa selvitettiin kuinka puiden juurierityksen estäminen vaikuttaa maaperäeläimien runsauteen sekä tiettyihin maaperän ominaisuuksiin. Tutkimusalueena oli suomalainen mäntymetsä, johon oli perustettu koealoja, joissa luonnollisia ravinne- ja energiavirtoja oli manipuloit…