Energetic and functional development of soil food webs along secondary succession
Ajuan Zhang, Chengwei Tu, Yuanfei Wang, Jingyi Li, Zheng Zhou, Ruyi Luo, Karin Hohberg, Zhe Chen, Bingxue Zhu, Xueyong Pang, Nico Eisenhauer, Anton Potapov
This study examines energy flux changes in soil food webs during secondary succession, finding shifts from herbivory to detritivory and differences between plantation and natural forest types.
bioRxiv · Nov 6, 2026 · PreprintEcology