Non-native species change the tune of tundra soils : novel access to soundscapes of the Arctic earthworm invasion
Over the last decade, an increasing number of studies have used soundscapes to address diverse ecological questions. Sound represents one of the few sources of information capable of providing in situ insights into processes occurring within opaque soil matrices. To date, the use of soundscapes for...
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ftumeauniv:oai:DiVA.org:umu-196820 2023-10-09T21:48:35+02:00 Non-native species change the tune of tundra soils : novel access to soundscapes of the Arctic earthworm invasion Keen, Sara C. Wackett, Adrian A. Willenbring, Jane K. Yoo, Kyungsoo Jonsson, Hanna Clow, Travis Klaminder, Jonatan 2022 application/pdf http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-196820 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155976 eng eng Umeå universitet, Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskap Department of Geological Sciences, Stanford University, CA, Stanford, United States Department of Soil, Water, and Climate, University of Minnesota, MN, United States Science of the Total Environment, 0048-9697, 2022, 838, orcid:0000-0001-8814-0013 http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-196820 doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155976 PMID 35618134 ISI:000816988600013 Scopus 2-s2.0-85131666703 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Acoustic monitoring Arctic Earthworm invasion Ecosystem disturbance Ecosystem engineer Soil fauna Soil organic carbon Soil structure Soundscapes Ecology Ekologi Soil Science Markvetenskap Article in journal info:eu-repo/semantics/article text 2022 ftumeauniv https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155976 2023-09-22T14:01:18Z Over the last decade, an increasing number of studies have used soundscapes to address diverse ecological questions. Sound represents one of the few sources of information capable of providing in situ insights into processes occurring within opaque soil matrices. To date, the use of soundscapes for soil macrofauna monitoring has been experimentally tested only in controlled laboratory environments. Here we assess the validity of laboratory predictions and explore the use of soil soundscape proxies for monitoring soil macrofauna (i.e., earthworm) activities in an outdoor context. In a common garden experiment in northern Sweden, we constructed outdoor mesocosm plots (N = 36) containing two different Arctic vegetation types (meadow and heath) and introduced earthworms to half of these plots. Earthworms substantially altered the ambient soil soundscape under both vegetation types, as measured by both traditional soundscape indices and frequency band power levels, although their acoustic impacts were expressed differently in heath versus meadow soils. While these findings support the as-of-yet untapped promise of using belowground soundscape analyses to monitor soil ecosystem health, direct acoustic emissions from earthworm activities appear to be an unlikely proxy for tracking worm activities at daily timescales. Instead, earthworms indirectly altered the soil soundscape by ‘re-engineering’ the soil matrix: an effect that was dependent on vegetation type. Our findings suggest that long-term (i.e., seasonal) earthworm activities in natural soil settings can likely be monitored indirectly via their impacts on soundscape measures and acoustic indices. Analyzing soil soundscapes may enable larger-scale monitoring of high-latitude soils and is directly applicable to the specific case of earthworm invasions within Arctic soils, which has recently been identified as a potential threat to the resilience of high-latitude ecosystems. Soil soundscapes could also offer a novel means to monitor soils and soil-plant-faunal ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Northern Sweden Tundra Umeå University: Publications (DiVA) Arctic Science of The Total Environment 838 155976 |
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Acoustic monitoring Arctic Earthworm invasion Ecosystem disturbance Ecosystem engineer Soil fauna Soil organic carbon Soil structure Soundscapes Ecology Ekologi Soil Science Markvetenskap Keen, Sara C. Wackett, Adrian A. Willenbring, Jane K. Yoo, Kyungsoo Jonsson, Hanna Clow, Travis Klaminder, Jonatan Non-native species change the tune of tundra soils : novel access to soundscapes of the Arctic earthworm invasion |
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Over the last decade, an increasing number of studies have used soundscapes to address diverse ecological questions. Sound represents one of the few sources of information capable of providing in situ insights into processes occurring within opaque soil matrices. To date, the use of soundscapes for soil macrofauna monitoring has been experimentally tested only in controlled laboratory environments. Here we assess the validity of laboratory predictions and explore the use of soil soundscape proxies for monitoring soil macrofauna (i.e., earthworm) activities in an outdoor context. In a common garden experiment in northern Sweden, we constructed outdoor mesocosm plots (N = 36) containing two different Arctic vegetation types (meadow and heath) and introduced earthworms to half of these plots. Earthworms substantially altered the ambient soil soundscape under both vegetation types, as measured by both traditional soundscape indices and frequency band power levels, although their acoustic impacts were expressed differently in heath versus meadow soils. While these findings support the as-of-yet untapped promise of using belowground soundscape analyses to monitor soil ecosystem health, direct acoustic emissions from earthworm activities appear to be an unlikely proxy for tracking worm activities at daily timescales. Instead, earthworms indirectly altered the soil soundscape by ‘re-engineering’ the soil matrix: an effect that was dependent on vegetation type. Our findings suggest that long-term (i.e., seasonal) earthworm activities in natural soil settings can likely be monitored indirectly via their impacts on soundscape measures and acoustic indices. Analyzing soil soundscapes may enable larger-scale monitoring of high-latitude soils and is directly applicable to the specific case of earthworm invasions within Arctic soils, which has recently been identified as a potential threat to the resilience of high-latitude ecosystems. Soil soundscapes could also offer a novel means to monitor soils and soil-plant-faunal ... |
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Keen, Sara C. Wackett, Adrian A. Willenbring, Jane K. Yoo, Kyungsoo Jonsson, Hanna Clow, Travis Klaminder, Jonatan |
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Keen, Sara C. Wackett, Adrian A. Willenbring, Jane K. Yoo, Kyungsoo Jonsson, Hanna Clow, Travis Klaminder, Jonatan |
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Non-native species change the tune of tundra soils : novel access to soundscapes of the Arctic earthworm invasion |
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Non-native species change the tune of tundra soils : novel access to soundscapes of the Arctic earthworm invasion |
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Non-native species change the tune of tundra soils : novel access to soundscapes of the Arctic earthworm invasion |
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Non-native species change the tune of tundra soils : novel access to soundscapes of the Arctic earthworm invasion |
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Non-native species change the tune of tundra soils : novel access to soundscapes of the Arctic earthworm invasion |
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non-native species change the tune of tundra soils : novel access to soundscapes of the arctic earthworm invasion |
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Umeå universitet, Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskap |
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