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1. Advancing forest inventorying and monitoring

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Ferretti, Marco, Fischer, Christoph, Gessler, Arthur, Graham, Catherine, Meusburger, Katrin, Abegg, Meinrad, Bebi, Peter, Bergamini, Ariel, Brockerhoff, Eckehard G., Brunner, Ivano, Bühler, Christoph, Conedera, Marco, Cothereau, Pierre, D’Odorico, Petra, Düggelin, Christoph, Ginzler, Christian, Grendelmeier, Alex, Haeni, Matthias, Hagedorn, Frank, Hägeli, Martin, Hegetschweiler, Karin Tessa, Holderegger, Rolf, Krumm, Frank, Gugerli, Felix, Queloz, Valentin, Rigling, Andreas, Risch, Anita C., Rohner, Brigitte, Rosset, Christian, Scherrer, Daniel, Schulz, Tobias, Thürig, Esther, Traub, Berthold, von Arx, Georg, Waldner, Peter, Wohlgemuth, Thomas, Zimmermann, Niklaus E., and Shackleton, Ross T.

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2024
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3. Nitrogen increases early‐stage and slows late‐stage decomposition across diverse grasslands

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Gill, Allison L, Adler, Peter B, Borer, Elizabeth T, Buyarski, Christopher R, Cleland, Elsa E, D'Antonio, Carla M, Davies, Kendi F, Gruner, Daniel S, Harpole, W Stanley, Hofmockel, Kirsten S, MacDougall, Andrew S, McCulley, Rebecca L, Melbourne, Brett A, Moore, Joslin L, Morgan, John W, Risch, Anita C, Schütz, Martin, Seabloom, Eric W, Wright, Justin P, Yang, Louie H, and Hobbie, Sarah E

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Biological Sciences, Ecology, Prevention, grasslands, litter decomposition, nitrogen, nitrogen deposition, Nutrient Network, phosphorus, Environmental Sciences, Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences
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To evaluate how increased anthropogenic nutrient inputs alter carbon cycling in grasslands, we conducted a litter decomposition study across 20 temperate grasslands on three continents within the Nutrient Network, a globally distributed nutrient enrichment experiment We determined the effects of addition of experimental nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium plus micronutrient (Kμ) on decomposition of a common tree leaf litter in a long-term study (maximum of 7 years; exact deployment period varied across sites). The use of higher order decomposition models allowed us to distinguish between the effects of nutrients on early- versus late-stage decomposition. Across continents, the addition of N (but not other nutrients) accelerated early-stage decomposition and slowed late-stage decomposition, increasing the slowly decomposing fraction by 28% and the overall litter mean residence time by 58%. Synthesis. Using a novel, long-term cross-site experiment, we found widespread evidence that N enhances the early stages of above-ground plant litter decomposition across diverse and widespread temperate grassland sites but slows late-stage decomposition. These findings were corroborated by fitting the data to multiple decomposition models and have implications for N effects on soil organic matter formation. For example, following N enrichment, increased microbial processing of litter substrates early in decomposition could promote the production and transfer of low molecular weight compounds to soils and potentially enhance the stabilization of mineral-associated organic matter. By contrast, by slowing late-stage decomposition, N enrichment could promote particulate organic matter (POM) accumulation. Such hypotheses deserve further testing.

Published
2022

4. Drivers of soil microbial and detritivore activity across global grasslands

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Siebert, Julia, Sünnemann, Marie, Hautier, Yann, Risch, Anita C., Bakker, Jonathan D., Biederman, Lori, Blumenthal, Dana M., Borer, Elizabeth T., Bugalho, Miguel N., Broadbent, Arthur A. D., Caldeira, Maria C., Cleland, Elsa, Davies, Kendi F., Eskelinen, Anu, Hagenah, Nicole, Knops, Johannes M. H., MacDougall, Andrew S., McCulley, Rebecca L., Moore, Joslin L., Power, Sally A., Price, Jodi N., Seabloom, Eric W., Standish, Rachel, Stevens, Carly J., Zimmermann, Stephan, and Eisenhauer, Nico

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2023
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5. The positive effect of plant diversity on soil carbon depends on climate

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Spohn, Marie, Bagchi, Sumanta, Biederman, Lori A., Borer, Elizabeth T., Bråthen, Kari Anne, Bugalho, Miguel N., Caldeira, Maria C., Catford, Jane A., Collins, Scott L., Eisenhauer, Nico, Hagenah, Nicole, Haider, Sylvia, Hautier, Yann, Knops, Johannes M. H., Koerner, Sally E., Laanisto, Lauri, Lekberg, Ylva, Martina, Jason P., Martinson, Holly, McCulley, Rebecca L., Peri, Pablo L., Macek, Petr, Power, Sally A., Risch, Anita C., Roscher, Christiane, Seabloom, Eric W., Stevens, Carly, Veen, G. F. (Ciska), Virtanen, Risto, and Yahdjian, Laura

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2023
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6. Multidimensional responses of grassland stability to eutrophication

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Chen, Qingqing, Wang, Shaopeng, Borer, Elizabeth T., Bakker, Jonathan D., Seabloom, Eric W., Harpole, W. Stanley, Eisenhauer, Nico, Lekberg, Ylva, Buckley, Yvonne M., Catford, Jane A., Roscher, Christiane, Donohue, Ian, Power, Sally A., Daleo, Pedro, Ebeling, Anne, Knops, Johannes M. H., Martina, Jason P., Eskelinen, Anu, Morgan, John W., Risch, Anita C., Caldeira, Maria C., Bugalho, Miguel N., Virtanen, Risto, Barrio, Isabel C., Niu, Yujie, Jentsch, Anke, Stevens, Carly J., Gruner, Daniel S., MacDougall, Andrew S., Alberti, Juan, and Hautier, Yann

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2023
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7. Environmental heterogeneity modulates the effect of plant diversity on the spatial variability of grassland biomass

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Daleo, Pedro, Alberti, Juan, Chaneton, Enrique J., Iribarne, Oscar, Tognetti, Pedro M., Bakker, Jonathan D., Borer, Elizabeth T., Bruschetti, Martín, MacDougall, Andrew S., Pascual, Jesús, Sankaran, Mahesh, Seabloom, Eric W., Wang, Shaopeng, Bagchi, Sumanta, Brudvig, Lars A., Catford, Jane A., Dickman, Chris R., Dickson, Timothy L., Donohue, Ian, Eisenhauer, Nico, Gruner, Daniel S., Haider, Sylvia, Jentsch, Anke, Knops, Johannes M. H., Lekberg, Ylva, McCulley, Rebecca L., Moore, Joslin L., Mortensen, Brent, Ohlert, Timothy, Pärtel, Meelis, Peri, Pablo L., Power, Sally A., Risch, Anita C., Rocca, Camila, Smith, Nicholas G., Stevens, Carly, Tamme, Riin, Veen, G. F. (Ciska), Wilfahrt, Peter A., and Hautier, Yann

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2023
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8. Nutrient availability controls the impact of mammalian herbivores on soil carbon and nitrogen pools in grasslands

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Sitters, Judith, Wubs, ER Jasper, Bakker, Elisabeth S, Crowther, Thomas W, Adler, Peter B, Bagchi, Sumanta, Bakker, Jonathan D, Biederman, Lori, Borer, Elizabeth T, Cleland, Elsa E, Eisenhauer, Nico, Firn, Jennifer, Gherardi, Laureano, Hagenah, Nicole, Hautier, Yann, Hobbie, Sarah E, Knops, Johannes MH, MacDougall, Andrew S, McCulley, Rebecca L, Moore, Joslin L, Mortensen, Brent, Peri, Pablo L, Prober, Suzanne M, Riggs, Charlotte, Risch, Anita C, Schütz, Martin, Seabloom, Eric W, Siebert, Julia, Stevens, Carly J, and Veen, GF Ciska

