In this issue of Austral Ecology, 16 manuscripts are published: two Review Articles, one Research Note, 12 Research Articles and one Natural History Note.
The first review reports on a data survey of 741 sampling sites collected from 239 articles related to soil ecosystem function in Chile (Marín et al., 2022). Marín et al. (2022) call for action on four fronts: firstly, a comprehensive database on current research that adds to the research they found for their review; secondly, extraction of the raw data from the research papers to enable modelling and predictions to be made; thirdly, a need for open data and open collaborations of Chilean soil scientists; and fourthly, more collaboration between soil biodiversity and soil ecosystem function scientists.