Institute for Alpine Environment - Projects - AlpSoil

AlpSoil

Ecology and trophic structure of the Alpine soil macrofauna

Project duration: January 2018 - December 2025
Project status: ongoing
Funding:
Internal funding EURAC (Project)
Website: https://www.researchgate.net/project/ALPSOIL-Ecology-and-trophic-structure-of-the-Alpine-soil-macrofauna
Institute: Institute for Alpine Environment

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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Soil SurveyCredit: Eurac Research | Ivo Corrà

Publications

A global review on the biodiversity in mountain soils above the treeline
Steinwandter M, Praeg N, Urbach D, Snethlage MA, Weber B, Illmer P, Seeber J (2024)
Presentation/Speech

Conference: Centennial Celebration and Congress of the International Union of Soil Sciences | Florence | 19.5.2024 - 21.5.2024

Boden und Bach: Vielfalt und Anpassungen der Entomofauna im Gebirge
Seeber J, Niedrist G (2024)
Presentation/Speech

Conference: ÖEG Kolloquium 2024 | Innsbruck | 16.3.2024 - 16.3.2024

More information: https://www.entomologie.org/events/veranstaltungsarchiv

Diversity of soil invertebrates and their associated microbiota in an Alpine Grassland Ecosystem
Seeber J, Blasbichler H, Steinwandter M, Rhezak T, Praeg N, Galla G, Hauffe HC, Illmer P (2024)
Presentation/Speech

Conference: International Colloquium Soil Zoology 2024 | Cape Town | 26.8.2024 - 30.8.2024

Biodiversity in mountain soils above the treeline: A global review
Steinwandter M, Praeg N, Urbach D, Snethlage MA, Weber B, Illmer P, Seeber J (2024)
Presentation/Speech

Conference: International Colloquium Soil Zoology 2024 | Cape Town | 26.8.2024 - 30.8.2024

Ground-dwelling invertebrates of the high alpine: Changes in diversity and community composition along elevation (1500–3000 m)
Steinwandter M, Seeber J (2023)
Journal article
Applied Soil Ecology

More information: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S092913932 ...

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2023.104988

Biodiversity in Mountain Soils
Seeber J (2023)
Presentation/Speech

Conference: Seminar lecture - University of Camerino | Camerino | 6.6.2023 - 6.6.2023

Biodiversity in mountain soils: current knowledge and research needs
Steinwandter M, Illmer P, Praeg N, Seeber J, Snethlage M, Weber B, Urbach D (2023)
Presentation/Speech

Conference: 3rd Global Soil Biodiversity Conference | Dublin | 13.3.2023 - 15.3.2023

Exploring alpine soil fauna communities: composition, biodiversity and functional groups in a highly changing environment
Steinwandter M, Blasbicher H, Guariento E, Plunger J, von Spinn J, Seeber J (2023)
Presentation/Speech

Conference: 3rd Global Soil Biodiversity Conference | Dublin | 13.3.2023 - 15.3.2023

Ground-dwelling invertebrate communities in mountain grasslands in South Tyrol (Italy): Surveying changes in abundances, diversity, and sex ratio
Steinwandter M, Seeber J (2023)
Journal article
Gredleriana

More information: https://zenodo.org/records/10116123

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10116123

Effects of land-use change in mountain soil biodiversity
Steinwandter M (2023)
Presentation/Speech

Conference: Biodiversity and land use planning | Rome | 4.12.2023 - 4.12.2023

Globally invariant metabolism but density-diversity mismatch in springtails
Potapov AM, Guerra CA, van den Hoogen J, Babenko A, Bellini BC, Berg MP, Chown SL, Deharveng L, Kováč Ľ, Kuznetsova NA, Ponge JF, Potapov MB, Russell DJ, Alexandre D, Alatalo JM, Arbea JI, Bandyopadhyaya I, Bernava V, Bokhorst S, Bolger T, Castaño-Meneses G, Chauvat M, Chen TW, Chomel M, Classen AT, Cortet J, Čuchta P, Manuela de la Pedrosa A, Ferreira SSD, Fiera C, Filser J, Franken O, Fujii S, Koudji EG, Gao M, Gendreau-Berthiaume B, Gomez-Pamies DF, Greve M, Tanya Handa I, Heiniger C, Holmstrup M, Homet P, Ivask M, Janion-Scheepers C, Jochum M, Joimel S, Claudia S Jorge B, Jucevica E, Ferlian O, Iuñes de Oliveira Filho LC, Klauberg-Filho O, Baretta D, Krab EJ, Kuu A, de Lima ECA, Lin D, Lindo Z, Liu A, Lu JZ, Luciañez MJ, Marx MT, McCary MA, Minor MA, Nakamori T, Negri I, Ochoa-Hueso R, Palacios-Vargas JG, Pollierer MM, Querner P, Raschmanová N, Rashid MI, Raymond-Léonard LJ, Rousseau L, Saifutdinov RA, Salmon S, Sayer EJ, ...

