A5002789740- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Study of Mite Species
- Fire effects on ecosystems
- Plant and animal studies
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology
- Rangeland and Wildlife Management
- Collembola Taxonomy and Ecology Studies
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Nematode management and characterization studies
- Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
- Leech Biology and Applications
- Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
- Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
- Marine and environmental studies
- Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Orthoptera Research and Taxonomy
- Insect Utilization and Effects
- Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Marine and coastal plant biology
Senckenberg Museum für Naturkunde Görlitz
2022-2025
Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution
2016-2025
Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen
2014-2024
Karakalpak State University
2024
University of Bergen
2024
Lomonosov Moscow State University
2020-2024
Russian Academy of Sciences
2008-2023
Sechenov University
2018-2020
Abstract Land-use intensification is a major driver of biodiversity loss. However, understanding how different components land use drive loss requires the investigation multiple trophic levels across spatial scales. Using data from 150 agricultural grasslands in central Europe, we assess influence local- and landscape-level on more than 4,000 above- belowground taxa, spanning 20 groups. Plot-level land-use intensity strongly negatively associated with aboveground groups, but positively or...
Abstract Organismal functional strategies form a continuum from slow- to fast-growing organisms, in response common drivers such as resource availability and disturbance. However, whether there is synchronisation of these at the entire community level unclear. Here, we combine trait data for >2800 above- belowground taxa 14 trophic guilds spanning disturbance gradient German grasslands. The results indicate that most consistently respond through both direct trophically mediated effects,...
Summary Along with the global decline of species richness goes a loss ecological traits. Associated biotic homogenization animal communities and narrowing trait diversity threaten ecosystem functioning human well‐being. High management intensity is regarded as an important filter, eliminating that lack suitable adaptations. Below‐ground arthropods are assumed to be less sensitive such effects than above‐ground arthropods. Here, we compared impact between (grassland vs. forest) within...
Abstract We tested for fire‐induced (5–6 years post‐fire) changes in the structure and functioning of soil food web along a 3000‐km north–south transect across European Russia, spanning all major forest types northern hemisphere outside tropics. The total biomass detrital web, including microbes invertebrates, was not affected by fire. However, fire reduced microfauna mites, but had no impact on mesofauna or macrofauna. Fire also rates carbon (C) mobilisation biota. Our results demonstrate...
We investigated the impact of regional conditions and land-use intensity on eight selected arthropod taxa Mesostigmata (Parasitidae), Oribatida (3 species), Collembola (1 Chilopoda (2 species) Diplopoda sampled in differently managed permanent grasslands three German study regions. By jointly analyzing changes abundance trophic behavior (measured as natural variation 15N/14N 13C/12C ratios) we intended to develop a framework for evaluating local ecosystem services delivered by soil animals...
Enchytraeids, commonly known as potworms, are small oligochaetes found worldwide in various terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecosystems. Despite their crucial role ecosystem functioning, the diversity abundance of Enchytraeidae seldom studied due to labour-intensive process species identification. This study aims address this gap expand knowledge on distribution enchytraeids within Northern Palaearctic Region. The provided dataset represents latest most comprehensive field sampling...
Abstract In a dry heathland ecosystem we manipulated temperature (warming), precipitation (drought) and atmospheric concentration of CO 2 in full-factorial experiment order to investigate changes below-ground biodiversity as result future climate change. We investigated the responses community diversity nematodes, enchytraeids, collembolans oribatid mites at two eight years manipulations. used structural equation modelling (SEM) approach analyzing three manipulations, soil moisture...
Soil and soil-biodiversity protection are increasingly important issues in environmental science policies, requiring the availability of high-quality empirical data on soil biodiversity. Here we present a publicly available warehouse for domain, Edaphobase 2.0, which provides comprehensive toolset storing re-using international sets, following FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) principles. A major strength is possibility annotating biodiversity with exhaustive geographical,...