Living Litter: Dynamic Trait Spectra Predict Fauna Composition

Disentangling of what drives the composition and dynamics of belowground diversity is needed to predict ecosystem-level consequences of environmental change. Incorporating the notion that soil fauna live in ‘a house made of food’ could bridge the gap between soil fauna diversity and plant community solely based on litter traits as a food source. To assess the dynamic habitat for soil fauna, partly through their own feeding activities, we add...