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Desiccation resista...
Desiccation resistance determines distribution of woodlice along forest edge-to-interior gradients
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De Smedt, Pallieter (author)
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Baeten, Lander (author)
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Berg, Matty P. (author)
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Gallet-Moron, Emilie (author)
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- Brunet, Jörg (author)
- Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences,Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet,Institutionen för sydsvensk skogsvetenskap,Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre
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- Cousins, Sara A. O. (author)
- Stockholms universitet,Institutionen för naturgeografi
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Decocq, Guillaume (author)
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Diekmann, Martin (author)
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Giffard, Brice (author)
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De Frenne, Pieter (author)
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Hermy, Martin (author)
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Bonte, Dries (author)
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Verheyen, Kris (author)
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- Elsevier BV, 2018
- 2018
- English.
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In: European journal of soil biology. - : Elsevier BV. - 1164-5563 .- 1778-3615. ; 85, s. 1-3
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- Forest edges show strong abiotic and biotic gradients potentially altering community composition and ecosystem processes such as nutrient cycling. While abiotic gradients are well studied, short-scale biotic gradients, like detritivore species composition and their associated trait distribution remains a poorly explored research-field. We sampled woodlice in 160 forest patches across Europe at varying distances from the forest edge and discovered that species desiccation resistance determines distribution along forest edge-to-interior gradients. Forest edges are warmer and dryer compared to interiors and favour drought-tolerant species, while abundance and activity of drought-sensitive species is reduced at the edge. Key ecological factors for litter-dwelling detritivores (i.e. humidity) act as environmental filter, because of species-specific differences in desiccation resistance. Future research should focus on quantifying the consequences of a changing detritivore community and their associated functional traits for nutrient cycling.
Subject headings
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Biologi (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Biological Sciences (hsv//eng)
- LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER -- Lantbruksvetenskap, skogsbruk och fiske (hsv//swe)
- AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES -- Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (hsv//eng)
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Biologi -- Ekologi (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Biological Sciences -- Ecology (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- Drought tolerance
- Edge effects
- Isopoda
- Response trait
- Small forest fragments
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Baeten, Lander
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Berg, Matty P.
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Gallet-Moron, Em ...
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Brunet, Jörg
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Cousins, Sara A. ...
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Decocq, Guillaum ...
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Diekmann, Martin
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Giffard, Brice
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De Frenne, Piete ...
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Hermy, Martin
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Bonte, Dries
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Verheyen, Kris
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Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences