Tropical Andean Forests Are Highly Susceptible to Nutrient Inputs—Rapid Effects of Experimental N and P Addition to an Ecuadorian Montane Forest
- J. Homeier, D. Hertel, C. Leuschner
- Environmental SciencePLoS ONE
- 10 October 2012
It is shown that Neotropical montane rainforests respond rapidly to moderate additions of N and P, which suggest marked changes in species composition and diversity of these forests by nutrient inputs in the long term.
Litter mixture effects on decomposition in tropical montane rainforests vary strongly with time and turn negative at later stages of decay
- Olaf Butenschoen, Valentyna Krashevska, M. Maraun, Franca Marian, D. Sandmann, S. Scheu
- Environmental Science
- 1 October 2014
Moderate changes in nutrient input alter tropical microbial and protist communities and belowground linkages
- Valentyna Krashevska, D. Sandmann, M. Maraun, S. Scheu
- Environmental ScienceThe ISME Journal
- 28 November 2013
The results suggest that the decomposer system of tropical montane rainforests significantly responds to even moderate changes in nutrient inputs with the potential to cause major ramifications of the whole ecosystem including litter decomposition and plant growth.
Linking size spectrum, energy flux and trophic multifunctionality in soil food webs of tropical land-use systems.
- A. Potapov, B. Klarner, D. Sandmann, R. Widyastuti, S. Scheu
- Environmental ScienceJournal of Animal Ecology
- 1 December 2019
The high energy flux into large decomposers but low energy fluxes to other trophic guilds suggests that trophIC multifunctionality of belowground communities is compromised in plantation systems.
Leaf and root litter decomposition is discontinued at high altitude tropical montane rainforests contributing to carbon sequestration
- Franca Marian, D. Sandmann, Valentyna Krashevska, M. Maraun, S. Scheu
- Environmental ScienceEcology and Evolution
- 10 July 2017
The results show that, irrespective of litter origin and type, unfavorable microenvironmental conditions at high altitudes inhibit decomposition processes resulting in the sequestration of carbon in thick organic layers.
New taxa and new records of oribatid mites of the family Galumnidae (Acari: Oribatida) from Ecuador.
- S. Ermilov, J. StarĂ˝, D. Sandmann, Franca Marian, M. Maraun
- BiologyZootaxa
- 13 August 2013
The new genus Neoctenogalumna gen. nov. with Ctenogalumna moresonensis Engelbrecht, 1972 as a type species and the new subgenus Neoctenogalumna (Paractenogalumna) subgen. nov. with Neoctenogalumna…
Roots, mycorrhizal fungi and altitude as determinants of litter decomposition and soil animal communities in tropical montane rainforests
- Franca Marian, L. Brown, D. Sandmann, M. Maraun, S. Scheu
- Environmental SciencePlant and Soil
- 1 May 2019
The results indicate that in nutrient limited tropical montane rainforests mycorrhizal fungi suppress the activity of other microorganisms, potentially competing for litter-derived resources, at each of the investigated altitudes.
Variation in Community-Level Trophic Niches of Soil Microarthropods With Conversion of Tropical Rainforest Into Plantation Systems as Indicated by Stable Isotopes (15N, 13C)
- Alena Krause, D. Sandmann, M. Maraun
- Environmental ScienceFrontiers in Ecology and Evolution
- 13 May 2021
Land-use change is threatening biodiversity worldwide and is predicted to increase in the next decades, especially in tropical regions. Most studies focused on the response of single or few species…
More sex at higher altitudes: Changes in the frequency of parthenogenesis in oribatid mites in tropical montane rain forests
- M. Maraun, Stefanie Fronczek, Franca Marian, D. Sandmann, S. Scheu
- Environmental Science, Biology
- 1 July 2013
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