Effects of Climate Change on Soil Microarthropod Diversity and Ecological Function, 2011 ...
The arctic region is currently facing great environmental changes of greenhouse-gas warming, with likely strong consequences for structure of plant and animal communities and ecosystem processes. The rates of the biological processes are mediated by temperature, season length, temporal and spatial d...
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Sikt - Norwegian Agency for Shared Services in Education and Research
2023
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| Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.18712/nsd-nsd1961-v2 https://surveybanken.sikt.no/study/NSD1961/2 |
| Summary: | The arctic region is currently facing great environmental changes of greenhouse-gas warming, with likely strong consequences for structure of plant and animal communities and ecosystem processes. The rates of the biological processes are mediated by temperature, season length, temporal and spatial distribution of snow and water conditions, i.e. factors predicted to undergo strong changes. At the same time, decomposition processes are moderated by the organisms themselves. Microbes and soil fauna use litter and soil organic matter as energy, carbon and nutrient sources for biomass production and for their metabolic functions. Climatic changes may both directly and indirectly facilitate an increase in the mineralisation of soil organic matter by microbes and microarthropods, which again may lead to increased nutrient availability. It is essential to reveal the diversity of species, species and population densities, life cycles, population dynamics and turnover in microarthopod communities to understand the ... |
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