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    Ground-Layer Invertebrate Communities are More Strongly Influenced by Tree Canopy than by Understory Plant Composition

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    2019-05
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    Lind, Dana
    Menard, Lawton
    Shaikh, Samir
    Suzali, Sorfina
    Schneider, Tasha
    Arumugam, Dihyanni
    Hammick, Madisyn
    Jehn, Julia
    Jorgensen, Keith
    Lemke, Kelly
    Maksymkiw, Sophie
    Marcus, Kathleen
    Mutka, Amber
    O'Keefe, Kerry
    Plack, Naomi
    Selvarajan, Raja
    Weiher, Evan R.
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    Abstract
    Ground-layer invertebrates (GLI) are an integral part of forest communities because of their ability to break down leaf litter. As key players in the process of nutrient cycling, they are essential to ecosystem functioning. Understanding how environmental conditions on the forest floor affect GDI will inform conservation efforts aimed at maintaining this critical component of forest ecosystems. Most leaf litter comes from the tree canopy, so we hypothesized that GDI composition would be influenced more by tree canopy composition than by other factors such as understory composition, soil moisture content, or percent soil organic matter.
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    Invertebrate communities
    Forest canopies
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    Department of Biology
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    http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/80370
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    Color poster with text, images, and charts.
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