Institute for Alpine Environment - Projects - AlpSoil

AlpSoil

Ecology and trophic structure of the Alpine soil macrofauna

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Project duration: December 2017 - December 2023
Project status: ongoing
Funding:
Internal funding EURAC (Project)
Website: https://www.researchgate.net/project/ALPSOIL-Ecology-and-trophic-structure-of-the-Alpine-soil-macrofauna

Alpine soil ecosystems and their invertebrate inhabitants are the main focus of the AlpSoil project. Semi-natural grasslands, widespread in the Alps, suffer from many environmental and socio-economic changes such as climate change and abandonment of traditional land-use. Soil invertebrates of Alpine ecosystems play a crucial role in litter decomposition, nutrient cycling, and pedogenesis, and thus may contribute to the resistance against natural hazards, but little is still known about their species composition and trophic structure. We employ a broad sampling approach along elevation and land-use gradients to analyze the community composition and structure of soil invertebrates as well as links with their abiotic and biotic environment. We use traditional methods such as pitfall traps and heat-extraction of soil animals as well as modern methods such as stable isotopes and molecular techniques.

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Publications

Global maps of soil temperature
Lembrechts JJ, van den Hoogen J, […], Della Chiesa S, Niedrist G, Seeber J, Steinwandter M, […] (2022)
Journal article
Global Change Biology

More information: https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16060

https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16060

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/23413

Effect of land-use on carbon and nitrogen pool partitioning in temperate European grasslands
Seeber J, Tasser E, Rubatscher D, Altimir N, Balzarolo M, Barancok P, Cernusca A, Drösler M, Gamper S, Lavorel S, Loacker I, Robson M, Sebastia T, Staszewskii T, Tappeiner U, Vescovo L, Wohlfahrt G, Bahn M (2022)
Journal article
Science of the Total Environment

More information: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S004896972 ...

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.153380

Global monitoring of soil animal communities using a common methodology
Potapov AM, Sun X, Barnes AD, Briones MJ, Brown GG, Cameron EK, Chang C-H, Cortet J, Eisenhauer N, Franco AL, Fujii S, Geisen S, Guerra C, Gongalsky K, Haimi J, Handa IT, Janion-Sheepers C, Karaban K, Lindo Z, Mathieu J, Moreno ML, Murvanidze M, Nielsen U, Scheu S, Schmidt O, Schneider C, Seeber J, Tsiafouli M, Tuma J, Tiunov A, Zaytsev AS, Ashwood F, Callaham M, Wall D (2022)
Journal article
Soil organisms

More information: http://soil-organisms.org/index.php/SO/article/view/178/175

https://doi.org/10.25674/so94iss1id178

Alpine soil macro-invertebrate communities along high elevation gradients
Steinwandter M,Seeber J (2022)
Presentation/Speech

Conference: World Biodiversity Forum 2022 | Davos | 26.6.2022 - 1.7.2022

Einblicke in die Diversität der Bodenorganismen in den Trockenweiden des Vinschgaus
Steinwandter M, Seeber J (2022)
Presentation/Speech

Conference: Lebendige Steppe - Die inneralpinen Trockenrasen im Vinschgau und in der Terra Raetica | Schlanders (BZ) | 6.5.2022 - 6.5.2022

Die Gesellschaften alpiner Bodenmakroinvertebraten entlang Höhengradienten im oberen Vinschgau (Südtirol, Italien)
Steinwandter M, von Spinn J, Seeber J (2022)
Presentation/Speech

Conference: 12. Zoologische und botanische Forschung in Südtirol | Bozen | 15.9.2022 - 16.9.2022

Belowground Mountaineers: Critters Living in Mountain Soils
Steinwandter M, Seeber J (2022)
Journal article
Frontiers for young minds

More information: https://kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frym.2022.6601 ...

https://doi.org/10.3389/frym.2022.660110

Soil fauna mountaineers: surveying high alpine ground-dwelling invertebrate communities
Steinwandter M, von Spinn J, Seeber J (2022)
Presentation/Speech

Conference: International Mountain Conference 2022 | Innsbruck | 11.9.2022 - 15.9.2022

The nutritional ecology of ant communities on the alpine tree line ecotone
Guariento E, Wanek W, Fiedler K (2022)
Presentation/Speech

Conference: Ento22 Conference of the Royal Entomological Society | Lincoln UK | 13.9.2022 - 16.9.2022

