Juha M. Alatalo

TL;DR: The results indicated that litter decomposition in the temperate forest ecosystem studied was not dependent solely on litter traits, as green leaf traits also contributed to nutrient cycling.

TL;DR: It is suggested that mid-summer temperature influences the intensity of invertebrate herbivory at the community level, consistent with the hypothesis that climate warming should increase plant losses to invertebrates in the tundra.

TL;DR: The results give some experimental support that species poor plant communities with low diversity may be more vulnerable to loss of species diversity than communities with higher initial diversity.

TL;DR: In this article , the authors examined the distribution patterns and conservation needs of fungi and found that the endemicity of all fungi and most functional groups peaks in tropical habitats, including Amazonia, Yucatan, West Central Africa, Sri Lanka, and New Caledonia, with a negligible island effect compared with plants and animals.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the potential long-term success of this form of afforestation of mangroves as a conservation measure supporting biodiversity and found that there were no significant differences between the benthic macrofauna in natural and afforested mangrove as regards total abundance, species richness, Shannon's diversity, effective number of species, or evenness.