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Climate Action, carbon sequestration, exclosure, fertilization, global change, grazing, herbivory, nutrient dynamics, nutrient enrichment, Nutrient Network, soil microorganisms, Environmental Sciences, Biological Sciences, Ecology
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Grasslands are subject to considerable alteration due to human activities globally, including widespread changes in populations and composition of large mammalian herbivores and elevated supply of nutrients. Grassland soils remain important reservoirs of carbon (C) and nitrogen (N). Herbivores may affect both C and N pools and these changes likely interact with increases in soil nutrient availability. Given the scale of grassland soil fluxes, such changes can have striking consequences for atmospheric C concentrations and the climate. Here, we use the Nutrient Network experiment to examine the responses of soil C and N pools to mammalian herbivore exclusion across 22 grasslands, under ambient and elevated nutrient availabilities (fertilized with NPK + micronutrients). We show that the impact of herbivore exclusion on soil C and N pools depends on fertilization. Under ambient nutrient conditions, we observed no effect of herbivore exclusion, but under elevated nutrient supply, pools are smaller upon herbivore exclusion. The highest mean soil C and N pools were found in grazed and fertilized plots. The decrease in soil C and N upon herbivore exclusion in combination with fertilization correlated with a decrease in aboveground plant biomass and microbial activity, indicating a reduced storage of organic matter and microbial residues as soil C and N. The response of soil C and N pools to herbivore exclusion was contingent on temperature - herbivores likely cause losses of C and N in colder sites and increases in warmer sites. Additionally, grasslands that contain mammalian herbivores have the potential to sequester more N under increased temperature variability and nutrient enrichment than ungrazed grasslands. Our study highlights the importance of conserving mammalian herbivore populations in grasslands worldwide. We need to incorporate local-scale herbivory, and its interaction with nutrient enrichment and climate, within global-scale models to better predict land-atmosphere interactions under future climate change.

Published
2020

9. Temporal rarity is a better predictor of local extinction risk than spatial rarity

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Wilfahrt, Peter A., Asmus, Ashley L., Seabloom, Eric W., Henning, Jeremiah A., Adler, Peter, Arnillas, Carlos A., Bakker, Jonathan D., Biederman, Lori, Brudvig, Lars A., Cadotte, Marc, Daleo, Pedro, Eskelinen, Anu, Firn, Jennifer, Harpole, W. Stanley, Hautier, Yann, Kirkman, Kevin P., Komatsu, Kimberly J., Laungani, Ramesh, MacDougall, Andrew, McCulley, Rebecca L., Moore, Joslin L., Morgan, John W., Mortensen, Brent, Hueso, Raul Ochoa, Ohlert, Timothy, Power, Sally A., Price, Jodi, Risch, Anita C., Schuetz, Martin, Shoemaker, Lauren, Stevens, Carly, Strauss, Alexander T., Tognetti, Pedro M., Virtanen, Risto, and Borer, Elizabeth T.

Published
2021

10. Belowground Biomass Response to Nutrient Enrichment Depends on Light Limitation Across Globally Distributed Grasslands

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Cleland, Elsa E, Lind, Eric M, DeCrappeo, Nicole M, DeLorenze, Elizabeth, Wilkins, Rachel Abbott, Adler, Peter B, Bakker, Jonathan D, Brown, Cynthia S, Davies, Kendi F, Esch, Ellen, Firn, Jennifer, Gressard, Scott, Gruner, Daniel S, Hagenah, Nicole, Harpole, W Stanley, Hautier, Yann, Hobbie, Sarah E, Hofmockel, Kirsten S, Kirkman, Kevin, Knops, Johannes, Kopp, Christopher W, La Pierre, Kimberly J, MacDougall, Andrew, McCulley, Rebecca L, Melbourne, Brett A, Moore, Joslin L, Prober, Suzanne M, Riggs, Charlotte, Risch, Anita C, Schuetz, Martin, Stevens, Carly, Wragg, Peter D, Wright, Justin, Borer, Elizabeth T, and Seabloom, Eric W

Subjects
belowground biomass, fertilization, nitrogen, Nutrient Network, optimal allocation, phosphorus, roots, Ecology, Environmental Sciences, Biological Sciences
Published
2019

11. Leaf nutrients, not specific leaf area, are consistent indicators of elevated nutrient inputs

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Firn, Jennifer, McGree, James M, Harvey, Eric, Flores-Moreno, Habacuc, Schütz, Martin, Buckley, Yvonne M, Borer, Elizabeth T, Seabloom, Eric W, La Pierre, Kimberly J, MacDougall, Andrew M, Prober, Suzanne M, Stevens, Carly J, Sullivan, Lauren L, Porter, Erica, Ladouceur, Emma, Allen, Charlotte, Moromizato, Karine H, Morgan, John W, Harpole, W Stanley, Hautier, Yann, Eisenhauer, Nico, Wright, Justin P, Adler, Peter B, Arnillas, Carlos Alberto, Bakker, Jonathan D, Biederman, Lori, Broadbent, Arthur AD, Brown, Cynthia S, Bugalho, Miguel N, Caldeira, Maria C, Cleland, Elsa E, Ebeling, Anne, Fay, Philip A, Hagenah, Nicole, Kleinhesselink, Andrew R, Mitchell, Rachel, Moore, Joslin L, Nogueira, Carla, Peri, Pablo Luis, Roscher, Christiane, Smith, Melinda D, Wragg, Peter D, and Risch, Anita C

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Grassland, Magnoliopsida, Nutrients, Plant Leaves, Plant Physiological Phenomena
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Leaf traits are frequently measured in ecology to provide a 'common currency' for predicting how anthropogenic pressures impact ecosystem function. Here, we test whether leaf traits consistently respond to experimental treatments across 27 globally distributed grassland sites across 4 continents. We find that specific leaf area (leaf area per unit mass)-a commonly measured morphological trait inferring shifts between plant growth strategies-did not respond to up to four years of soil nutrient additions. Leaf nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium concentrations increased in response to the addition of each respective soil nutrient. We found few significant changes in leaf traits when vertebrate herbivores were excluded in the short-term. Leaf nitrogen and potassium concentrations were positively correlated with species turnover, suggesting that interspecific trait variation was a significant predictor of leaf nitrogen and potassium, but not of leaf phosphorus concentration. Climatic conditions and pretreatment soil nutrient levels also accounted for significant amounts of variation in the leaf traits measured. Overall, we find that leaf morphological traits, such as specific leaf area, are not appropriate indicators of plant response to anthropogenic perturbations in grasslands.

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2019

12. Negative effects of nitrogen override positive effects of phosphorus on grassland legumes worldwide

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Tognetti, Pedro M., Prober, Suzanne M., Báez, Selene, Chaneton, Enrique J., Firn, Jennifer, Risch, Anita C., Schuetz, Martin, Simonsen, Anna K., Yahdjian, Laura, Borer, Elizabeth T., Seabloom, Eric W., Arnillas, Carlos Alberto, Bakker, Jonathan D., Brown, Cynthia S., Cadotte, Marc W., Caldeira, Maria C., Daleo, Pedro, Dwyer, John M., Fay, Philip A., Gherardi, Laureano A., Hagenah, Nicole, Hautier, Yann, Komatsu, Kimberly J., McCulley, Rebecca L., Price, Jodi N., Standish, Rachel J., Stevens, Carly J., Wragg, Peter D., and Sankaran, Mahesh

