Globally invariant metabolism but density-diversity mismatch in springtails
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60077344%3A_____%2F23%3A00571035" target="_blank" >RIV/60077344:_____/23:00571035 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-36216-6.pdf" target="_blank" >https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-36216-6.pdf</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36216-6" target="_blank" >10.1038/s41467-023-36216-6</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Globally invariant metabolism but density-diversity mismatch in springtails
Original language description
Soil life supports the functioning and biodiversity of terrestrial ecosystems. Springtails (Collembola) are among the most abundant soil arthropods regulating soil fertility and flow of energy through above- and belowground food webs. However, the global distribution of springtail diversity and density, and how these relate to energy fluxes remains unknown. Here, using a global dataset representing 2470 sites, we estimate the total soil springtail biomass at 27.5 megatons carbon, which is threefold higher than wild terrestrial vertebrates, and record peak densities up to 2 million individuals per square meter in the tundra. Despite a 20-fold biomass difference between the tundra and the tropics, springtail energy use (community metabolism) remains similar across the latitudinal gradient, owing to the changes in temperature with latitude. Neither springtail density nor community metabolism is predicted by local species richness, which is high in the tropics, but comparably high in some temperate forests and even tundra. Changes in springtail activity may emerge from latitudinal gradients in temperature, predation and resource limitation in soil communities. Contrasting relationships of biomass, diversity and activity of springtail communities with temperature suggest that climate warming will alter fundamental soil biodiversity metrics in different directions, potentially restructuring terrestrial food webs and affecting soil functioning.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10618 - Ecology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Nature Communications
ISSN
2041-1723
e-ISSN
2041-1723
Volume of the periodical
14
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
13
Pages from-to
674
UT code for WoS article
001035860000001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85147615208