Drought-induced reduction in uptake of recently photosynthesized carbon by 
springtails and mites in alpine grassland

Seeber, Julia; Rief, Alexander; Richter, Andreas; Traugott, Michael; Bahn, Michael

doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2012.06.009

Item

ITEM ACTIONSEXPORT

Add to Basket

Local TagsRelease HistoryDetailsSummary

Released

Journal Article

Drought-induced reduction in uptake of recently photosynthesized carbon by springtails and mites in alpine grassland

MPS-Authors

There are no MPG-Authors in the publication available

External Resource

No external resources are shared

Fulltext (restricted access)

There are currently no full texts shared for your IP range.

Fulltext (public)

There are no public fulltexts stored in PuRe

Supplementary Material (public)

There is no public supplementary material available

Citation

Seeber, J., Rief, A., Richter, A., Traugott, M., & Bahn, M. (2012). Drought-induced reduction in uptake of recently photosynthesized carbon by springtails and mites in alpine grassland. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 55, 37-39. doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2012.06.009.

Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-0014-7639-7

Abstract

We tested whether experimental summer drought affects the transfer of recently photosynthesized carbon from plants to soil mesofauna in a subalpine meadow. From day one after 13CO2 pulse-labelling of the plant canopy, roots, collembolans and mites were enriched in d13C in control, but not in drought plots. However, as the difference in d13C between roots and soil animals was not affected by the drought treatment, we conclude that drought affects the tight linkage between photosynthesis and soil mesofauna primarily via functional responses of plants rather than via changes in the mesofauna.