Publication Details |
| Category | Text Publication |
| Reference Category | Journals |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.still.2022.105541 |
| Title (Primary) | The responses of Collembola biomass to climate and land-use changes vary with life form |
| Author | Gruss, I.; Yin, R.; Siebert, J.; Eisenhauer, N.; Schädler, M. |
| Source Titel | Soil & Tillage Research |
| Year | 2023 |
| Department | BZF |
| Volume | 225 |
| Page From | art. 105541 |
| Language | englisch |
| Topic | T5 Future Landscapes |
| Supplements | https://ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/1-s2.0-S0167198722002276-mmc1.docx |
| Keywords | Future climate; Global change; Land-use intensification; Microarthropods; Springtail |
| Abstract | The biomass of invertebrate detritivores is an important driver of multiple ecosystem functions, yet little is known about how it changes in the context of global change. Taking Collembola communities as
our focal groups, we conducted a study at the Global Change Experimental
Facility (GCEF) in central Germany to assess how climate change (i.e.,
increased temperature by ∼0.55 °C across seasons, and the altered precipitation patterns by ∼9 % increase in spring and
autumn, and ∼21 % reduction in summer) and intensive land use (i.e., from
extensively-used grassland to conventional cropland) would shift the biomass
patterns of Collembola and their different life forms. Our results show that
the biomass of different Collembola life forms differed in their response to
the changes in climate and land use. Specifically, the population biomass of
surface-dwelling Collembola significantly decreased under future climate
scenario and intensive land use, while the biomass of soil-living Collembola
responded less. Importantly, Collembola biomass was decreased by (i) climate
change-induced body size shrinkage, and (ii) intensive land use-induced density
reduction. These results suggest that different environmental change drivers
are able to reduce soil microarthropod biomass via dissimilar mechanisms. |
| Persistent UFZ Identifier | https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=26674 |
| Gruss, I., Yin, R., Siebert, J., Eisenhauer, N., Schädler, M. (2023): The responses of Collembola biomass to climate and land-use changes vary with life form Soil Tillage Res. 225 , art. 105541 10.1016/j.still.2022.105541 |
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