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62
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2049
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Overview

Matty P. Berg is affiliated with Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Their research spans environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences with a distinct focus on ecology, evolution, behavior, systematics, soil science, and global change dynamics.

Their primary fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Subfields within their research are:

  • Ecology
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Soil Science

Matty P. Berg's work covers several main topics, including:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Fire Effects on Ecosystems
  • Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
  • Collembola Taxonomy and Ecology Studies
  • Plant and Animal Studies

They frequently publish in various scientific venues, most notably:

  • Journal of Ecology
  • Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Ecological Monographs

Frequent co-authors of Matty P. Berg include:

  • André T. C. Dias
  • Marco Moretti
  • Francesco de Bello
  • Carlos P. Carmona
  • Lars Götzenberger

Their recent publications include:

  • "Scientists' warning on climate change and insects," 2022, published in Ecological Monographs
  • "Towards a global synthesis of Collembola knowledge - challenges and potential solutions," 2020, published in HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)
  • "Termite sensitivity to temperature affects global wood decay rates," 2022, published in Science
  • "Decomposition of leaf litter mixtures across biomes: The role of litter identity, diversity and soil fauna," 2020, published in Journal of Ecology
  • "Globally invariant metabolism but density-diversity mismatch in springtails," 2023, published in Nature Communications

Matty P. Berg has contributed to book publications with two entries titled "Handbook of Trait-Based Ecology," one published by the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology in 2021 and another edition by Cambridge University Press in the same year.

Best Publications

  • Towards an assessment of multiple ecosystem processes and services via functional traits

    Francesco de Bello;Sandra Lavorel;Sandra Myrna Diaz;Richard Harrington

  • Consequences of biodiversity loss for litter decomposition across biomes

    I. Tanya Handa;Rien Aerts;Frank Berendse;Matty P. Berg

  • Soil invertebrate fauna enhances grassland succession and diversity

    Gerlinde B. De Deyn;Ciska E. Raaijmakers;H. Rik Zoomer;Matty P. Berg

  • Biodiversity effects on soil processes explained by interspecific functional dissimilarity.

    D. A. Heemsbergen;D. A. Heemsbergen;D. A. Heemsbergen;M. P. Berg;M. P. Berg;M. P. Berg;M. Loreau;M. Loreau;M. Loreau;J. R. van Hal;J. R. van Hal;J. R. van Hal

  • Adapt or disperse: understanding species persistence in a changing world

    Matty P. Berg;E. Toby Kiers;Gerard Driessen;Marcel Van Der Heijden

  • Litter mass loss rates in pine forests of Europe and Eastern United States: some relationships with climate and litter quality

    B. Berg;M. P. Berg;P. Bottner

  • Functional traits as indicators of biodiversity response to land use changes across ecosystems and organisms

    Marie Vandewalle;Marie Vandewalle;Francesco de Bello;Francesco de Bello;Matty P. Berg;Thomas Bolger

  • Scientists' warning on climate change and insects

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  • Highly consistent effects of plant litter identity and functional traits on decomposition across a latitudinal gradient

    Marika Makkonen;Matty P. Berg;I. Tanya Handa;I. Tanya Handa;Stephan Hättenschwiler

  • Handbook of protocols for standardized measurement of terrestrial invertebrate functional traits

    Marco Moretti;André T. C. Dias;Francesco de Bello;Francesco de Bello;Florian Altermatt;Florian Altermatt

  • Research trends in ecosystem services provided by insects

    Jorge Ari Noriega;Joaquín Hortal;Joaquín Hortal;Francisco M. Azcárate;Matty P. Berg

  • A novel framework for linking functional diversity of plants with other trophic levels for the quantification of ecosystem services.

    Sandra Lavorel;Jonathan Storkey;Richard D. Bardgett;Francesco de Bello

  • Soil fauna: key to new carbon models

    Juliane Filser;Jack H. Faber;Alexei V. Tiunov;Lijbert Brussaard

  • Parallel ecological networks in ecosystems

    Han Olff;David Alonso;Matty P. Berg;B. Klemens Eriksson

  • Extreme winter warming events more negatively impact small rather than large soil fauna: shift in community composition explained by traits not taxa.

    S.F. Bokhorst;S.F. Bokhorst;G.K. Phoenix;J.W. Bjerke;T.V. Callaghan;T.V. Callaghan

  • Temporal and spatial variability in soil food web structure

    Matty P. Berg;Janne Bengtsson

  • Trait plasticity in species interactions: a driving force of community dynamics

    Matty P. Berg;Jacintha Ellers

  • Herbivore trampling as an alternative pathway for explaining differences in nitrogen mineralization in moist grasslands

    Maarten Schrama;Pieter Heijning;Jan P. Bakker;Harm J. van Wijnen

  • Traits explain the responses of a sub-arctic Collembola community to climate manipulation

    Marika Makkonen;Matty P. Berg;Jurgen R. van Hal;Terry V. Callaghan;Terry V. Callaghan

  • Long‐term effects of plant diversity and composition on soil nematode communities in model grasslands

    Maria Viketoft;Janne Bengtsson;Björn Sohlenius;Matty P. Berg

  • SPECIAL FEATURE: FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY A novel framework for linking functional diversity of plants with other trophic levels for the quantification of ecosystem services

    Sandra Lavorel;Jonathan Storkey;Richard D. Bardgett;Francesco de Bello

Frequent Co-Authors

Jacintha Ellers
Jacintha Ellers Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Johannes H. C. Cornelissen
Johannes H. C. Cornelissen Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Rien Aerts
Rien Aerts Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Han Olff
Han Olff University of Groningen
Terry V. Callaghan
Terry V. Callaghan University of Sheffield
Stef Bokhorst
Stef Bokhorst Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Marco Moretti
Marco Moretti Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
Richard S. P. van Logtestijn
Richard S. P. van Logtestijn Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Francesco de Bello
Francesco de Bello Spanish National Research Council
Gareth K. Phoenix
Gareth K. Phoenix University of Sheffield

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