Bokhorst, Stef Frederik
- Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- VU University Amsterdam
Abstract
Explaining the variation in communities of soil organisms across plant communities or ecosystems remains a major challenge for ecologists. Several studies have explored how soil communities are affected along ecosystem successional gradients but most of these are based on relatively short term chronosequences. To address the impact of ecosystem age on micro-arthropod communities, we utilized a 5000 year old post-fire chronosequence, which consists of thirty lake islands differing greatly in time since fire in the boreal forested zone of northern Sweden. The Acari community did not change along this chronosequence, indicating that Acari rapidly(
Keywords
Acari; Biodiversity; Collembola; Chronosequence; Community assembly; Fire; Functional traits; Oribatid mites; Succession
Published in
Soil Biology and Biochemistry
2017, volume: 110, pages: 79-86
Publisher: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
SLU Authors
Wardle, David
- Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
- Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Global goals (SDG)
UKÄ Subject classification
Forest Science
Publication identifier
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2017.03.009
Permanent link to this page (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/82893