#GlobalSoilMacroFauna | Official template to report soil macrofauna data
Creators
- 1. Sorbonne Université
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2.
Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation
Contributors
Project members:
- Nico Eisenhauer
- Ana C Antunes
- Sebastien Barot
- Marie L.C. Bartz
- Ana E. Bonato Asato
- Irene Calderon-Sanou
- Thibaud Decaëns
- Steven Fonte
- Pierre Ganault
- Benoit Gauzens
- Konstantin Gongalsky
- Carlos A. Guerra
- Tomislav Hengl
- Lavelle, Patrick
- Raphaël Marichal
- Clara P.Peña Venegas
- Daniel Castro
- Anton Potapov
- Elisa Thébault
- Wilfried Thuiller
- Martin Witjes
- Chi Zhang
Description
This is the official template to report soil macrofauna data produced with the TSBF sampling protocol for the #GlobalSOilMacrofauna initiative
Our goals are:
- To make a large-scale synthesis of the effects of human activity on soil macrofauna and to explore the links to ecosystem services delivery.
- To produce maps of abundance and diversity of soil macrofauna on a global scale.
- To produce information that will reach decision-makers and practitioners, especially farmers and land managers.
We are looking for data on the abundance and biomass of macrofauna groups. The list of the taxa is given in the template.
Ideally
- The specimens should have been sampled in a TSBFish method, ie a monolith (25 x 25cm x 30 cm) extracted from the soil. Soil cores are also possible.
- The groups should have been sampled together.
- Data should come with environmental data regarding habitat such as soil properties, land management, agricultural practices, primary productivity. But nothing is mandatory except:
- Land-use type
- Sampling date (YYYY-MM-DD)
- Geographic coordinates in decimal degrees
- Sample depth
Taxonomical Coverage and Resolution
Please refer to the template to see which taxa are considered. Please note that a few taxa are mandatory (even if their density is 0).
Sampling Resolution
Data must be at the monolith level (1 record = 1 soil monolith), or at the scale of soil layers (1 record = 1 soil layer).
Spatial and temporal Resolution
We target a high spatial resolution, which implies that we need spatial coordinates of the samples with high accuracy, ideally around 15m. If the spatial accuracy of your data is is coarser, please advise us. Same for the sampling date: we ideally need the year, month and day of the collection of each sample.
Co-authorship policy
We intend to be inclusive in terms of co-authorship. Please refer to this paper for details: http://soil-organisms.org/index.php/SO/article/view/282
Data Management Plan
We plan to publish the database on open access (with appropriate credits), but specifics datasets can be removed. This should not restrain you to share the data with us.
Thank you in advance for your help. This is definitely a collaborative exercise. All contributions welcomed!
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