Incorporating dead material in ecosystem assessments and projections

Kelsey Archer Barnhill, J. Murray Roberts, Isla Myers-Smith, Mathew Williams, Kyle G. Dexter, Casey Ryan, Uwe Wolfram and Sebastian J. Hennige ()
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Kelsey Archer Barnhill: University of Edinburgh
J. Murray Roberts: University of Edinburgh
Isla Myers-Smith: University of Edinburgh
Mathew Williams: University of Edinburgh
Kyle G. Dexter: University of Edinburgh
Casey Ryan: University of Edinburgh
Uwe Wolfram: Heriot–Watt University
Sebastian J. Hennige: University of Edinburgh

Nature Climate Change, 2023, vol. 13, issue 2, 113-115

Abstract: When considering how ecosystems will react to climate change the importance of dead matter has been largely overlooked. Here we discuss why dead material is integral to ecosystem form and function, and why its persistence or degradation must be explicitly included in models considering ecosystem futures in a rapidly changing world.

Date: 2023
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