A5071427145- Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Study of Mite Species
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy
- Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
- Marine and environmental studies
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Plant and animal studies
- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
- Collembola Taxonomy and Ecology Studies
- Composting and Vermicomposting Techniques
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Leech Biology and Applications
- Agriculture and Rural Development Research
- Entomological Studies and Ecology
- Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis
- Plant and soil sciences
- Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
- Mollusks and Parasites Studies
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
- Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
École Pratique des Hautes Études
2016-2025
Centre d'Écologie Fonctionnelle et Évolutive
2016-2025
Université de Montpellier
2016-2025
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
2016-2025
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
2016-2025
Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier
2018-2022
Institut Agro Montpellier
2019
Université de Rouen Normandie
2006-2016
Etude et Compréhension de la biodiversité
2003-2016
Normandie Université
2013-2016
ABSTRACT Aim To review published evidence regarding the factors that influence geographic variation in diversity of soil organisms at different spatial scales. Location Global. Methods A search relevant literature was conducted using Web Science and author's personal scientific database as major sources. Special attention paid to include seminal studies, highly cited papers and/or studies highlighting novel results. Results Despite their significant contribution global biodiversity, our...
Soil organisms, including earthworms, are a key component of terrestrial ecosystems. However, little is known about their diversity, distribution, and the threats affecting them. We compiled global dataset sampled earthworm communities from 6928 sites in 57 countries as basis for predicting patterns abundance, biomass. found that local species richness abundance typically peaked at higher latitudes, displaying opposite to those observed aboveground organisms. high dissimilarity across...
Soils are self-organized ecological systems within which organisms interact a nested suite of discrete scales. Microorganisms form communities and physical structures at the smallest scale (microns), followed by community their predators organized in microfoodwebs (tens microns), functional domains built ecosystem engineers (centimeters to meters), ecosystems, landscapes. Ecosystem engineers, principally plant roots, earthworms, termites, ants, play key roles creating habitats for other...
The proliferation of DNA data is revolutionizing all fields systematic research. barcode sequences, now available for millions specimens and several hundred thousand species, are increasingly used in algorithmic species delimitations. This complicated by occasional incongruences between gene genealogies, as indicated situations where conspecific individuals do not form a monophyletic cluster tree. In two previous reviews, non-monophyly has been reported being common mitochondrial trees. We...
The widely studied and invasive earthworm, Lumbricus terrestris L., 1758 has been the subject of nomenclatural debate for many years. However these disputes were not based on suspicions heterogeneity, but rather descriptions acts associated with species name. Large numbers DNA barcode sequences cytochrome oxidase I obtained nominal L. six congeneric reveal that there are two distinct lineages within terrestris. One those contains Swedish population from which name-bearing specimen was...
The area comprising the Pyrenees, Northeast Spain, Southern France and Corsica-Sardinia supports a large part of diversity Lumbricidae earthworms, including most species endemic genera Prosellodrilus, Cataladrilus Scherotheca. In this region, probability encountering new for science is significant, especially in scarcely sampled localities. study, we describe two unidentified recently collected Hyères Archipelago (France), which assigned to Scherotheca based on morphological characters...
Abstract Aim Macroinvertebrates comprise a highly diverse set of taxa with great potential as indicators soil quality. Communities were sampled at 3,694 sites distributed world‐wide. We aimed to analyse the patterns abundance, composition and network characteristics their relationships latitude, mean annual temperature rainfall, land cover, texture agricultural practices. Location Sites are in 41 countries, ranging from 55° S 57° N 0 4,000 m elevation, rainfall 500 >3,000 mm temperatures...
In the current paper we present an updated checklist of all megadrile earthworms (Crassiclitellata: Annelida) in world, and notes on distribution families worldwide. Biogeographic responses to geological phenomena including plate tectonics, as well past climate habitat distributions, are main factors determining earthworm families. A total ca. 5,738 species/subspecies (5,406 species 332 unique subspecies; i.e., not counting nomino-typical subspecies) belonging 23 (including one...
Assessing how much management of agricultural landscapes, in addition to protected areas, can offset biodiversity erosion the tropics is a central issue for conservation that still requires cross-taxonomic and landscape-scale studies. We measured effects Amazonia deforestation subsequent land-use intensification 6 areas (landscape scale), where we sampled plants 4 animal groups (birds, earthworms, fruit flies, moths). assessed with synthetic index based on landscape metrics (total area...
Abstract Global biodiversity gradients are generally expected to reflect greater species replacement closer the equator. However, empirical validation of global largely relies on vertebrates, plants, and other less diverse taxa. Here we assess temporal spatial dynamics arthropod using a beta-diversity framework. Sampling includes 129 sampling sites whereby malaise traps deployed monitor changes in communities. Overall, encountered more than 150,000 unique barcode index numbers (BINs) (i.e....