Published
2021

13. Change in dominance determines herbivore effects on plant biodiversity

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Koerner, Sally E, Smith, Melinda D, Burkepile, Deron E, Hanan, Niall P, Avolio, Meghan L, Collins, Scott L, Knapp, Alan K, Lemoine, Nathan P, Forrestel, Elisabeth J, Eby, Stephanie, Thompson, Dave I, Aguado-Santacruz, Gerardo A, Anderson, John P, Anderson, T Michael, Angassa, Ayana, Bagchi, Sumanta, Bakker, Elisabeth S, Bastin, Gary, Baur, Lauren E, Beard, Karen H, Beever, Erik A, Bohlen, Patrick J, Boughton, Elizabeth H, Canestro, Don, Cesa, Ariela, Chaneton, Enrique, Cheng, Jimin, D’Antonio, Carla M, Deleglise, Claire, Dembélé, Fadiala, Dorrough, Josh, Eldridge, David J, Fernandez-Going, Barbara, Fernández-Lugo, Silvia, Fraser, Lauchlan H, Freedman, Bill, García-Salgado, Gonzalo, Goheen, Jacob R, Guo, Liang, Husheer, Sean, Karembé, Moussa, Knops, Johannes MH, Kraaij, Tineke, Kulmatiski, Andrew, Kytöviita, Minna-Maarit, Lezama, Felipe, Loucougaray, Gregory, Loydi, Alejandro, Milchunas, Dan G, Milton, Suzanne J, Morgan, John W, Moxham, Claire, Nehring, Kyle C, Olff, Han, Palmer, Todd M, Rebollo, Salvador, Riginos, Corinna, Risch, Anita C, Rueda, Marta, Sankaran, Mahesh, Sasaki, Takehiro, Schoenecker, Kathryn A, Schultz, Nick L, Schütz, Martin, Schwabe, Angelika, Siebert, Frances, Smit, Christian, Stahlheber, Karen A, Storm, Christian, Strong, Dustin J, Su, Jishuai, Tiruvaimozhi, Yadugiri V, Tyler, Claudia, Val, James, Vandegehuchte, Martijn L, Veblen, Kari E, Vermeire, Lance T, Ward, David, Wu, Jianshuang, Young, Truman P, Yu, Qiang, and Zelikova, Tamara Jane

Subjects
Life Below Water, Animals, Biodiversity, Desert Climate, Grassland, Herbivory, Mammals, Plants
Abstract

Herbivores alter plant biodiversity (species richness) in many of the world's ecosystems, but the magnitude and the direction of herbivore effects on biodiversity vary widely within and among ecosystems. One current theory predicts that herbivores enhance plant biodiversity at high productivity but have the opposite effect at low productivity. Yet, empirical support for the importance of site productivity as a mediator of these herbivore impacts is equivocal. Here, we synthesize data from 252 large-herbivore exclusion studies, spanning a 20-fold range in site productivity, to test an alternative hypothesis-that herbivore-induced changes in the competitive environment determine the response of plant biodiversity to herbivory irrespective of productivity. Under this hypothesis, when herbivores reduce the abundance (biomass, cover) of dominant species (for example, because the dominant plant is palatable), additional resources become available to support new species, thereby increasing biodiversity. By contrast, if herbivores promote high dominance by increasing the abundance of herbivory-resistant, unpalatable species, then resource availability for other species decreases reducing biodiversity. We show that herbivore-induced change in dominance, independent of site productivity or precipitation (a proxy for productivity), is the best predictor of herbivore effects on biodiversity in grassland and savannah sites. Given that most herbaceous ecosystems are dominated by one or a few species, altering the competitive environment via herbivores or by other means may be an effective strategy for conserving biodiversity in grasslands and savannahs globally.

Published
2018

17. Planning for the future: Grasslands, herbivores, and nature‐based solutions.

Author

Borer, Elizabeth T. and Risch, Anita C.

Subjects
*CLIMATE change adaptation, *ABIOTIC environment, *ENVIRONMENTAL degradation, *CLIMATE change conferences, *HERBIVORES, *CLIMATE change & health
Abstract

Global interest and investment in nature‐based solutions (NbS) are rapidly increasing because of the potential of this approach to concurrently counter biodiversity loss, provide cost‐effective measures for climate change adaptations, and maintain natural processes that underpin human health and wellbeing.Recognition is growing that grasslands in many regions will protect carbon stores more effectively than forests in the warmer, drier, more fire‐prone conditions of the future while also serving as hotspots for biodiversity. Yet grasslands have received less attention for their NbS potential. Despite the wide‐ranging goals of this approach, many investments in nature‐based solutions also have focused narrowly on using plants to meet climate pledges, often without considering plant interactions with herbivores and the abiotic environment that jointly control ecosystem functioning and underpin the success of nature‐based solutions.Here, we review the roles that large and small vertebrate and invertebrate herbivores play in the ability of the world's grasslands to provide nature‐based solutions, with a focus on wild herbivore impacts on biodiversity and carbon storage.Synthesis. Planning for nature‐based solutions with a holistic, ecologically informed view that includes the role of herbivores and their interaction with plants and the environment will allow NbS investments to more likely achieve successful, sustainable outcomes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2024
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18. Behavioural responses to mammalian grazing expose insect herbivores to elevated risk of avian predation.

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Zhu, Yu, Li, Xiaofei, Tu, Xiongbing, Risch, Anita C., Wang, Zhaojun, Ma, Quanhui, Jiang, Ming, Zou, Yuanchun, Wang, Deli, Inbar, Moshe, Hawlena, Dror, and Zhong, Zhiwei

Subjects
CATTLE, TROPHIC cascades, FIELD research, HERBIVORES, GRAZING, PREDATION
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Large mammalian herbivores (LMH) are important functional components and drivers of biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in grasslands. Yet their role in regulating food-web dynamics and trophic cascades remains poorly understood. In the temperate grasslands of northern China, we explored whether and how grazing domestic cattle (Bos taurus) alter the predator–prey interactions between a dominant grasshopper (Euchorthippus unicolor) and its avian predator the barn swallow (Hirundo rustica). Using two large manipulative field experiments, we found that in the presence of cattle, grasshoppers increased their jumping frequency threefold, swallows increased foraging visits to these fields sixfold, and grasshopper density was reduced by about 50%. By manipulatively controlling the grasshoppers' ability to jump, we showed that jumping enables grasshoppers to avoid being incidentally consumed or trampled by cattle. However, jumping behaviour increased their consumption rates by swallows 37-fold compared with grasshoppers that were unable to jump. Our findings illustrate how LMH can indirectly alter predator–prey interactions by affecting behaviour of avian predators and herbivorous insects. These non-plant-mediated effects of LMH may influence trophic interactions in other grazing ecosystems and shape community structure and dynamics. We highlight that convoluted multispecies interactions may better explain how LMH control food-web dynamics in grasslands. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2024
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19. Increasing effects of chronic nutrient enrichment on plant diversity loss and ecosystem productivity over time

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Seabloom, Eric W., Adler, Peter B., Alberti, Juan, Biederman, Lori, Buckley, Yvonne M., Cadotte, Marc W., Collins, Scott L., Dee, Laura, Fay, Philip A., Firn, Jennifer, Hagenah, Nicole, Harpole, W. Stanley, Hautier, Yann, Hector, Andy, Hobbie, Sarah E., Isbell, Forest, Knops, Johannes M. H., Komatsu, Kimberly J., Laungani, Ramesh, MacDougall, Andrew, McCulley, Rebecca L., L. Moore, Joslin, Morgan, John W., Ohlert, Timothy, Prober, Suzanne M., Risch, Anita C., Schuetz, Martin, Stevens, Carly J., and Borer, Elizabeth T.

