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Eisenhauer N, Antunes PM, Bennett AE, et al. Priorities for research in soil ecology. Pedobiologia (Jena). 2017;63:1-7doi: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2017.05.003.
Eisenhauer, N., Antunes, P. M., Bennett, A. E., Birkhofer, K., Bissett, A., Bowker, M. A., Caruso, T., Chen, B., Coleman, D. C., de Boer, W., de Ruiter, P., DeLuca, T. H., Frati, F., Griffiths, B. S., Hart, M. M., Hättenschwiler, S., Haimi, J., Heethoff, M., Kaneko, N., Kelly, L. C., Leinaas, H. P., Lindo, Z., Macdonald, C., Rillig, M. C., Ruess, L., Scheu, S., Schmidt, O., Seastedt, T. R., van Straalen, N. M., Tiunov, A. V., Zimmer, M., & Powell, J. R. (2017). Priorities for research in soil ecology. Pedobiologia, 631-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedobi.2017.05.003
Eisenhauer, Nico, et al. "Priorities for research in soil ecology." Pedobiologia vol. 63 (2017): 1-7. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedobi.2017.05.003
Eisenhauer N, Antunes PM, Bennett AE, Birkhofer K, Bissett A, Bowker MA, Caruso T, Chen B, Coleman DC, de Boer W, de Ruiter P, DeLuca TH, Frati F, Griffiths BS, Hart MM, Hättenschwiler S, Haimi J, Heethoff M, Kaneko N, Kelly LC, Leinaas HP, Lindo Z, Macdonald C, Rillig MC, Ruess L, Scheu S, Schmidt O, Seastedt TR, van Straalen NM, Tiunov AV, Zimmer M, Powell JR. Priorities for research in soil ecology. Pedobiologia (Jena). 2017 Jul;63:1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2017.05.003. PMID: 29129942; PMCID: PMC5675051.
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Pedobiologia (Jena). 2017 Jul;63:1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2017.05.003.

Priorities for research in soil ecology.

Pedobiologia

Nico Eisenhauer, Pedro M Antunes, Alison E Bennett, Klaus Birkhofer, Andrew Bissett, Matthew A Bowker, Tancredi Caruso, Baodong Chen, David C Coleman, Wietse de Boer, Peter de Ruiter, Thomas H DeLuca, Francesco Frati, Bryan S Griffiths, Miranda M Hart, Stephan Hättenschwiler, Jari Haimi, Michael Heethoff, Nobuhiro Kaneko, Laura C Kelly, Hans Petter Leinaas, Zoë Lindo, Catriona Macdonald, Matthias C Rillig, Liliane Ruess, Stefan Scheu, Olaf Schmidt, Timothy R Seastedt, Nico M van Straalen, Alexei V Tiunov, Martin Zimmer, Jeff R Powell

Affiliations

  1. German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5e, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.
  2. Institute of Biology, Leipzig University, Johannisallee 21, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.
  3. Department of Biology, Algoma University, 1520 Queen Street East, Sault Ste. Marie, ON, P6A 2G4 Canada.
  4. Ecological Sciences, James Hutton Institute, Errol Road, Invergowrie, Dundee DD2 5DA United Kingdom.
  5. Chair of Ecology, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg, Konrad-Wachsmann-Allee 6, 03046 Cottbus, Germany.
  6. CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, Hobart, TAS 7000, Australia.
  7. School of Forestry, Northern Arizona University, 200 East Pine Knoll Drive, Flagstaff, Arizona 86011, USA.
  8. School of Biological Sciences and Institute for Global Food Security, Queen's University of Belfast, 97 Lisburn Road, Belfast, BT9 7BL, Northern Ireland.
  9. State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 18 Shuangqinglu, Haidian District, Beijing 100085, China.
  10. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19 Yuquanlu, Shijingshan District, Beijing 100049, China.
  11. Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, USA.
  12. Department of Microbial Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Wageningen, 6708 PB, The Netherlands.
  13. Department of Soil Quality, Wageningen University, Wageningen, 6708 PB, the Netherlands.
  14. Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED), Faculty of Science, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
  15. School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, University of Washington, Box 352100, Seattle, WA 98195-2100, USA.
  16. Department of Life Sciences, University of Siena, via Aldo Moro 2, 53100, Siena, Italy.
  17. Crop and Soil Systems Research Group, Scotland's Rural College, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3JG, United Kingdom.
  18. Department of Biology, University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus, 3187 University Way, Kelowna, BC, Canada.
  19. Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive (CEFE) UMR 5175, CNRS - Université de Montpellier - Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier - EPHE, 1919 Route de Mende, 34293 Montpellier, France.
  20. Department of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Jyväskylä, P.O.Box 35, FI-40014, Finland.
  21. Ecological Networks, TU Darmstadt, Schnittspahnstr. 3, 64287 Darmstadt.
  22. Soil Ecology Research Group, Yokohama National University ,79-7 Tokiwadai, Hodogaya, Yokohama 240-8501, Japan.
  23. Division of Biology and Conservation Ecology, Manchester Metropolitan University, Oxford Road, M1 5GD, United Kingdom.
  24. Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, PO Box 1066 Blindern, 0316 Oslo, Norway.
  25. Department of Biology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5B7.
  26. Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith NSW 2751, Australia.
  27. Institute of Biology, Freie Universität Berlin, Altensteinstr. 6, 14195 Berlin, Germany.
  28. Berlin-Brandenburg Institute of Advanced Biodiversity Research (BBIB), 14195 Berlin, Germany.
  29. Institute of Biology, Ecology Group, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Philippstr. 13, 10115 Berlin, Germany.
  30. JFB Institute of Zoology and Anthropology, University of Göttingen, Berliner Str. 28, 37073 Göttingen, Germany.
  31. UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
  32. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado, Boulder, UCB 450, CO 80309, USA.
  33. Department of Ecological Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1085, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
  34. A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution RAS, Leninsky Prospect 33, 119071 Moscow, Russia.
  35. Leibniz-Centre for Tropical Marine Research, Fahrenheitstr. 6, 28359 Bremen.

PMID: 29129942 PMCID: PMC5675051 DOI: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2017.05.003

Abstract

The ecological interactions that occur in and with soil are of consequence in many ecosystems on the planet. These interactions provide numerous essential ecosystem services, and the sustainable management of soils has attracted increasing scientific and public attention. Although soil ecology emerged as an independent field of research many decades ago, and we have gained important insights into the functioning of soils, there still are fundamental aspects that need to be better understood to ensure that the ecosystem services that soils provide are not lost and that soils can be used in a sustainable way. In this perspectives paper, we highlight some of the major knowledge gaps that should be prioritized in soil ecological research. These research priorities were compiled based on an online survey of 32 editors of Pedobiologia - Journal of Soil Ecology. These editors work at universities and research centers in Europe, North America, Asia, and Australia.The questions were categorized into four themes: (1) soil biodiversity and biogeography, (2) interactions and the functioning of ecosystems, (3) global change and soil management, and (4) new directions. The respondents identified priorities that may be achievable in the near future, as well as several that are currently achievable but remain open. While some of the identified barriers to progress were technological in nature, many respondents cited a need for substantial leadership and goodwill among members of the soil ecology research community, including the need for multi-institutional partnerships, and had substantial concerns regarding the loss of taxonomic expertise.

Keywords: Aboveground-belowground interactions; biodiversity–ecosystem functioning; biogeography; chemical ecology; climate change; ecosystem services; global change; microbial ecology; novel environments; plant-microbe interactions; soil biodiversity; soil food web; soil management; soil processes

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