Plant-animal interactions encompass the diverse relationships between plants and animals that shape ecosystem structure and function, including pollination, seed dispersal, herbivory, and indirect effects mediated through soil and nutrient cycling. Research published in Plant and Animal Ecology examines how these in…
Plant-animal interactions encompass the diverse relationships between plants and animals that shape ecosystem structure and function, including pollination, seed dispersal, herbivory, and indirect effects mediated through soil and nutrient cycling. Research published in Plant and Animal Ecology examines how these interactions influence fundamental ecological processes in terrestrial ecosystems. Published work has investigated how precipitation events affect soil respiration dynamics in temperate mixed forests, revealing the complex ways that plant-animal communities respond to environmental variability through belowground processes. This research addresses spatial heterogeneity in ecosystem responses, demonstrating that plant-animal interactions operate across multiple scales and through both direct and indirect pathways. Understanding these interactions matters because they regulate critical ecosystem services including carbon cycling, nutrient availability, and forest productivity. As climate patterns shift and precipitation regimes become more variable, characterizing how plant and animal communities jointly respond to environmental pulses becomes essential for predicting ecosystem resilience and managing natural resources. The journal contributes to this field by publishing empirical studies that document the mechanisms linking biotic communities to biogeochemical processes across diverse forest ecosystems.
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