Published
2021

20. Spatial heterogeneity in species composition constrains plant community responses to herbivory and fertilisation.

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Hodapp, Dorothee, Borer, Elizabeth T, Harpole, W Stanley, Lind, Eric M, Seabloom, Eric W, Adler, Peter B, Alberti, Juan, Arnillas, Carlos A, Bakker, Jonathan D, Biederman, Lori, Cadotte, Marc, Cleland, Elsa E, Collins, Scott, Fay, Philip A, Firn, Jennifer, Hagenah, Nicole, Hautier, Yann, Iribarne, Oscar, Knops, Johannes MH, McCulley, Rebecca L, MacDougall, Andrew, Moore, Joslin L, Morgan, John W, Mortensen, Brent, La Pierre, Kimberly J, Risch, Anita C, Schütz, Martin, Peri, Pablo, Stevens, Carly J, Wright, Justin, and Hillebrand, Helmut

Subjects
Plants, Biodiversity, Herbivory, Beta diversity, Nutrient Network, diversity, fertilisation, grassland, nitrogen, spatial heterogeneity, species composition, temporal turnover, Ecological Applications, Ecology, Evolutionary Biology
Abstract

Environmental change can result in substantial shifts in community composition. The associated immigration and extinction events are likely constrained by the spatial distribution of species. Still, studies on environmental change typically quantify biotic responses at single spatial (time series within a single plot) or temporal (spatial beta diversity at single time points) scales, ignoring their potential interdependence. Here, we use data from a global network of grassland experiments to determine how turnover responses to two major forms of environmental change - fertilisation and herbivore loss - are affected by species pool size and spatial compositional heterogeneity. Fertilisation led to higher rates of local extinction, whereas turnover in herbivore exclusion plots was driven by species replacement. Overall, sites with more spatially heterogeneous composition showed significantly higher rates of annual turnover, independent of species pool size and treatment. Taking into account spatial biodiversity aspects will therefore improve our understanding of consequences of global and anthropogenic change on community dynamics.

