Drought, windthrow and forest operations strongly affect oribatid mite communities in different microhabitats

Climate change is enhancing the annual mean temperature and the risk for droughts and natural disasters. Hot and dry summers not only have a negative impact on forest performance, but also affect fundamental ecosystem processes such as litter decomposition and nutrient cycling and the organisms invo...

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Main Authors: Katja Wehner, Nadja K. Simons, Nico Blüthgen, Michael Heethoff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-10-01
Series:Global Ecology and Conservation
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989421003073