Impact of a reduced winter snowpack on litter arthropod abundance and diversity in a northern hardwood forest ecosystem

Pamela H. Templer; Andrew F. Schiller; Nathan W. Fuller; Anne M. Socci; John Campbell; John E. Drake; Thomas H. Kunz

doi:10.1007/s00374-011-0636-3

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Impact of a reduced winter snowpack on litter arthropod abundance and diversity in a northern hardwood forest ecosystem

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Authors:

Pamela H. Templer, Andrew F. Schiller, Nathan W. Fuller, Anne M. Socci, John Campbell, John E. Drake, Thomas H. Kunz

Year:

2012

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Northern Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1007/s00374-011-0636-3

Source:

Biology and Fertility of Soils. 48(4): 413-424.

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Abstract

Projected changes in climate for the northeastern USA over the next 100 years include a reduction in the depth and duration of the winter snowpack, which could affect soil temperatures and frost regimes. We conducted a snow-removal experiment in a northern hardwood forest at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest in central New Hampshire over 2 years to induce soil freezing and evaluate its effect on the abundance, richness, and diversity of soil arthropods during the growing season.

Keywords

Climate change, Hardwood forest, Hubbard Brook experimental forest, Northern forest, Litter arthropods, Soil fauna

Citation

Templer, Pamela H.; Schiller, Andrew F.; Fuller, Nathan W.; Socci, Anne M.; Campbell, John L.; Drake, John E.; Kunz, Thomas H. 2012. Impact of a reduced winter snowpack on litter arthropod abundance and diversity in a northern hardwood forest ecosystem. Biology and Fertility of Soils. 48(4): 413-424.