dezene, New research: #fires in #Australia (2019-2020) killed at least 60 billion #leaf #litter #arthropods, and perhaps up to 120 trillion (!!!) if #mites and #springtails are included.
Destruction of this community has effects on #decomposition, which affects stand #recovery.
It’s easy to forget all these tiny #deaths, but we should expect more of them as #ClimateChange and fire interact to accelerate #biodiversity loss.
OA 🔗 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/aec.13375
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