Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2019
Publication Title
Ecosystem Consequences of Soil Warming: Microbes, Vegetation, Fauna and Soil Biogeochemistry
Abstract
Soil fauna are important contributors to ecosystem functioning as well as being tremendously diverse. Effects of warming on soil fauna are understudied and complex, with multiple covariates and a mixture of direct and indirect effects. This, combined with diverse communities, results in a suite of potential responses across temporal, spatial, and biological scales. We present a conceptual diagram to relate these interacting effects and a framework for organizing and understanding past and future research in this field. Themes common in the literature include species-specificity, site-specificity, and the challenge of disentangling the connection between temperature and moisture in soils. Much extant soil biodiversity remains undiscovered and our understanding of the current roles of soil fauna in ecosystem processes is incomplete; future research needs include a focus on these issues as well as using multivariate techniques to separate multiple interacting effects from potentially covarying factors.
Department
Biological and Environmental Sciences
First Page
279
Last Page
296
DOI
10.1016/B978-0-12-813493-1.00012-0
Recommended Citation
Snyder, B.A., & Callaham, M.A. (2019). Soil fauna and their potential responses to warmer soils. In J.E. Mohan (Ed.), Ecosystem Consequences of Soil Warming: Microbes, Vegetation, Fauna and Soil Biogeochemistry. Elsevier, 279-296.