Latent extinction risk of soil fauna in Beijing: A 4-year study from 2013 to 2016

Soil ecosystems are far more functionally valuable than previously thought, so soil biodiversity conservation deserves more attention. Soil animals are less visible and often overlooked, so maintaining ecosystem function is essential to reducing species loss. In contrast to aboveground communities,...

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Autores principales:	Wei Wang, Qilin Ren, Runzhi Zhang, Pengxiang Wu
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Publicado:	Taylor & Francis Group 2021
Materias:	population size diversity conservation urbanization local extinction risk beijing Ecology QH540-549.5
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:d7269e7f9de54e1dbffc292028f037792021-12-02T17:27:59ZLatent extinction risk of soil fauna in Beijing: A 4-year study from 2013 to 20162332-887810.1080/20964129.2021.1878934https://doaj.org/article/d7269e7f9de54e1dbffc292028f037792021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20964129.2021.1878934https://doaj.org/toc/2332-8878Soil ecosystems are far more functionally valuable than previously thought, so soil biodiversity conservation deserves more attention. Soil animals are less visible and often overlooked, so maintaining ecosystem function is essential to reducing species loss. In contrast to aboveground communities, the susceptibility to extinction in the belowground world to data has been dealt with only cursorily. Here, we surveyed population sizes of different animal orders in both urban and rural Beijing from 2013 to 2016, to study the impact of increasing urbanization on the ecology of soil fauna. We found 9 orders had less than 1% of soil-animal population in both urban and rural areas. The populations of 6 orders in urban areas were far smaller than those in rural areas. Between 2013 and 2016, both urban (46.9%) and rural (61.2%) areas had experienced a substantial long-term population decrease, and soil animals in Beijing suffered a 52.8% loss of population. Our study indicates 40.9% of orders may be in danger of local extinction, and 27.3% of orders seem highly susceptible to urbanization. Over just four years the soil-animal population in Beijing is shrinking fast thanks largely to increasing urbanization. This raises the worrying prospect of a future soil fauna that may be at risk of local extinction in cities. It is therefore necessary to provide a pragmatic approach to soil-animal diversity conservation. Moreover, the deeper understanding of soil extinction ecology opens up an exciting frontier of opportunities for future research.Wei WangQilin RenRunzhi ZhangPengxiang WuTaylor & Francis Grouparticlepopulation sizediversity conservationurbanizationlocal extinction riskbeijingEcologyQH540-549.5ENEcosystem Health and Sustainability, Vol 0, Iss 0 (2021)
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spellingShingle	population size diversity conservation urbanization local extinction risk beijing Ecology QH540-549.5 Wei Wang Qilin Ren Runzhi Zhang Pengxiang Wu Latent extinction risk of soil fauna in Beijing: A 4-year study from 2013 to 2016
description	Soil ecosystems are far more functionally valuable than previously thought, so soil biodiversity conservation deserves more attention. Soil animals are less visible and often overlooked, so maintaining ecosystem function is essential to reducing species loss. In contrast to aboveground communities, the susceptibility to extinction in the belowground world to data has been dealt with only cursorily. Here, we surveyed population sizes of different animal orders in both urban and rural Beijing from 2013 to 2016, to study the impact of increasing urbanization on the ecology of soil fauna. We found 9 orders had less than 1% of soil-animal population in both urban and rural areas. The populations of 6 orders in urban areas were far smaller than those in rural areas. Between 2013 and 2016, both urban (46.9%) and rural (61.2%) areas had experienced a substantial long-term population decrease, and soil animals in Beijing suffered a 52.8% loss of population. Our study indicates 40.9% of orders may be in danger of local extinction, and 27.3% of orders seem highly susceptible to urbanization. Over just four years the soil-animal population in Beijing is shrinking fast thanks largely to increasing urbanization. This raises the worrying prospect of a future soil fauna that may be at risk of local extinction in cities. It is therefore necessary to provide a pragmatic approach to soil-animal diversity conservation. Moreover, the deeper understanding of soil extinction ecology opens up an exciting frontier of opportunities for future research.
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title	Latent extinction risk of soil fauna in Beijing: A 4-year study from 2013 to 2016
title_short	Latent extinction risk of soil fauna in Beijing: A 4-year study from 2013 to 2016
title_full	Latent extinction risk of soil fauna in Beijing: A 4-year study from 2013 to 2016
title_fullStr	Latent extinction risk of soil fauna in Beijing: A 4-year study from 2013 to 2016
title_full_unstemmed	Latent extinction risk of soil fauna in Beijing: A 4-year study from 2013 to 2016
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Latent extinction risk of soil fauna in Beijing: A 4-year study from 2013 to 2016

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