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- Title
Research advances in trait-based approaches in soil animal community ecology.
- Authors
SUN Xin; XIE Zhijing; QIAO Zhihong; GAO Meixiang; YIN Rui; CHANG Liang; WU Donghui; LIU Manqiang; ZHU Yong-guan
- Abstract
Functional traits are indicators of the responses and adaptation of organisms to environmental changes and cascade to a series of ecosystem functions. The functional traits of soil animals are sensitive to environmental factors and may characterize and predict the changes of ecosystem functions. Multiple dimensions of biodiversity that combing species; phylogenetic ; and functional diversity improves the understanding of distribution patterns; community assembly mechanisms and ecosystem functions of soil animals. In this review; we listed the categories of soil animal functional traits and their ecological significance; and summarized current researches on the responses of soil animal communities to environmental changes and the community assembly processes based on trait-based approaches. We proposed to strengthen the study on the impacts of eco-evolution processes of biotic interactions to soil animal functional traits; establish the database of soil animal functional traits; and apply trait-based approaches in the ecological restoration in the future; which would benefit soil biodiversity conservation and sustainability of soil eco-systems.
- Subjects
SOIL animals; ANIMAL communities; BIOTIC communities; ANIMAL ecology; SOIL biodiversity; ECOSYSTEMS; SUSTAINABILITY
- Publication
Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology / Yingyong Shengtai Xuebao, 2024, Vol 35, Issue 4, p1150
- ISSN
1001-9332
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.13287/j.1001-9332.202404.028