Published
2018

22. ReSurveyEurope : A database of resurveyed vegetation plots in Europe

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Knollová, Ilona, Chytrý, Milan, Bruelheide, Helge, Dullinger, Stefan, Jandt, Ute, Bernhardt-Römermann, Markus, Biurrun, Idoia, de Bello, Francesco, Glaser, Michael, Hennekens, Stephan, Jansen, Florian, Jiménez-Alfaro, Borja, Kadaš, Daniel, Kaplan, Ekin, Klinkovská, Klára, Lenzner, Bernd, Pauli, Harald, Sperandii, Marta Gaia, Verheyen, Kris, Winkler, Manuela, Abdaladze, Otar, Aćić, Svetlana, Acosta, Alicia T.R., Alignier, Audrey, Andrews, Christopher, Arlettaz, Raphaël, Attorre, Fabio, Axmanová, Irena, Babbi, Manuel, Baeten, Lander, Baran, Jakub, Barni, Elena, Benito-Alonso, José Luis, Berg, Christian, Bergamini, Ariel, Berki, Imre, Boch, Steffen, Bock, Barbara, Bode, Frank, Bonari, Gianmaria, Boublík, Karel, Britton, Andrea J., Brunet, Jörg, Bruzzaniti, Vanessa, Buholzer, Serge, Burrascano, Sabina, Campos, Juan A., Carlsson, Bengt Göran, Carranza, Maria Laura, Černý, Tomáš, Charmillot, Kévin, Chiarucci, Alessandro, Choler, Philippe, Chytrý, Kryštof, Corcket, Emmanuel, Csecserits, Anikó, Cutini, Maurizio, Czarniecka-Wiera, Marta, Danihelka, Jiří, de Francesco, Maria Carla, De Frenne, Pieter, Di Musciano, Michele, De Sanctis, Michele, Deák, Balázs, Decocq, Guillaume, Dembicz, Iwona, Dengler, Jürgen, Di Cecco, Valter, Dick, Jan, Diekmann, Martin, Dierschke, Hartmut, Dirnböck, Thomas, Doerfler, Inken, Doležal, Jiří, Döring, Ute, Durak, Tomasz, Dwyer, Ciara, Ejrnæs, Rasmus, Ermakova, Inna, Erschbamer, Brigitta, Fanelli, Giuliano, Fernández-Calzado, María Rosa, Fickert, Thomas, Fischer, Andrea, Fischer, Markus, Foremnik, Kacper, Frouz, Jan, García-González, Ricardo, García-Magro, Daniel, García-Mijangos, Itziar, Gavilán, Rosario G., Germ, Mateja, Ghosn, Dany, Gigauri, Khatuna, Gizela, Jaroslav, Golob, Aleksandra, Golub, Valentin, Gómez-García, Daniel, Gowing, David, Grytnes, John Arvid, Güler, Behlül, Gutiérrez-Girón, Alba, Haase, Peter, Haider, Sylvia, Hájek, Michal, Halassy, Melinda, Harásek, Martin, Härdtle, Werner, Heinken, Thilo, Hester, Alison, Humbert, Jean Yves, Ibáñez, Ricardo, Illa, Estela, Jaroszewicz, Bogdan, Jensen, Kai, Jentsch, Anke, Jiroušek, Martin, Kalníková, Veronika, Kanka, Róbert, Kapfer, Jutta, Kazakis, George, Kermavnar, Janez, Kesting, Stefan, Khanina, Larisa, Kindermann, Elisabeth, Kotrík, Marek, Koutecký, Tomáš, Kozub, Łukasz, Kuhn, Gisbert, Kutnar, Lado, La Montagna, Dario, Lamprecht, Andrea, Lenoir, Jonathan, Lepš, Jan, Leuschner, Christoph, Lorite, Juan, Madsen, Bjarke, Ugarte, Rosina Magaña, Malicki, Marek, Maliniemi, Tuija, Máliš, František, Maringer, Alexander, Marrs, Robert, Matesanz, Silvia, Metze, Katrin, Meyer, Stefan, Millett, Jonathan, Mitchell, Ruth J., Moeslund, Jesper Erenskjold, Moiseev, Pavel, di Cella, Umberto Morra, Mudrák, Ondřej, Müller, Frank, Müller, Norbert, Naaf, Tobias, Nagy, Laszlo, Napoleone, Francesca, Nascimbene, Juri, Navrátilová, Jana, Ninot, Josep M., Niu, Yujie, Normand, Signe, Ogaya, Romá, Onipchenko, Vladimir, Orczewska, Anna, Ortmann-Ajkai, Adrienne, Pakeman, Robin J., Pardo, Iker, Pätsch, Ricarda, Peet, Robert K., Penuelas, Josep, Peppler-Lisbach, Cord, Pérez-Hernández, Javier, Pérez-Haase, Aaron, Petraglia, Alessandro, Petřík, Petr, Pielech, Remigiusz, Piórkowski, Hubert, Pladevall-Izard, Eulàlia, Poschlod, Peter, Prach, Karel, Praleskouskaya, Safiya, Prokhorov, Vadim, Provoost, Sam, Pușcaș, Mihai, Pustková, Štěpánka, Randin, Christophe François, Rašomavičius, Valerijus, Reczyńska, Kamila, Rédei, Tamás, Řehounková, Klára, Richner, Nina, Risch, Anita C., Rixen, Christian, Rosbakh, Sergey, Roscher, Christiane, Rosenthal, Gert, Rossi, Graziano, Rötzer, Harald, Roux, Camille, Rumpf, Sabine B., Ruprecht, Eszter, Rūsiņa, Solvita, Sanz-Zubizarreta, Irati, Schindler, Meret, Schmidt, Wolfgang, Schories, Dirk, Schrautzer, Joachim, Schubert, Hendrik, Schuetz, Martin, Schwabe, Angelika, Schwaiger, Helena, Schwartze, Peter, Šebesta, Jan, Seiler, Hallie, Šilc, Urban, Silva, Vasco, Šmilauer, Petr, Šmilauerová, Marie, Sperle, Thomas, Stachurska-Swakoń, Alina, Stanik, Nils, Stanisci, Angela, Steffen, Kristina, Storm, Christian, Stroh, Hans Georg, Sugorkina, Nadezhda, Świerkosz, Krzysztof, Świerszcz, Sebastian, Szymura, Magdalena, Teleki, Balázs, Thébaud, Gilles, Theurillat, Jean Paul, Tichý, Lubomír, Treier, Urs A., Turtureanu, Pavel Dan, Ujházy, Karol, Ujházyová, Mariana, Ursu, Tudor Mihai, Uziębło, Aldona K., Valkó, Orsolya, Van Calster, Hans, Van Meerbeek, Koenraad, Vandevoorde, Bart, Vandvik, Vigdis, Varricchione, Marco, Vassilev, Kiril, Villar, Luis, Virtanen, Risto, Vittoz, Pascal, Voigt, Winfried, von Hessberg, Andreas, von Oheimb, Goddert, Wagner, Eva, Walther, Gian Reto, Wellstein, Camilla, Wesche, Karsten, Wilhelm, Markus, Willner, Wolfgang, Wipf, Sonja, Wittig, Burghard, Wohlgemuth, Thomas, Woodcock, Ben A., Wulf, Monika, Essl, Franz, Knollová, Ilona, Chytrý, Milan, Bruelheide, Helge, Dullinger, Stefan, Jandt, Ute, Bernhardt-Römermann, Markus, Biurrun, Idoia, de Bello, Francesco, Glaser, Michael, Hennekens, Stephan, Jansen, Florian, Jiménez-Alfaro, Borja, Kadaš, Daniel, Kaplan, Ekin, Klinkovská, Klára, Lenzner, Bernd, Pauli, Harald, Sperandii, Marta Gaia, Verheyen, Kris, Winkler, Manuela, Abdaladze, Otar, Aćić, Svetlana, Acosta, Alicia T.R., Alignier, Audrey, Andrews, Christopher, Arlettaz, Raphaël, Attorre, Fabio, Axmanová, Irena, Babbi, Manuel, Baeten, Lander, Baran, Jakub, Barni, Elena, Benito-Alonso, José Luis, Berg, Christian, Bergamini, Ariel, Berki, Imre, Boch, Steffen, Bock, Barbara, Bode, Frank, Bonari, Gianmaria, Boublík, Karel, Britton, Andrea J., Brunet, Jörg, Bruzzaniti, Vanessa, Buholzer, Serge, Burrascano, Sabina, Campos, Juan A., Carlsson, Bengt Göran, Carranza, Maria Laura, Černý, Tomáš, Charmillot, Kévin, Chiarucci, Alessandro, Choler, Philippe, Chytrý, Kryštof, Corcket, Emmanuel, Csecserits, Anikó, Cutini, Maurizio, Czarniecka-Wiera, Marta, Danihelka, Jiří, de Francesco, Maria Carla, De Frenne, Pieter, Di Musciano, Michele, De Sanctis, Michele, Deák, Balázs, Decocq, Guillaume, Dembicz, Iwona, Dengler, Jürgen, Di Cecco, Valter, Dick, Jan, Diekmann, Martin, Dierschke, Hartmut, Dirnböck, Thomas, Doerfler, Inken, Doležal, Jiří, Döring, Ute, Durak, Tomasz, Dwyer, Ciara, Ejrnæs, Rasmus, Ermakova, Inna, Erschbamer, Brigitta, Fanelli, Giuliano, Fernández-Calzado, María Rosa, Fickert, Thomas, Fischer, Andrea, Fischer, Markus, Foremnik, Kacper, Frouz, Jan, García-González, Ricardo, García-Magro, Daniel, García-Mijangos, Itziar, Gavilán, Rosario G., Germ, Mateja, Ghosn, Dany, Gigauri, Khatuna, Gizela, Jaroslav, Golob, Aleksandra, Golub, Valentin, Gómez-García, Daniel, Gowing, David, Grytnes, John Arvid, Güler, Behlül, Gutiérrez-Girón, Alba, Haase, Peter, Haider, Sylvia, Hájek, Michal, Halassy, Melinda, Harásek, Martin, Härdtle, Werner, Heinken, Thilo, Hester, Alison, Humbert, Jean Yves, Ibáñez, Ricardo, Illa, Estela, Jaroszewicz, Bogdan, Jensen, Kai, Jentsch, Anke, Jiroušek, Martin, Kalníková, Veronika, Kanka, Róbert, Kapfer, Jutta, Kazakis, George, Kermavnar, Janez, Kesting, Stefan, Khanina, Larisa, Kindermann, Elisabeth, Kotrík, Marek, Koutecký, Tomáš, Kozub, Łukasz, Kuhn, Gisbert, Kutnar, Lado, La Montagna, Dario, Lamprecht, Andrea, Lenoir, Jonathan, Lepš, Jan, Leuschner, Christoph, Lorite, Juan, Madsen, Bjarke, Ugarte, Rosina Magaña, Malicki, Marek, Maliniemi, Tuija, Máliš, František, Maringer, Alexander, Marrs, Robert, Matesanz, Silvia, Metze, Katrin, Meyer, Stefan, Millett, Jonathan, Mitchell, Ruth J., Moeslund, Jesper Erenskjold, Moiseev, Pavel, di Cella, Umberto Morra, Mudrák, Ondřej, Müller, Frank, Müller, Norbert, Naaf, Tobias, Nagy, Laszlo, Napoleone, Francesca, Nascimbene, Juri, Navrátilová, Jana, Ninot, Josep M., Niu, Yujie, Normand, Signe, Ogaya, Romá, Onipchenko, Vladimir, Orczewska, Anna, Ortmann-Ajkai, Adrienne, Pakeman, Robin J., Pardo, Iker, Pätsch, Ricarda, Peet, Robert K., Penuelas, Josep, Peppler-Lisbach, Cord, Pérez-Hernández, Javier, Pérez-Haase, Aaron, Petraglia, Alessandro, Petřík, Petr, Pielech, Remigiusz, Piórkowski, Hubert, Pladevall-Izard, Eulàlia, Poschlod, Peter, Prach, Karel, Praleskouskaya, Safiya, Prokhorov, Vadim, Provoost, Sam, Pușcaș, Mihai, Pustková, Štěpánka, Randin, Christophe François, Rašomavičius, Valerijus, Reczyńska, Kamila, Rédei, Tamás, Řehounková, Klára, Richner, Nina, Risch, Anita C., Rixen, Christian, Rosbakh, Sergey, Roscher, Christiane, Rosenthal, Gert, Rossi, Graziano, Rötzer, Harald, Roux, Camille, Rumpf, Sabine B., Ruprecht, Eszter, Rūsiņa, Solvita, Sanz-Zubizarreta, Irati, Schindler, Meret, Schmidt, Wolfgang, Schories, Dirk, Schrautzer, Joachim, Schubert, Hendrik, Schuetz, Martin, Schwabe, Angelika, Schwaiger, Helena, Schwartze, Peter, Šebesta, Jan, Seiler, Hallie, Šilc, Urban, Silva, Vasco, Šmilauer, Petr, Šmilauerová, Marie, Sperle, Thomas, Stachurska-Swakoń, Alina, Stanik, Nils, Stanisci, Angela, Steffen, Kristina, Storm, Christian, Stroh, Hans Georg, Sugorkina, Nadezhda, Świerkosz, Krzysztof, Świerszcz, Sebastian, Szymura, Magdalena, Teleki, Balázs, Thébaud, Gilles, Theurillat, Jean Paul, Tichý, Lubomír, Treier, Urs A., Turtureanu, Pavel Dan, Ujházy, Karol, Ujházyová, Mariana, Ursu, Tudor Mihai, Uziębło, Aldona K., Valkó, Orsolya, Van Calster, Hans, Van Meerbeek, Koenraad, Vandevoorde, Bart, Vandvik, Vigdis, Varricchione, Marco, Vassilev, Kiril, Villar, Luis, Virtanen, Risto, Vittoz, Pascal, Voigt, Winfried, von Hessberg, Andreas, von Oheimb, Goddert, Wagner, Eva, Walther, Gian Reto, Wellstein, Camilla, Wesche, Karsten, Wilhelm, Markus, Willner, Wolfgang, Wipf, Sonja, Wittig, Burghard, Wohlgemuth, Thomas, Woodcock, Ben A., Wulf, Monika, and Essl, Franz

