title: Extinction risk of soil biota.
abstract: No species lives on earth forever. Knowing when and why species go extinct is crucial for a complete understanding of the consequences of anthropogenic activity, and its impact on ecosystem functioning. Even though soil biota play a key role in maintaining the functioning of ecosystems, the vast majority of existing studies focus on aboveground organisms. Many questions about the fate of belowground organisms remain open, so the combined effort of theorists and applied ecologists is needed in the ongoing development of soil extinction ecology.
authors.affiliation: Freie Universität Berlin, Institut für Biologie, Plant Ecology, Altensteinstrasse 6, D-14195 Berlin, Germany.|Berlin-Brandenburg Institute of Advanced Biodiversity Research (BBIB), D-14195 Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Stavros D
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6387-4109
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Veresoglou
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Applications and Technology, University of Ioannina, 45110 Ioannina, Greece.
authors.forename: John M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Halley
authors.affiliation: Freie Universität Berlin, Institut für Biologie, Plant Ecology, Altensteinstrasse 6, D-14195 Berlin, Germany.|Berlin-Brandenburg Institute of Advanced Biodiversity Research (BBIB), D-14195 Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Matthias C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Rillig
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D044822:Biodiversity; D058448:Biota; D056890:Eukaryota / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development*; D012987:Soil / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D012987:Soil