Partner databases

	Edaphobase GBIF Database on Soil Zoology The soil-zoological information system EDAPHOBASE is a taxonomic-ecological database system, which combines existing taxonomical primary data on soil organisms from collections, scientific literature and reports originating from many research institutes and persons involved in soil zoology. This data is linked at the species level to ecological background information of the species’ sites of occurrence (i.e. geography, soils, habitat type, climate). The data is available to the general public via a web application containing a comprehensive query system, which allows the analysis and evaluation of the data for complex ecological questions of soil-zoological research and monitoring. In general, EDAPHOBASE makes this data comprehensively available for soil-zoological biodiversity research – a unique undertaking within Germany! The Information system is part of the existing GBIF data structure.
	MACROFAUNA Soil Macrofauna of the World MACROFAUNA database is the result of 20 years of collaborative work gathering a large number of scientific research teams around the world. Its main objectives are: to evaluate the soil macrofauna biodiversity at different geographic scales, from local to regional. to investigate the influence of land use, biotope perturbations and environmental factors on the soil macrofauna. to assess the influence of soil macrofauna community modifications on soil properties. to research bioindicators associated with specific environmental parameters or soil perturbations.
	BETSI A database for soil invertebrate biological and ecological traits The "Biological and Ecological Traits for Soil Invertebrates" database (BETSI) is a french project with a permanent consortium of about 15 researchers on soil ecology. It main objectives are to promote the use of trait-based approaches in soil invertebrate ecology and to give a reference structure to archive soil inverterbrate trait data.
	Earthworm Barcode of Life International Barcode of Life Project (iBOL) Earthworm Barcode of Life, the campaign that aims to obtain DNA barcodes for the earthworms of the world.