More information: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-36216-6

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36216-6

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

Shifts in ground-dwelling predator communities in response to changes in management intensity in Alpine meadows
Plunger J, Guariento E, Steinwandter M, Colla F, Rief A, Seeber J (2022)
Journal article
Soil organisms

More information: https://doi.org/10.25674/so94iss3id306

https://doi.org/10.25674/so94iss3id306

Vegetation shapes alpine ground-dwelling macro-invertebrate communities: A case study from the Stilfserjoch/Stelvio National Park (Martell/Martello, South Tyrol, Italy)
Steinwandter M, Blasbichler H, Seeber J (2022)
Journal article
Gredleriana

More information: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7228049

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7228049

Neufunde von Spinnen (Arachnida: Araneae) für Südtirol und Italien aus dem Obervinschgau
Steinwandter M, Von Spinn J, Thaler-Knoflach B, Seeber J (2022)
Journal article
Gredleriana

More information: https://www.natura.museum/it/publikationen/gredleriana-22/

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7215799

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 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

Distribution of soil macrofauna across different habitats in the Eastern European Alps
Seeber J, Steinwandter M, Tasser E, Guariento E, Peham T, Rüdisser J, Schlick-Steiner BC, Steiner FM, Tappeiner U, Meyer E (2022)
Journal article
Scientific Data

More information: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-022-01717-4#article-i ...

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-022-01717-4

Frontiers in soil ecology: insights from the World Biodiversity Forum 2022
Eisenhauer N, Bender SF, Calderón-Sanou I, De Vries FT, Lembrechts JJ, Thullier W, Wall DH, Zeiss R, Bahram M, Beugnon R, Burton VJ, Crowther TW, Delgado-Baquerizo M, Geisen S, Kardol P, Krashevska V, Martínez-Muñoz CA, Patoine G, Seeber J, Soudzilovskaia NA, Steinwandter M, Sünnemann M, Sun X, Van Der Heijden GA, Guerra CA, Potapov A (2022)
Journal article
Journal of Sustainable Agriculture and Environment

More information: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/sae2.12031

https://doi.org/10.1002/sae2.12031

Functional traits of carabids (Coleoptera: Carabidae) along an elevational gradient
Colla F, Steinwandter M, Illmer P, Seeber J (2022)
Presentation/Speech

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

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

Belowground mountaineers: A scientific publication for children and young people

XVIII INTERNATIONAL COLLOQUIUM ON SOIL ZOOLOGY

For more information: https://icsz2020.eurac.edu/

16-21.08.2021

XVIII INTERNATIONAL COLLOQUIUM ON SOIL ZOOLOGY

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Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung
Laimburg Research Centre
Universität Göttingen
University of Innsbruck, Faculty of Biology
Charles University
German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv)

Project Team

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Julia Seeber

Michael Steinwandter

Julia Plunger

Ulrike Tappeiner

Magdalena Nagler

Elia Guariento

Helene Blasbichler

Jacopo Breschi

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Biodiversity Monitoring South Tyrol

Duration: January 2019 - December 2026Funding: Internal funding EURAC (Project)

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LT(S)ER: Open air laboratory Matsch/Mazia

Long-term (socio-)ecological research in the open air laboratory Matsch/Mazia

Duration: January 2014 - December 2025Funding: Public institutions (Other projects ...

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UPSHIFT

Effects of air pressure on upwards shifting alpine ecosystems

Duration: January 2022 - December 2025Funding: Provincial Joint Programme – IT-FWF ...

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Belowground mountaineers: A scientific publication for children and young people

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University of Innsbruck, Faculty of Biology

Charles University

German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv)

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