Globally invariant metabolism but density-diversity mismatch in springtails
A. M. Potapov, C. A. Guerra, J. van den Hoogen, A. Babenko, B. C. Bellini, M. P. Berg, S. L. Chown, L. Deharveng, L. Kova_, N. A. Kuznetsova, J.-F. Ponge, M. B. Potapov, D. J. Russell, D. Alexandre, J. M. Alatalo, , C. Heiniger
The paper estimates global springtail biomass and density, finding similar energy use across latitudes but mismatch between diversity and density.
bioRxiv · Jan 7, 2022Ecology