Linking changes in species composition and biomass in a globally distributed grassland experiment.
CAFE approach
Price equation
The Nutrient Network
aboveground biomass
biodiversity change
ecosystem function
global change
grasslands
nutrient deposition
turnover
Journal
Ecology letters
ISSN: 1461-0248
Titre abrégé: Ecol Lett
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101121949
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Dec 2022
Dec 2022
Historique:
revised:
14
09
2022
received:
03
01
2022
accepted:
17
09
2022
pubmed:
25
10
2022
medline:
26
11
2022
entrez:
24
10
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Global change drivers, such as anthropogenic nutrient inputs, are increasing globally. Nutrient deposition simultaneously alters plant biodiversity, species composition and ecosystem processes like aboveground biomass production. These changes are underpinned by species extinction, colonisation and shifting relative abundance. Here, we use the Price equation to quantify and link the contributions of species that are lost, gained or that persist to change in aboveground biomass in 59 experimental grassland sites. Under ambient (control) conditions, compositional and biomass turnover was high, and losses (i.e. local extinctions) were balanced by gains (i.e. colonisation). Under fertilisation, the decline in species richness resulted from increased species loss and decreases in species gained. Biomass increase under fertilisation resulted mostly from species that persist and to a lesser extent from species gained. Drivers of ecological change can interact relatively independently with diversity, composition and ecosystem processes and functions such as aboveground biomass due to the individual contributions of species lost, gained or persisting.
Types de publication
Letter
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
2699-2712Subventions
Organisme : Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
ID : DFG-FZT 118
Organisme : Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
ID : 202548816
Organisme : National Science Foundation Long-Term Ecological Research
ID : NSF-DEB-1234162 & DEB-1831944 to Cedar Creek LTER
Organisme : National Science Foundation Research Coordination Network
ID : NSF-DEB-1042132
Organisme : University of Minnesota's Institute on the Environment
ID : DG-0001-13
Organisme : National Science Foundation
Organisme : University of Minnesota
Organisme : Research Foundation
Organisme : Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Informations de copyright
© 2022 The Authors. Ecology Letters published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This article has been contributed to by U.S. Government employees and their work is in the public domain in the USA.
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