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AuthorAlatalo, Juha Mikael
Available date2022-03-17T05:31:15Z
Publication Date2016
Publication NameQatar University Life Science Symposium 2016: Biodiversity, Sustainability and Climate Change, with Perspectives from Qatar
Resourceqscience
CitationAlatalo JM. The potential impact of climate change on linkages between above and below ground communities in low diversity ecosystems in extreme environments. QScience Proceedings: Vol. 2016, QULSS 2016: Biodiversity, Sustainability and Climate Change, with Perspectives from Qatar, 12. http://dx.doi.org/10.5339/qproc.2016.qulss.12
ISSN2226-9649
URIhttps://doi.org/10.5339/qproc.2016.qulss.12
URIhttp://hdl.handle.net/10576/28216
AbstractThere is growing evidence that ecosystem function depend on biodiversity. For example, experimental studies with different number of plant species show that microbial biomass, fungal abundance and N mineralisation rates increase with increasing plant diversity. Global warming is expected to have major impacts on ecosystems in future, influencing biodiversity in a wide range of ecosystems. Specifically, low diversity ecosystems in extreme environments are thought to be more vulnerable to global change than ecosystem with higher diversity, at the same time they have received less attention than ecosystems with higher diversity. At present, there are only a few long-climate change studies that have incorporated diversity and richness based on species level data for both above and below ground communities across several trophic levels. The impact on low diversity ecosystem in extreme environments is exemplified from preliminary results from two decades of experimental warming on the linkages between above and below ground communities across contrasting vegetation communities in the arctic. The study includes species level data on vascular plants, lichens, bryophytes, collembola, mites, fungi and bacteria.
Languageen
PublisherHamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
Subjectecosystem
biodiversity
Global warming
TitleThe potential impact of climate change on linkages between above and below ground communities in low diversity ecosystems in extreme environments
TypeConference Paper
Issue Number4
Volume Number2016
dc.accessType Open Access


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