02596naa a2200493 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001902400480006010000160010824501270012426000090025150000210026052012290028165000280151065300270153865300240156565300220158965300200161170000190163170000140165070000200166470000200168470000170170470000230172170000170174470000170176170000160177870000160179470000210181070000180183170000140184970000160186370000170187970000160189670000250191270000150193770000160195270000180196870000170198670000150200370000140201870000190203277300510205121454432022-08-15       2022    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d7 ahttps://doi.org/10.25674/so94iss2id2822DOI1 aMATHIEU, J.  asOilFaunaba global synthesis effort on the drivers of soil macrofauna communities and functioning.h[electronic resource]  c2022  aWorkshop report.  aAbstract: Understanding global biodiversity change, its drivers, and the ecosystem consequences requires a better appreciation of both the factors that shape soil macrofauna communities and the ecosystem effects of these organisms. The project ?sOilFauna? was funded by the synthesis center sDiv (Germany) to address this major gap by forming a community of soil ecologists, identifying the most pressing research questions and hypotheses, as well as conducting a series of workshops to foster the global synthesis and hypothesis testing of soil macrofauna. The overarching goal is to analyze the most comprehensive soil macrofauna database - the MACROFAUNA database - which collates abundance data of 17 soil invertebrate groups assessed with a standardized method at 7180 sites around the world, and seeks to foster the collection of future data. In a recent kick-off workshop in May 2022, the first research priorities and collaboration guidelines were determined. Here, we summarize the main outcomes of this workshop and highlight the benefits of creating an open global community of soil ecologists providing standardized soil macrofauna data for future research, evaluation of ecosystem health, and nature protection.  aSistema de Informação  aBiodiversidade do solo  aProject "sOilFauna"  aSoil biodiversity  aSoil macrofauna1 aANTUNES, A. C.1 aBAROT, S.1 aASATO, A. E. B.1 aBARTZ, M. L. C.1 aBROWN, G. G.1 aCALDERON-SANOU, I.1 aDECAËNS, T.1 aFONTE, S. J.1 aGANAULT, P.1 aGAUZENS, B.1 aGONGALSKY, K. B.1 aGUERRA, C. A.1 aHENGL, T.1 aLAVELLE, P.1 aMARICHAL, R.1 aMEHRING, H.1 aPEÑA-VENEGAS, C. P.1 aCASTRO, D.1 aPOTAPOV, A.1 aTHÉBAULT, E.1 aTHUILLER, W.1 aWITJES, M.1 aZHANG, C.1 aEISENHAUER, N.  tSoil Organismsgv. 94, n. 2, p. 111?126, 2022.