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Ground-Layer Invertebrate Communities are More Strongly Influenced by Tree Canopy than by Understory Plant Composition
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Lind, Dana
Menard, Lawton
Shaikh, Samir
Suzali, Sorfina
Schneider, Tasha
Arumugam, Dihyanni
Hammick, Madisyn
Jehn, Julia
Jorgensen, Keith
Lemke, Kelly
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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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