Effect of simulated environmental change on alpine soil arthropods

• Published in: Global change biology Vol. 15; no. 12; pp. 2972 - 2980
• Main Authors: HÅGVAR, SIGMUND, KLANDERUD, KARI
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.12.2009; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: Alpine environments; Alpine tundra; animal communities; Arthropods; below-ground changes; Biomass; Chironomidae; Climate change; Collembola; ecosystems; Environmental changes; Environmental effects; forbs; graminoids; Homoptera; host plants; Larvae; Life cycles; Litter; long term effects; Mites; Mountains; Nitrogen; Norway; Nutrient availability; Nutrient cycles; nutrient increase; Nutrients; Plant biomass; Planting density; Sarcoptiformes; Sciaridae; Simulation; soil; soil arthropods; soil-living arthropods; Soils; Taxa; temperature; temperature change; Norway

The effects of environmental change on soil animal communities are poorly known. Norwegian mountains are subject to both atmospheric nitrogen deposition and increased temperature. In a nutrient poor alpine Dryas heath in south Norway, soil arthropods were studied after 4 years of simulated environme...