Publications by authors named "Fiona M Seaton"
A warming climate and expected changes in average and extreme rainfall emphasise the importance of understanding how the land surface routes and stores surface water. The availability and movement of water within an ecosystem is a fundamental control on biological and geophysical activity, and influences many climatic feedbacks. A key phenomenon influencing water infiltration into the land surface is soil hydrophobicity, or water repellency.
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- Soil biota makes up about 25% of global biodiversity and plays a crucial role in nutrient cycling and primary production, prompting interest in studying belowground biodiversity across different ecosystems.
- A national-scale metabarcoding analysis of 436 sites in 7 temperate ecosystems reveals that belowground animal and microbial richness often show different trends; specifically, animal richness is primarily influenced by land use intensity while microbial richness is more linked to environmental conditions.
- The study confirms that these divergent patterns of belowground diversity are consistent across various land uses and can be effectively analyzed using standardized metabarcoding techniques.