Two decades of compositional restructuring of soil biodiversity in Germany despite stable a- and b-diversity indices
Judith Paetsch, Juliane Romahn, Kathrin Theißinger, Damian Baranski, Lena Bonassin, Leonie Schardt, Jan Koschorreck, Henrik Krehenwinkel, Miklós Bálint
The paper analyzes soil biodiversity changes over 20 years in Germany, finding no significant trends in alpha or beta diversity but taxon-specific compositional restructuring.
bioRxiv · Jul 21, 2025 · PreprintEcology