Trait-based responses to land use and canopy dynamics modify long-term diversity changes in forest understories
K. Happonen, L. Muurinen, R. Virtanen, E. Kaakinen, J.-A. Grytnes, E. Kaarlejärvi, P. Parisot, M. Wolff, T. Maliniemi
The paper examines how land-use practices and canopy dynamics affect long-term changes in forest understory diversity and functional traits over 4-5 decades in Finland.
bioRxiv · Apr 30, 2020Ecology