Global fine-resolution data on springtail abundance and community structure
Authors: Potapov Anton M. , Chen Ting-Wen , Striuchkova Anastasia V. , Alatalo Juha M. , Alexandre Douglas , Arbea Javier , Ashton Thomas , Ashwood Frank , Babenko Anatoly B. , Bandyopadhyaya Ipsa , Baretta Carolina Riviera Duarte Maluche , Baretta Dilmar , Barnes Andrew D. , Bellini Bruno C. , Bendjaballah Mohamed , Berg Matty P. , Bernava Verónica , Bokhorst Stef , Bokova Anna I. , Bolger Thomas , Bouchard Mathieu , Brito Roniere A. , Buchori Damayanti , Castaño-Meneses Gabriela , Chauvat Matthieu , Chomel Mathilde , Chow Yasuko , Chown Steven L. , Classen Aimee T. , Cortet Jérôme , Čuchta Peter , de la Pedrosa Ana Manuela , De Lima Estevam C. A. , Deharveng Louis E. , Doblas Miranda Enrique , Drescher Jochen , Eisenhauer Nico , Ellers Jacintha , Ferlian Olga , Ferreira Susana S. D. , Ferreira Aila S. , Fiera Cristina , Filser Juliane , Franken Oscar , Fujii Saori , Koudji Essivi Gagnon , Gao Meixiang , Gendreau-Berthiaume Benoit , Gers Charles , Greve Michelle , Hamra-Kroua Salah , Handa I. Tanya , Hasegawa Motohiro , Heiniger Charlène , Hishi Takuo , Holmstrup Martin , Homet Pablo , Høye Toke T. , Ivask Mari , Jacques Bob , Janion-Scheepers Charlene , Jochum Malte , Joimel Sophie , Jorge Bruna Claudia S. , Juceviča Edite , Kapinga Esther M. , Kováč Ľubomír , Krab Eveline J. , Krogh Paul Henning , Kuu Annely , Kuznetsova Natalya , Lam Weng Ngai , Lin Dunmei , Lindo Zoë , Liu Amy W. P. , Lu Jing-Zhong , Luciáñez María José , Marx Michael T. , Mawan Amanda , McCary Matthew A. , Minor Maria A. , Mitchell Grace I. , Moreno David , Nakamori Taizo , Negri Ilaria , Nielsen Uffe N. , Ochoa-Hueso Raúl , Oliveira Filho Luís Carlos I. , Palacios-Vargas José G. , Pollierer Melanie M. , Ponge Jean-François , Potapov Mikhail B. , Querner Pascal , Rai Bibishan , Raschmanová Natália , Rashid Muhammad Imtiaz , Raymond-Léonard Laura J. , Reis Aline S. , Ross Giles M. , Rousseau Laurent , Russell David J. , Saifutdinov Ruslan A. , Salmon Sandrine , Santonja Mathieu , Saraeva Anna K. , Sayer Emma J. , Scheunemann Nicole , Scholz Cornelia , Seeber Julia , Shaw Peter , Shveenkova Yulia B. , Slade Eleanor M. , Stebaeva Sophya , Sterzynska Maria , Sun Xin , Susanti Winda Ika , Taskaeva Anastasia A. , Tay Li Si , Thakur Madhav P. , Treasure Anne M , Tsiafouli Maria , Twala Mthokozisi N. , Uvarov Alexei V. , Venier Lisa A. , Widenfalk Lina A. , Widyastuti Rahayu , Winck Bruna , Winkler Daniel , Wu Donghui , Xie Zhijing , Yin Rui , Zampaulo Robson A. , Zeppelini Douglas , Zhang Bing , Zoughailech Abdelmalek , Ashford Oliver , Klauberg-Filho Osmar , Scheu Stefan 
Published: January 2024

Springtails (Collembola) inhabit soils from the Arctic to the Antarctic and comprise an estimated ~32% of all terrestrial arthropods on Earth. Here, we present a global, spatially-explicit database on springtail communities that includes 249,912 occurrences from 44,999 samples and 2,990 sites. These data are mainly raw sample-level records at the species level collected predominantly from private archives of the authors that were quality-controlled and taxonomically-standardised. Despite covering all continents, most of the sample-level data come from the European continent (82.5% of all samples) and represent four habitats: woodlands (57.4%), grasslands (14.0%), agrosystems (13.7%) and scrublands (9.0%). We included sampling by soil layers, and across seasons and years, representing temporal and spatial within-site variation in springtail communities. We also provided data use and sharing guidelines and R code to facilitate the use of the database by other researchers. This data paper describes a static version of the database at the publication date, but the database will be further expanded to include underrepresented regions and linked with trait data.