The Invisible Heterogeneity of a Forest -- Beta Diversity of Volatiles
Lena V. Carlson, Jörg C. Müller, Mirjana Bevanda, Peter H. W. Biedermann, Pia M. Bradler, Sebastian Dittrich, Bronwyn Lira Dyson, Andreas Fichtner, Antonio José Castañeda-Gómez, Goddert von Oheimb, Kerstin Pierick, Luisa Pflumm, Oliver Mitesser, Julia Rothacher, Clara Wild, Thomas Schmitt
The paper quantifies how forest structural changes affect volatile organic compound beta-diversity and finds deadwood, not canopy openness, drives this increase.
bioRxiv · Sep 3, 2025 · PreprintEcology