EcologybioRxivPreprint
Enhanced forest heterogeneity drives stronger functional than taxonomic shifts in soil nematodes
Rike Schwarz, Pia M. Bradler, Anne Chao…·Simone Cesarz
The paper manipulates forest structural complexity to study its effects on soil nematode diversity, finding functional diversity responds more strongly than taxonomic diversity to structural changes.
DOI 10.1101/2025.08.30.673220