Abstract

Aims: We introduce ReSurveyEurope — a new data source of resurveyed vegetation plots in Europe, compiled by a collaborative network of vegetation scientists. We describe the scope of this initiative, provide an overview of currently available data, governance, data contribution rules, and accessibility. In addition, we outline further steps, including potential research questions. Results: ReSurveyEurope includes resurveyed vegetation plots from all habitats. Version 1.0 of ReSurveyEurope contains 283,135 observations (i.e., individual surveys of each plot) from 79,190 plots sampled in 449 independent resurvey projects. Of these, 62,139 (78%) are permanent plots, that is, marked in situ, or located with GPS, which allow for high spatial accuracy in resurvey. The remaining 17,051 (22%) plots are from studies in which plots from the initial survey could not be exactly relocated. Four data sets, which together account for 28,470 (36%) plots, provide only presence/absence information on plant species, while the remaining 50,720 (64%) plots contain abundance information (e.g., percentage cover or cover–abundance classes such as variants of the Braun-Blanquet scale). The oldest plots were sampled in 1911 in the Swiss Alps, while most plots were sampled between 1950 and 2020. Conclusions: ReSurveyEurope is a new resource to address a wide range of research questions on fine-scale changes in European vegetation. The initiative is devoted to an inclusive and transparent governance and data usage approach, based on slightly adapted rules of the well-established European Vegetation Archive (EVA). ReSurveyEurope data are ready for use, and proposals for analyses of the data set can be submitted at any time to the coordinators. Still, further data contributions are highly welcome.

Published
2024

23. Widening global variability in grassland biomass since the 1980s

Author

MacDougall, Andrew S., Esch, Ellen, Chen, Qingqing, Carroll, Oliver, Bonner, Colin, Ohlert, Timothy, Siewert, Matthias, Sulik, John, Schweiger, Anna, Borer, Elizabeth T., Naidu, Dilip, Bagchi, Sumanta, Hautier, Yann, Wilfahrt, Peter, Larson, Keith, Olofsson, Johan, Cleland, Elsa, Muthukrishnan, Ranjan, O’Halloran, Lydia, Alberti, Juan, Anderson, T. Michael, Arnillas, Carlos A., Bakker, Jonathan D., Barrio, Isabel C., Biederman, Lori, Boughton, Elizabeth H., Brudvig, Lars A., Bruschetti, Martin, Buckley, Yvonne, Bugalho, Miguel N., Cadotte, Marc W., Caldeira, Maria C., Catford, Jane A., D’Antonio, Carla, Davies, Kendi, Daleo, Pedro, Dickman, Christopher R., Donohue, Ian, DuPre, Mary Ellyn, Elgersma, Kenneth, Eisenhauer, Nico, Eskelinen, Anu, Estrada, Catalina, Fay, Philip A., Feng, Yanhao, Gruner, Daniel S., Hagenah, Nicole, Haider, Sylvia, Harpole, W. Stanley, Hersch-Green, Erika, Jentsch, Anke, Kirkman, Kevin, Knops, Johannes M.H., Laanisto, Lauri, Lannes, Lucíola S., Laungani, Ramesh, Lkhagva, Ariuntsetseg, Macek, Petr, Martina, Jason P., McCulley, Rebecca L., Melbourne, Brett, Mitchell, Rachel, Moore, Joslin L., Morgan, John W., Muraina, Taofeek O., Niu, Yujie, Pärtel, Meelis, Peri, Pablo L., Power, Sally A., Price, Jodi N., Prober, Suzanne M., Ren, Zhengwei, Risch, Anita C., Smith, Nicholas G., Sonnier, Grégory, Standish, Rachel J., Stevens, Carly J., Tedder, Michelle, Tognetti, Pedro, Veen, G. F., Virtanen, Risto, Wardle, Glenda M., Waring, Elizabeth, Wolf, Amelia A., Yahdjian, Laura, Seabloom, Eric W., MacDougall, Andrew S., Esch, Ellen, Chen, Qingqing, Carroll, Oliver, Bonner, Colin, Ohlert, Timothy, Siewert, Matthias, Sulik, John, Schweiger, Anna, Borer, Elizabeth T., Naidu, Dilip, Bagchi, Sumanta, Hautier, Yann, Wilfahrt, Peter, Larson, Keith, Olofsson, Johan, Cleland, Elsa, Muthukrishnan, Ranjan, O’Halloran, Lydia, Alberti, Juan, Anderson, T. Michael, Arnillas, Carlos A., Bakker, Jonathan D., Barrio, Isabel C., Biederman, Lori, Boughton, Elizabeth H., Brudvig, Lars A., Bruschetti, Martin, Buckley, Yvonne, Bugalho, Miguel N., Cadotte, Marc W., Caldeira, Maria C., Catford, Jane A., D’Antonio, Carla, Davies, Kendi, Daleo, Pedro, Dickman, Christopher R., Donohue, Ian, DuPre, Mary Ellyn, Elgersma, Kenneth, Eisenhauer, Nico, Eskelinen, Anu, Estrada, Catalina, Fay, Philip A., Feng, Yanhao, Gruner, Daniel S., Hagenah, Nicole, Haider, Sylvia, Harpole, W. Stanley, Hersch-Green, Erika, Jentsch, Anke, Kirkman, Kevin, Knops, Johannes M.H., Laanisto, Lauri, Lannes, Lucíola S., Laungani, Ramesh, Lkhagva, Ariuntsetseg, Macek, Petr, Martina, Jason P., McCulley, Rebecca L., Melbourne, Brett, Mitchell, Rachel, Moore, Joslin L., Morgan, John W., Muraina, Taofeek O., Niu, Yujie, Pärtel, Meelis, Peri, Pablo L., Power, Sally A., Price, Jodi N., Prober, Suzanne M., Ren, Zhengwei, Risch, Anita C., Smith, Nicholas G., Sonnier, Grégory, Standish, Rachel J., Stevens, Carly J., Tedder, Michelle, Tognetti, Pedro, Veen, G. F., Virtanen, Risto, Wardle, Glenda M., Waring, Elizabeth, Wolf, Amelia A., Yahdjian, Laura, and Seabloom, Eric W.

Abstract

Global change is associated with variable shifts in the annual production of aboveground plant biomass, suggesting localized sensitivities with unclear causal origins. Combining remotely sensed normalized difference vegetation index data since the 1980s with contemporary field data from 84 grasslands on 6 continents, we show a widening divergence in site-level biomass ranging from +51% to −34% globally. Biomass generally increased in warmer, wetter and species-rich sites with longer growing seasons and declined in species-poor arid areas. Phenological changes were widespread, revealing substantive transitions in grassland seasonal cycling. Grazing, nitrogen deposition and plant invasion were prevalent in some regions but did not predict overall trends. Grasslands are undergoing sizable changes in production, with implications for food security, biodiversity and carbon storage especially in arid regions where declines are accelerating.

