title: A thesaurus for soil invertebrate trait-based approaches.
abstract: Soil invertebrates are known to be much involved in soil behaviour and therefore in the provision of ecosystem services. Functional trait-based approaches are methodologies which can be used to understand soil invertebrates' responses to their environment. They (i) improve the predictions and (ii) are less dependent on space and time. The way traits have been used recently has led to misunderstandings in the integration and interpretation of data. Trait semantics are especially concerned. The aim of this paper is to propose a thesaurus for soil invertebrate trait-based approaches. T-SITA, an Internet platform, is the first initiative to deal with the semantics of traits and ecological preferences for soil invertebrates. It reflects the agreement of a scientific expert community to fix semantic properties (e.g. definition) of approximately 100 traits and ecological preferences. In addition, T-SITA has been successfully linked with a fully operational database of soil invertebrate traits. Such a link enhances data integration and improves the scientific integrity of data.
authors.affiliation: INRA, UR251 « PESSAC », Versailles, France; CESAB/FRB, Aix-en-Provence, France.
authors.forename: Benjamin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pey
authors.affiliation: German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Leipzig, Germany; Bioversity International, Montpellier, France.
authors.forename: Marie-Angélique
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Laporte
authors.affiliation: Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive (CEFE), CNRS, Université of Montpellier II, Montpellier, France.
authors.forename: Johanne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nahmani
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire Sols et Environnement, UMR 1120 INRA, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France.
authors.forename: Apolline
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Auclerc
authors.affiliation: INRA, UR1115 « Plantes et Systèmes Horticoles », Avignon, France.
authors.forename: Yvan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Capowiez
authors.affiliation: INRA, UR251 « PESSAC », Versailles, France.
authors.forename: Gaël
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Caro
authors.affiliation: Université de Rennes 1, UMR CNRS 6553 « EcoBio », Paimpont, France.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cluzeau
authors.affiliation: Université Paul Valéry Montpellier III, Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, Laboratoire de Zoogéographie, UMR 5175 CEFE, Montpellier, France.
authors.forename: Jérôme
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cortet
authors.affiliation: UFR Sciences et Techniques, EA 1293 « ECODIV », Université de Rouen, Mont Saint Aignan, France.
authors.forename: Thibaud
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Decaëns
authors.affiliation: IRD, UMR IEES-P, Bondy, France.
authors.forename: Florence
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dubs
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire Sols et Environnement, UMR 1120 INRA, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France.
authors.forename: Sophie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Joimel
authors.affiliation: Université de Rennes 1, UMR CNRS 6553 « EcoBio », Paimpont, France.
authors.forename: Muriel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Guernion
authors.affiliation: Université de Rennes 1, UMR CNRS 6553 « EcoBio », Paimpont, France.
authors.forename: Charlène
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Briard
authors.affiliation: Université de Lille 1, EA 4515 « Laboratoire Génie Civil & géo Environnement », Lille Nord de France, Ecologie Numérique et Ecotoxicologie, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France; Université Lille Nord de France, Ecole Supérieure du Professorat et de l'Education (ESPE), Arras, France.
authors.forename: Fabien
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Grumiaux
authors.affiliation: CESAB/FRB, Aix-en-Provence, France.
authors.forename: Baptiste
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Laporte
authors.affiliation: UR AFPA, Faculté des Sciences et Technologies, Université de Lorraine, Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France.
authors.forename: Alain
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pasquet
authors.affiliation: INRA, UR251 « PESSAC », Versailles, France.
authors.forename: Céline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pelosi
authors.affiliation: Université de Lille 1, EA 4515 « Laboratoire Génie Civil & géo Environnement », Lille Nord de France, Ecologie Numérique et Ecotoxicologie, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France.
authors.forename: Céline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pernin
authors.affiliation: CNRS, UMR 7179, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Brunoy, France.
authors.forename: Jean-François
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Ponge
authors.affiliation: CNRS, UMR 7179, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Brunoy, France.
authors.forename: Sandrine
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Salmon
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire Sols et Environnement, UMR 1120 INRA, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France; Department of Structural and Functional Biology, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: Lucia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Santorufo
authors.affiliation: INRA, UR251 « PESSAC », Versailles, France.
authors.forename: Mickaël
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hedde
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D044822:Biodiversity; D017753:Ecosystem; D007448:Invertebrates / Q000502:physiology*; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012987:Soil
chemical_list: D012987:Soil