About
#GlobalSoilMacrofauna is a consortium of researchers working on soil macrofauna communities. Soil macrofauna are all invertebrates that live in the soil, with a body size larger than ~ 1.5mm. They strongly influcence soil functionning, nutrient recycling and plants' growth.
What we do
We aim at identifying the main patterns and drivers of soil macrofauna biodiversity at large scale, and understanding the links with ecosystem functionning and ecosystem services delivery, in particular through the fluxes of matter.
We centralize data of soil macrofauna abundance (density and biomass), collected with a standardized method called "TSBF", into a global database.
Members in the core team.
Data Providers join us!
The MACROFAUNA database
Most data come from transects made up of five 25 x 25 cm soil monoliths. The database includes data taken at different resolution: at layer, monolith and transect levels.
Records accross the globe
Transects
Soil monoliths with data by layer depth
Soil monoliths
Join us & contribute
If you are interested in joining the group, please send an email to the contact.
To propose a new dataset for the database, please use the template.
Two PhD positions are open for a start in October 2024 !
- Above ground - Below Ground relationships in the Neotropics offer
- Ecosystems services delivered by soils in the Neotropics. Please contact Miguel Cooper by mail
Funders & Partnerships
Grants
sOilFauna
2022 - 2024
sDiv grant (Leipzig, Germany)
- PIs: Jérôme Mathieu & Nico Eisenhauer
- Scope: Global patterns of soil macrofauna biodiversity and primary productivity
- Project's website
FAUNASERVICES
2022 - 2024
France - Brazil joint Project funded by CESAB - Sinbiose - cNPQ - CEBA
- PIs: Jérôme Mathieu, Miguel Cooper, George Brown
- Scope: Links between soil macrofauna and ecosystem services in the South American Neotropics
- Website
FAUNASERVICES - CIEE
2023
France - Canada CESAB-CIEE joint Project
- PIs: Zoe Lindo & Jérôme Mathieu
- Scope: Ecosystem services based on soil food webs in the Neotropics
IHES
2024-2026
International Emerging Action, CNRS - University of Sao Paulo
- PIs: Jérôme Mathieu & Miguel Cooper
- Scope: Illuminating hidden and endangered ecosystem services in neotropical forests
MACROSOIL
2024-2026
CNRS - University of Sao Paulo joint PhDs program
- PIs: Jérôme Mathieu & Miguel Cooper
- Scope: The relationship between soil macrofauna biodiversity and ecosystem services delivery across ecosystem managements in neotropical rainforest biomes
Co-funding
AI4SoilHealth
2022 - 2026
EU Horizon project
Scope: Developing an image based solution for rapid assessment of soil macrofauna biodiversity.
Outreach
We intend to publish a series of papers in resarch journals, and also maps of data, as well as the global database. Stay tuned, more to come!
Please send an email to the PIs if you want to receive the newsletter of the project.
Brown & al. 2024 - Biodiversity Data Journal
Publication in GBIF of 29 soil macrofauna datasets from brazil Paper
Contact
The present leaders of the consortium are
- Jérôme Mathieu Main Coordinator
- Contact jerome.mathieu@upmc.fr
- Patrick Lavelle Fundator of the consortium
- George Brown Co-Fundator of the consortium
- Nico Eisenhauer sDiv project co-leader
- Miguel Cooper CESAB-Sinbiose project co-leader