Published
2024

24. ReSurveyEurope:A database of resurveyed vegetation plots in Europe

Author

Knollová, Ilona, Chytrý, Milan, Bruelheide, Helge, Dullinger, Stefan, Jandt, Ute, Bernhardt-Römermann, Markus, Biurrun, Idoia, de Bello, Francesco, Glaser, Michael, Hennekens, Stephan, Jansen, Florian, Jiménez-Alfaro, Borja, Kadaš, Daniel, Kaplan, Ekin, Klinkovská, Klára, Lenzner, Bernd, Pauli, Harald, Sperandii, Marta Gaia, Verheyen, Kris, Winkler, Manuela, Abdaladze, Otar, Aćić, Svetlana, Acosta, Alicia T.R., Alignier, Audrey, Andrews, Christopher, Arlettaz, Raphaël, Attorre, Fabio, Axmanová, Irena, Babbi, Manuel, Baeten, Lander, Baran, Jakub, Barni, Elena, Benito-Alonso, José Luis, Berg, Christian, Bergamini, Ariel, Berki, Imre, Boch, Steffen, Bock, Barbara, Bode, Frank, Bonari, Gianmaria, Boublík, Karel, Britton, Andrea J., Brunet, Jörg, Bruzzaniti, Vanessa, Buholzer, Serge, Burrascano, Sabina, Campos, Juan A., Carlsson, Bengt Göran, Carranza, Maria Laura, Černý, Tomáš, Charmillot, Kévin, Chiarucci, Alessandro, Choler, Philippe, Chytrý, Kryštof, Corcket, Emmanuel, Csecserits, Anikó, Cutini, Maurizio, Czarniecka-Wiera, Marta, Danihelka, Jiří, de Francesco, Maria Carla, De Frenne, Pieter, Di Musciano, Michele, De Sanctis, Michele, Deák, Balázs, Decocq, Guillaume, Dembicz, Iwona, Dengler, Jürgen, Di Cecco, Valter, Dick, Jan, Diekmann, Martin, Dierschke, Hartmut, Dirnböck, Thomas, Doerfler, Inken, Doležal, Jiří, Döring, Ute, Durak, Tomasz, Dwyer, Ciara, Ejrnæs, Rasmus, Ermakova, Inna, Erschbamer, Brigitta, Fanelli, Giuliano, Fernández-Calzado, María Rosa, Fickert, Thomas, Fischer, Andrea, Fischer, Markus, Foremnik, Kacper, Frouz, Jan, García-González, Ricardo, García-Magro, Daniel, García-Mijangos, Itziar, Gavilán, Rosario G., Germ, Mateja, Ghosn, Dany, Gigauri, Khatuna, Gizela, Jaroslav, Golob, Aleksandra, Golub, Valentin, Gómez-García, Daniel, Gowing, David, Grytnes, John Arvid, Güler, Behlül, Gutiérrez-Girón, Alba, Haase, Peter, Haider, Sylvia, Hájek, Michal, Halassy, Melinda, Harásek, Martin, Härdtle, Werner, Heinken, Thilo, Hester, Alison, Humbert, Jean Yves, Ibáñez, Ricardo, Illa, Estela, Jaroszewicz, Bogdan, Jensen, Kai, Jentsch, Anke, Jiroušek, Martin, Kalníková, Veronika, Kanka, Róbert, Kapfer, Jutta, Kazakis, George, Kermavnar, Janez, Kesting, Stefan, Khanina, Larisa, Kindermann, Elisabeth, Kotrík, Marek, Koutecký, Tomáš, Kozub, Łukasz, Kuhn, Gisbert, Kutnar, Lado, La Montagna, Dario, Lamprecht, Andrea, Lenoir, Jonathan, Lepš, Jan, Leuschner, Christoph, Lorite, Juan, Madsen, Bjarke, Ugarte, Rosina Magaña, Malicki, Marek, Maliniemi, Tuija, Máliš, František, Maringer, Alexander, Marrs, Robert, Matesanz, Silvia, Metze, Katrin, Meyer, Stefan, Millett, Jonathan, Mitchell, Ruth J., Moeslund, Jesper Erenskjold, Moiseev, Pavel, di Cella, Umberto Morra, Mudrák, Ondřej, Müller, Frank, Müller, Norbert, Naaf, Tobias, Nagy, Laszlo, Napoleone, Francesca, Nascimbene, Juri, Navrátilová, Jana, Ninot, Josep M., Niu, Yujie, Normand, Signe, Ogaya, Romá, Onipchenko, Vladimir, Orczewska, Anna, Ortmann-Ajkai, Adrienne, Pakeman, Robin J., Pardo, Iker, Pätsch, Ricarda, Peet, Robert K., Penuelas, Josep, Peppler-Lisbach, Cord, Pérez-Hernández, Javier, Pérez-Haase, Aaron, Petraglia, Alessandro, Petřík, Petr, Pielech, Remigiusz, Piórkowski, Hubert, Pladevall-Izard, Eulàlia, Poschlod, Peter, Prach, Karel, Praleskouskaya, Safiya, Prokhorov, Vadim, Provoost, Sam, Pușcaș, Mihai, Pustková, Štěpánka, Randin, Christophe François, Rašomavičius, Valerijus, Reczyńska, Kamila, Rédei, Tamás, Řehounková, Klára, Richner, Nina, Risch, Anita C., Rixen, Christian, Rosbakh, Sergey, Roscher, Christiane, Rosenthal, Gert, Rossi, Graziano, Rötzer, Harald, Roux, Camille, Rumpf, Sabine B., Ruprecht, Eszter, Rūsiņa, Solvita, Sanz-Zubizarreta, Irati, Schindler, Meret, Schmidt, Wolfgang, Schories, Dirk, Schrautzer, Joachim, Schubert, Hendrik, Schuetz, Martin, Schwabe, Angelika, Schwaiger, Helena, Schwartze, Peter, Šebesta, Jan, Seiler, Hallie, Šilc, Urban, Silva, Vasco, Šmilauer, Petr, Šmilauerová, Marie, Sperle, Thomas, Stachurska-Swakoń, Alina, Stanik, Nils, Stanisci, Angela, Steffen, Kristina, Storm, Christian, Stroh, Hans Georg, Sugorkina, Nadezhda, Świerkosz, Krzysztof, Świerszcz, Sebastian, Szymura, Magdalena, Teleki, Balázs, Thébaud, Gilles, Theurillat, Jean Paul, Tichý, Lubomír, Treier, Urs A., Turtureanu, Pavel Dan, Ujházy, Karol, Ujházyová, Mariana, Ursu, Tudor Mihai, Uziębło, Aldona K., Valkó, Orsolya, Van Calster, Hans, Van Meerbeek, Koenraad, Vandevoorde, Bart, Vandvik, Vigdis, Varricchione, Marco, Vassilev, Kiril, Villar, Luis, Virtanen, Risto, Vittoz, Pascal, Voigt, Winfried, von Hessberg, Andreas, von Oheimb, Goddert, Wagner, Eva, Walther, Gian Reto, Wellstein, Camilla, Wesche, Karsten, Wilhelm, Markus, Willner, Wolfgang, Wipf, Sonja, Wittig, Burghard, Wohlgemuth, Thomas, Woodcock, Ben A., Wulf, Monika, Essl, Franz, Knollová, Ilona, Chytrý, Milan, Bruelheide, Helge, Dullinger, Stefan, Jandt, Ute, Bernhardt-Römermann, Markus, Biurrun, Idoia, de Bello, Francesco, Glaser, Michael, Hennekens, Stephan, Jansen, Florian, Jiménez-Alfaro, Borja, Kadaš, Daniel, Kaplan, Ekin, Klinkovská, Klára, Lenzner, Bernd, Pauli, Harald, Sperandii, Marta Gaia, Verheyen, Kris, Winkler, Manuela, Abdaladze, Otar, Aćić, Svetlana, Acosta, Alicia T.R., Alignier, Audrey, Andrews, Christopher, Arlettaz, Raphaël, Attorre, Fabio, Axmanová, Irena, Babbi, Manuel, Baeten, Lander, Baran, Jakub, Barni, Elena, Benito-Alonso, José Luis, Berg, Christian, Bergamini, Ariel, Berki, Imre, Boch, Steffen, Bock, Barbara, Bode, Frank, Bonari, Gianmaria, Boublík, Karel, Britton, Andrea J., Brunet, Jörg, Bruzzaniti, Vanessa, Buholzer, Serge, Burrascano, Sabina, Campos, Juan A., Carlsson, Bengt Göran, Carranza, Maria Laura, Černý, Tomáš, Charmillot, Kévin, Chiarucci, Alessandro, Choler, Philippe, Chytrý, Kryštof, Corcket, Emmanuel, Csecserits, Anikó, Cutini, Maurizio, Czarniecka-Wiera, Marta, Danihelka, Jiří, de Francesco, Maria Carla, De Frenne, Pieter, Di Musciano, Michele, De Sanctis, Michele, Deák, Balázs, Decocq, Guillaume, Dembicz, Iwona, Dengler, Jürgen, Di Cecco, Valter, Dick, Jan, Diekmann, Martin, Dierschke, Hartmut, Dirnböck, Thomas, Doerfler, Inken, Doležal, Jiří, Döring, Ute, Durak, Tomasz, Dwyer, Ciara, Ejrnæs, Rasmus, Ermakova, Inna, Erschbamer, Brigitta, Fanelli, Giuliano, Fernández-Calzado, María Rosa, Fickert, Thomas, Fischer, Andrea, Fischer, Markus, Foremnik, Kacper, Frouz, Jan, García-González, Ricardo, García-Magro, Daniel, García-Mijangos, Itziar, Gavilán, Rosario G., Germ, Mateja, Ghosn, Dany, Gigauri, Khatuna, Gizela, Jaroslav, Golob, Aleksandra, Golub, Valentin, Gómez-García, Daniel, Gowing, David, Grytnes, John Arvid, Güler, Behlül, Gutiérrez-Girón, Alba, Haase, Peter, Haider, Sylvia, Hájek, Michal, Halassy, Melinda, Harásek, Martin, Härdtle, Werner, Heinken, Thilo, Hester, Alison, Humbert, Jean Yves, Ibáñez, Ricardo, Illa, Estela, Jaroszewicz, Bogdan, Jensen, Kai, Jentsch, Anke, Jiroušek, Martin, Kalníková, Veronika, Kanka, Róbert, Kapfer, Jutta, Kazakis, George, Kermavnar, Janez, Kesting, Stefan, Khanina, Larisa, Kindermann, Elisabeth, Kotrík, Marek, Koutecký, Tomáš, Kozub, Łukasz, Kuhn, Gisbert, Kutnar, Lado, La Montagna, Dario, Lamprecht, Andrea, Lenoir, Jonathan, Lepš, Jan, Leuschner, Christoph, Lorite, Juan, Madsen, Bjarke, Ugarte, Rosina Magaña, Malicki, Marek, Maliniemi, Tuija, Máliš, František, Maringer, Alexander, Marrs, Robert, Matesanz, Silvia, Metze, Katrin, Meyer, Stefan, Millett, Jonathan, Mitchell, Ruth J., Moeslund, Jesper Erenskjold, Moiseev, Pavel, di Cella, Umberto Morra, Mudrák, Ondřej, Müller, Frank, Müller, Norbert, Naaf, Tobias, Nagy, Laszlo, Napoleone, Francesca, Nascimbene, Juri, Navrátilová, Jana, Ninot, Josep M., Niu, Yujie, Normand, Signe, Ogaya, Romá, Onipchenko, Vladimir, Orczewska, Anna, Ortmann-Ajkai, Adrienne, Pakeman, Robin J., Pardo, Iker, Pätsch, Ricarda, Peet, Robert K., Penuelas, Josep, Peppler-Lisbach, Cord, Pérez-Hernández, Javier, Pérez-Haase, Aaron, Petraglia, Alessandro, Petřík, Petr, Pielech, Remigiusz, Piórkowski, Hubert, Pladevall-Izard, Eulàlia, Poschlod, Peter, Prach, Karel, Praleskouskaya, Safiya, Prokhorov, Vadim, Provoost, Sam, Pușcaș, Mihai, Pustková, Štěpánka, Randin, Christophe François, Rašomavičius, Valerijus, Reczyńska, Kamila, Rédei, Tamás, Řehounková, Klára, Richner, Nina, Risch, Anita C., Rixen, Christian, Rosbakh, Sergey, Roscher, Christiane, Rosenthal, Gert, Rossi, Graziano, Rötzer, Harald, Roux, Camille, Rumpf, Sabine B., Ruprecht, Eszter, Rūsiņa, Solvita, Sanz-Zubizarreta, Irati, Schindler, Meret, Schmidt, Wolfgang, Schories, Dirk, Schrautzer, Joachim, Schubert, Hendrik, Schuetz, Martin, Schwabe, Angelika, Schwaiger, Helena, Schwartze, Peter, Šebesta, Jan, Seiler, Hallie, Šilc, Urban, Silva, Vasco, Šmilauer, Petr, Šmilauerová, Marie, Sperle, Thomas, Stachurska-Swakoń, Alina, Stanik, Nils, Stanisci, Angela, Steffen, Kristina, Storm, Christian, Stroh, Hans Georg, Sugorkina, Nadezhda, Świerkosz, Krzysztof, Świerszcz, Sebastian, Szymura, Magdalena, Teleki, Balázs, Thébaud, Gilles, Theurillat, Jean Paul, Tichý, Lubomír, Treier, Urs A., Turtureanu, Pavel Dan, Ujházy, Karol, Ujházyová, Mariana, Ursu, Tudor Mihai, Uziębło, Aldona K., Valkó, Orsolya, Van Calster, Hans, Van Meerbeek, Koenraad, Vandevoorde, Bart, Vandvik, Vigdis, Varricchione, Marco, Vassilev, Kiril, Villar, Luis, Virtanen, Risto, Vittoz, Pascal, Voigt, Winfried, von Hessberg, Andreas, von Oheimb, Goddert, Wagner, Eva, Walther, Gian Reto, Wellstein, Camilla, Wesche, Karsten, Wilhelm, Markus, Willner, Wolfgang, Wipf, Sonja, Wittig, Burghard, Wohlgemuth, Thomas, Woodcock, Ben A., Wulf, Monika, and Essl, Franz

