Effects of heterogeneity on the ecological diversity and redundancy of forest fauna

• Published in: Basic and applied ecology Vol. 73; pp. 72 - 79
• Main Authors: Heidrich, Lea, Brandl, Roland, Ammer, Christian, Bae, Soyeon, Bässler, Claus, Doerfler, Inken, Fischer, Markus, Gossner, Martin M., Heurich, Marco, Heibl, Christoph, Jung, Kirsten, Krzystek, Peter, Levick, Shaun, Magdon, Paul, Schall, Peter, Schulze, Ernst-Detlef, Seibold, Sebastian, Simons, Nadja K., Thorn, Simon, Weisser, Wolfgang W., Wöllauer, Stephan, Müller, Jörg
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 01.12.2023
• Subjects: animals; applied ecology; Assembly; dead wood; Environmental filtering; fauna; forest stands; Forests; Functional traits; Heterogeneity; Redundancy; species; species diversity; stand structure; topography

Heterogeneity in forests might promote biodiversity not only through an increase in niche volume but also through other processes, such as an increase in resources and their spatial distribution. However, negative relationships between heterogeneity and biodiversity have also been observed, which ma...