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dc.contributor.authorGuidetti, Roberto
dc.contributor.authorJönsson, K. Ingemar
dc.contributor.authorKaczmarek, Łukasz
dc.contributor.authorMeier, Terje
dc.contributor.authorSpeed, James David Mervyn
dc.contributor.authorPrestø, Tommy
dc.contributor.authorStur, Elisabeth
dc.contributor.authorTopstad, Lasse
dc.contributor.authorCesari, Michele
dc.contributor.authorRoszkowska, Milena
dc.contributor.authorZawierucha, Krzysztof
dc.contributor.authorHassel, Kristian
dc.contributor.authorEkrem, Torbjørn
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-05T10:23:50Z
dc.date.available2024-01-05T10:23:50Z
dc.date.issued2023-10-26
dc.description.abstractTardigrades are common in many terrestrial environments and habitats. Although little is known on their ecological preferences, previous studies found diversity and community composition significantly affected by various variables. This study associated tardigrade species’ records with climatic variables, forest type, and substrate categories exploring tardigrade diversity and species communities to find associations with ecological characteristics of Norwegian forests. A total of 17 473 specimens were identified, encompassing 131 species (including putatively new species) from 305 samples of different substrates (leaf litter, bryophytes, and lichens). Bryophytes and lichens of samples were classified according to the main species, and growth form, and associated with tardigrade species and sample metadata. Tardigrade species’ richness was related to climatic variables and forest type, increased with precipitation, decreased with summer temperature, and not varied with precipitation seasonality. Although there was an unbalanced representation of substrate categories in the different forest types, some tendencies were detectable. Mixed oak and birch forests reached the highest species’ richness. Tardigrade community composition varied between substrate categories and, to a lesser degree, between forest types, but not with climatic variables. Our study highlights the importance of large-scale variables on tardigrade diversity, and substrate categories for tardigrade community composition.en_US
dc.identifier.citationGuidetti R, Jönsson KI, Kaczmarek Ł, Meier T, Speed JDM, Prestø T, Stur E, Topstad L, Cesari M, Roszkowska M, Zawierucha K, Hassel K, Ekrem T. Tardigrade diversity and community composition across Norwegian boreal forests. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 2023en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 2214242
dc.identifier.doi10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad136
dc.identifier.issn0024-4082
dc.identifier.issn1096-3642
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/32342
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherOxford University Pressen_US
dc.relation.journalZoological Journal of the Linnean Society
dc.relation.projectIDArtsdatabanken: 70184237en_US
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2023 The Author(s)en_US
dc.titleTardigrade diversity and community composition across Norwegian boreal forestsen_US
dc.type.versionacceptedVersionen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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