Soil invertebrate abundance, diversity, and community composition across steep high elevation snowmelt gradients in the European Alps

We studied abundance, diversity, and composition of soil invertebrates along snowmelt gradients to generally understand how soil animal communities are responding to life conditions across snowbeds along a west–east transect of the European Alps and to create a reference inventory for future investi...

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Autores principales:	Julia Seeber, Christian Newesely, Michael Steinwandter, Alexander Rief, Christian Körner, Ulrike Tappeiner, Erwin Meyer
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Publicado:	Taylor & Francis Group 2021
Materias:	european alps mesofauna macrofauna soil parameters snowbeds Environmental sciences GE1-350 Ecology QH540-549.5
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:b59dadf6edf742bb8182fc930676412f2021-11-26T11:19:47ZSoil invertebrate abundance, diversity, and community composition across steep high elevation snowmelt gradients in the European Alps1523-04301938-424610.1080/15230430.2021.1982665https://doaj.org/article/b59dadf6edf742bb8182fc930676412f2021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2021.1982665https://doaj.org/toc/1523-0430https://doaj.org/toc/1938-4246We studied abundance, diversity, and composition of soil invertebrates along snowmelt gradients to generally understand how soil animal communities are responding to life conditions across snowbeds along a west–east transect of the European Alps and to create a reference inventory for future investigations of climate change effects on snowbed habitats. We extracted microarthropods (collembolans, oribatid mites) and macroinvertebrates (spiders, beetles, insect larvae) from soil cores taken from three sections along the snowmelt gradient: high (early snowmelt), middle, and low (late snowmelt) sections. Linear models showed no correlations between either soil conditions or time of snowmelt and densities of soil animals. A small, though statistically significant, variation in the generally high soil organic matter and sand contents and high porosity of snowbed soils seems to have no effect on soil invertebrates. Species found along the snowmelt gradient were in similar shares generalist and specialist species. Microarthropod community composition in general was driven by soil porosity and soil organic matter content; for macroinvertebrate community composition we found no specific driver. We conclude that invertebrate species assemblages in snowbeds are rather similar in the European Alps.Julia SeeberChristian NeweselyMichael SteinwandterAlexander RiefChristian KörnerUlrike TappeinerErwin MeyerTaylor & Francis Grouparticleeuropean alpsmesofaunamacrofaunasoil parameterssnowbedsEnvironmental sciencesGE1-350EcologyQH540-549.5ENArctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, Vol 53, Iss 1, Pp 288-299 (2021)
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topic	european alps mesofauna macrofauna soil parameters snowbeds Environmental sciences GE1-350 Ecology QH540-549.5
spellingShingle	european alps mesofauna macrofauna soil parameters snowbeds Environmental sciences GE1-350 Ecology QH540-549.5 Julia Seeber Christian Newesely Michael Steinwandter Alexander Rief Christian Körner Ulrike Tappeiner Erwin Meyer Soil invertebrate abundance, diversity, and community composition across steep high elevation snowmelt gradients in the European Alps
description	We studied abundance, diversity, and composition of soil invertebrates along snowmelt gradients to generally understand how soil animal communities are responding to life conditions across snowbeds along a west–east transect of the European Alps and to create a reference inventory for future investigations of climate change effects on snowbed habitats. We extracted microarthropods (collembolans, oribatid mites) and macroinvertebrates (spiders, beetles, insect larvae) from soil cores taken from three sections along the snowmelt gradient: high (early snowmelt), middle, and low (late snowmelt) sections. Linear models showed no correlations between either soil conditions or time of snowmelt and densities of soil animals. A small, though statistically significant, variation in the generally high soil organic matter and sand contents and high porosity of snowbed soils seems to have no effect on soil invertebrates. Species found along the snowmelt gradient were in similar shares generalist and specialist species. Microarthropod community composition in general was driven by soil porosity and soil organic matter content; for macroinvertebrate community composition we found no specific driver. We conclude that invertebrate species assemblages in snowbeds are rather similar in the European Alps.
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author	Julia Seeber Christian Newesely Michael Steinwandter Alexander Rief Christian Körner Ulrike Tappeiner Erwin Meyer
author_facet	Julia Seeber Christian Newesely Michael Steinwandter Alexander Rief Christian Körner Ulrike Tappeiner Erwin Meyer
author_sort	Julia Seeber
title	Soil invertebrate abundance, diversity, and community composition across steep high elevation snowmelt gradients in the European Alps
title_short	Soil invertebrate abundance, diversity, and community composition across steep high elevation snowmelt gradients in the European Alps
title_full	Soil invertebrate abundance, diversity, and community composition across steep high elevation snowmelt gradients in the European Alps
title_fullStr	Soil invertebrate abundance, diversity, and community composition across steep high elevation snowmelt gradients in the European Alps
title_full_unstemmed	Soil invertebrate abundance, diversity, and community composition across steep high elevation snowmelt gradients in the European Alps
title_sort	soil invertebrate abundance, diversity, and community composition across steep high elevation snowmelt gradients in the european alps
publisher	Taylor & Francis Group
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/b59dadf6edf742bb8182fc930676412f
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Soil invertebrate abundance, diversity, and community composition across steep high elevation snowmelt gradients in the European Alps

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