More information: https://www.royensoc.co.uk/event/ento22/

Biodiversität in Gebirgsböden
Seeber J (2022)
Presentation/Speech

Conference: Zoologisch-ökologisches Seminar, Universität für Bodenkultur | Vienna (AT) | 31.5.2022 - 31.5.2022

Soil Biodiversity at High Latitudes and High Elevations
Seeber J (2022)
Presentation/Speech

Conference: "GSBI talks" webinar series | Dublin (online) | 13.4.2022 - 13.4.2022

Evaluating changes in insect-microorganism relationships along an altitudinal gradient
Colla F, Hauffe CH, Illmer P, Seeber J (2021)
Presentation/Speech

Conference: XXVI Congresso Nazionale Italiano di Entomologia. | Torino/Online. | 8.6.2021 - 8.6.2021

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/18860

Biodiversity in hay meadows: effects of intensive agriculture on ground-dwelling macro-invertebrates
Plunger J, Steinwandter M, Guariento E, Colla F, Rief A, Seeber J (2021)
Presentation/Speech

Conference: Global Symposium on Soil Biodiversity FAO | Rome/Online | 20.4.2021 - 20.4.2021

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/18823

Biodiversity and community structure of soil invertebrates along management intensity gradients
Guariento E, Plunger J, Filippo C, Steinwandter M, Tappeiner U, Seeber J, Colla F (2021)
Presentation/Speech

Conference: XVIII International Colloquium on Soil Zoology (ICSZ2021) | Bozen | 16.8.2021 - 21.8.2021

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/18822

Soil macro-invertebrate communities along land use intensity gradients in a mountain region
Guariento E, Plunger J, Colla F, Steinwandter M, Rief A, Tappeiner U, Seeber J (2021)
Presentation/Speech

Conference: XXVI Congresso Nazionale Italiano di Entomologia. | Torino/Online. | 8.6.2021 - 8.6.2021

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/18957

Biodiversity in hay meadows: effects of intensive agriculture on ground-dwelling macro-invertebrates
Plunger J, Steinwandter M, Guariento E, Colla F, Rief A, Seeber J (2021)
Presentation/Speech

Conference: XVIII International Colloquium on Soil Zoology (ICSZ2021) | Bozen | 16.8.2021 - 21.8.2021

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/18999

High alpine soil macro-invertebrates: First results from three elevation gradients
Steinwandter M, Seeber J (2021)
Presentation/Speech

Conference: XVIII International Colloquium on Soil Zoology (ICSZ2021) | Bozen | 16.8.2021 - 21.8.2021

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/19394

Vergleich der Boden-Wanzenfauna in extensiv und intensiv bewirtschafteten Wiesen und Obstkulturen
Hilpold A, Guariento E, Tappeiner U, Seeber J (2021)
Presentation/Speech

Conference: 47. Treffen der „Arbeitsgruppe Mitteleuropäischer Heteropterologen“ | Bozen | 27.8.2021 - 29.8.2021

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/19517

Xantholinus audrasi (Coiffait, 1956) (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), new record for South Tyrol
Colla F, Zanetti A, Guariento E, Plunger J, Seeber J (2021)
Journal article
Gredleriana

More information: https://www.natura.museum/de/forschung/publikationen/

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5141216

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/20424

Soil survey in agricultural environments within the Biodiversity Monitoring South Tyrol (BMS)
Plunger J, Seeber J, Steinwandter M, Guariento E, Hilpold A, Tappeiner U (2021)
Conference proceedings article

Conference: Global Symposium on Soil Biodiversity FAO | Rome/Online | 20.4.2021 - 20.4.2021

More information: https://www.fao.org/3/cb4306en/cb4306en.pdf

https://doi.org/10.4060/cb7374en

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/20574

Biodiversity in hay meadows: effects of intensive agriculture on ground-dwelling macro-invertebrates
Plunger J, Steinwandter M, Guariento E, Colla F, Rief A, Seeber J (2021)
Conference proceedings article

Conference: Global Symposium on Soil Biodiversity FAO | Rome/Online | 20.4.2021 - 20.4.2021

More information: https://doi.org/10.4060/cb7374en

https://doi.org/10.4060/cb7374en

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/20512

Soil invertebrate abundance, diversity, and community composition across steep high elevation snowmelt gradients in the European Alps
Seeber J, Newesely C, Steinwandter M, Rief A, Koerner C, Tappeiner U, Meyer E (2021)
Journal article
Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

More information: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15230430.2021.1 ...

https://doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2021.1982665

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/20187