Akira S. Mori

Forest biodiversity benefits from warmer microclimate, but only in colder regions

The study shows that warmer microclimates in forest gaps boost biodiversity in colder regions but not in warmer ones, suggesting climate-specific forest management strategies.

How do variable patch sizes hold higher beta diversity?

The paper investigates how varying patch sizes affect beta diversity using tree community data from Barro Colorado Island, finding higher beta diversity with unequal grain divisions.

Enhancing structural heterogeneity in managed forest landscapes promotes gamma but not beta diversity in understorey plant communities

This study shows that increasing structural heterogeneity in managed forests boosts gamma diversity in understorey plants but not beta diversity, with light niche variation playing a key role.

Old growth attributes by chain saw: how between-patch heterogeneity changes the metacommunities of beetles in temperate forests

The paper experiments with structural heterogeneity in forests to determine its impact on beetle metacommunities, finding increased species diversity and support for mass-effect and species-sorting processes.

Enhancing experimentally the structural heterogeneity of forests increase soil fungal diversity but functional lifestyles in contrasting ways

The paper experimentally increases forest structural heterogeneity and finds it boosts soil fungal gamma-diversity mainly through beta-diversity and microclimate effects, with weak phylogenetic diversity gains and contrasting functional responses.

Temperate forest heterogeneity decreases local and landscape-scale spider diversity through habitat filtering despite species turnover

This study shows that increasing forest structural complexity reduces spider diversity through habitat filtering, despite higher abundances and beta-diversity.

A continuum of information-based temporal stability measures and their decomposition across hierarchical levels

The paper introduces a continuum of information-based temporal stability measures parameterized by q, applicable to ecological time series data, and demonstrates their use with biomass data from the Jena Experiment.