title: Urban and industrial land uses have a higher soil biological quality than expected from physicochemical quality.
abstract: Despite their importance both in soil functioning and as soil indicators, the response of microarthropods to various land uses is still unclear. The aim of this study is to assess the effect of land use on microarthropod diversity and determine whether a soil's biological quality follows the same physicochemical quality-based gradient from forest, agriculture-grassland, agriculture-arable land, vineyards, urban vegetable gardens to urban, industrial, traffic, mining and military areas. A database compiling the characteristics of 758 communities has been established. We calculated Collembola community indices including: species richness, Pielou's evenness index, collembolan life forms, the abundance of Collembola and of Acari, the Acari/Collembola abundance ratio, and the Collembolan ecomorphological index. Results show that agricultural land use was the most harmful for soil microarthropod biodiversity, whilst urban and industrial land uses give the same level of soil biological quality as forests do. Furthermore, differences between the proportions of Acari and ecomorphological groups were observed between land uses. This study, defining soil microarthropod diversity baselines for current land uses, should therefore help in managing and preserving soil microarthropod biodiversity, especially by supporting the preservation of soil quality.
authors.affiliation: Université de Lorraine, Laboratoire Sols et Environnement, UMR 1120, 54500 Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France; INRA, Laboratoire Sols et Environnement, UMR 1120,54500 Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France; UMR ECOSYS, INRA, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, 78850 Thiverval-Grignon, France. Electronic address: sophie.boulanger-joimel@inra.fr.
authors.forename: Sophie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Joimel
authors.affiliation: Université de Lorraine, Laboratoire Sols et Environnement, UMR 1120, 54500 Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France; INRA, Laboratoire Sols et Environnement, UMR 1120,54500 Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France.
authors.forename: Christophe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schwartz
authors.affiliation: UMR ECOSYS, INRA, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, 78850 Thiverval-Grignon, France.
authors.forename: Mickaël
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hedde
authors.affiliation: UMR CEFE 5175, Université de Montpellier, EPHE, Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier, 34199 Montpellier Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Sayuri
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kiyota
authors.affiliation: Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Silkeborg, Denmark.
authors.forename: Paul Henning
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Krogh
authors.affiliation: UMR CEFE 5175, Université de Montpellier, EPHE, Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier, 34199 Montpellier Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Johanne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nahmani
authors.affiliation: UMR SAS 1069, INRA, Agrocampus Ouest, 65 rue de Saint Brieuc, 35042 Rennes cedex, France; Université Rennes 1, UMR CNRS 6553 EcoBio, Station Biologique, 35380 Paimpont, France.
authors.forename: Guénola
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pérès
authors.affiliation: UMR CEFE 5175, Université de Montpellier, EPHE, Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier, 34199 Montpellier Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vergnes
authors.affiliation: UMR CEFE 5175, Université de Montpellier, EPHE, Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier, 34199 Montpellier Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Jérôme
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cortet
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture; D000818:Animals; D001181:Arthropods; D044822:Biodiversity; D002947:Cities; D012987:Soil
chemical_list: D012987:Soil
keywords: Agricultural soils; Anthropisation; Collembola; Forest soils; Garden soils; Industrial and urban soils