Search for dissertations about: "Aboveground-belowground interactions"
Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the words Aboveground-belowground interactions.
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1. Plant-associated soil communities : Patterns, drivers and aboveground consequences
Abstract : Soil contains a wealth of diversity – bacteria, fungi, nematodes, arthropods and earthworms are just some of the many organisms found belowground. These organisms play an important role in shaping the soil environment and they strongly influence plant fitness, diversity and community composition. READ MORE
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2. Soil microbial responses to mild winters and seasonal change
Abstract : The aim with this thesis work was to study microorganisms response to milder winters, different seasons, and altered temperature. Winter warming treatments were established in a semi-natural temperate grassland, simulating mild winters for two years. READ MORE
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3. Biogeochemistry in Subarctic birch forests : Perspectives on insect herbivory
Abstract : Herbivory can influence ecosystem processes, partly through long-term changes of the plant community compositions, but also more rapidly through the herbivores’ digestive alteration of the organic matter that is cycled through the soil and back to the primary producers. In the Subarctic mountain birch (Betula pubescens ssp. READ MORE