betsi
betsi
A database for soil invertebrate biological and ecological traits

The BETSI database: summarize and organize data on soil invertebrate traits

 

The BETSI database hosts soil invertebrate trait data.

 

All the BETSI database content is public 

1/ BETSI PROJECT

The BETSI database has been built during the BETSI project.

What is the BETSI project?

  • A french project with a permanent consortium of approximately 15 researchers on soil ecology

  • It  means "Biological and Ecological Traits for Soil Invertebrates"

  • It began in February 2011 and finished in May 2014 (the database still operates)

  • The project was funded funding by the CESAB/FRB (Centre for the synthesis and anlysis of biodiversy / The Foundation for research on Biodiversity)

What were the main objectives?

  • Promote the use of trait-based approaches in soil invertebrate ecology

  • Give a reference structure to archive soil inverterbrate trait data

                                                            The BETSI consortium during a biannual BETSI workshop

 

 2/ BETSI DATABASE OPERATING

To browse on BETSI database, fell free to click on the tabs on the left panel you are interested in and follow then the proposed procedures.

  • Data exploration map: consult geolocalized field experiment data of the BETSI database. By clicking on a sample, you have access to a synthetic description of it.  

  • Data request: consult BETSI database data

  • Contribute data: contribute to BETSI database by inserting your own data

  • Tutorial: consult the learning guide for novice users of the BETSI database. It covers all the aspects of the database functioning: data contribution, data request.

 

 

3/ AROUND THE DATABASE

  • T-SITA: consult the Thesaurus for Soil Invertebrate Trait-based Approaches. It is a controlled vocabulary of soil invertebrate trait names. It was connected to the BETSI database to manage trait data.

  • Trait information scanning: consult a scanning tool which collect relevant literature on soil invertebrate trait-based approches

 

 

4/ BETSI MEMBERS

  • Projet leader : Mickaël Hedde (INRA)
  • Post-doc : Benjamin Pey (INRA/FRB/CESAB)
  • Consortium members : Yvan Capowiez (INRA), Jérôme Cortet (CEFE, Montpellier 3 university), Thibaud Decaëns (Rouen university), Florence Dubs (IRD), Louis Deharveng (MNHN), Muriel Guernion (Rennes 1 university), Fabien Grumiaux (Lille 1 university), Johanne Nahmani (CEFE, Montpellier 2 university), Alain Pasquet (Lorraine university), Céline Pelosi (INRA), Céline Pernin (Lille 1 university), Jean-François Ponge (MNHN), Sandrine Salmon (MNHN)
  • Invited members : Walter Andruzzi (Wageningen university), Apolline Auclerc (Lorraine university), Charlène Briard (Rennes 1 university), Daniel Cluzeau (Rennes 1 university), Gaël Caro, Joana Frazao (Wageningen university), Charlène Heiniger, Sophie Joimel (Lorraine university), Emmanuel Lapied (Bioforsk), Lucia Santorufo (Lorraine university/Napoli 2 university)