Abstract

Aims: We introduce ReSurveyEurope — a new data source of resurveyed vegetation plots in Europe, compiled by a collaborative network of vegetation scientists. We describe the scope of this initiative, provide an overview of currently available data, governance, data contribution rules, and accessibility. In addition, we outline further steps, including potential research questions. Results: ReSurveyEurope includes resurveyed vegetation plots from all habitats. Version 1.0 of ReSurveyEurope contains 283,135 observations (i.e., individual surveys of each plot) from 79,190 plots sampled in 449 independent resurvey projects. Of these, 62,139 (78%) are permanent plots, that is, marked in situ, or located with GPS, which allow for high spatial accuracy in resurvey. The remaining 17,051 (22%) plots are from studies in which plots from the initial survey could not be exactly relocated. Four data sets, which together account for 28,470 (36%) plots, provide only presence/absence information on plant species, while the remaining 50,720 (64%) plots contain abundance information (e.g., percentage cover or cover–abundance classes such as variants of the Braun-Blanquet scale). The oldest plots were sampled in 1911 in the Swiss Alps, while most plots were sampled between 1950 and 2020. Conclusions: ReSurveyEurope is a new resource to address a wide range of research questions on fine-scale changes in European vegetation. The initiative is devoted to an inclusive and transparent governance and data usage approach, based on slightly adapted rules of the well-established European Vegetation Archive (EVA). ReSurveyEurope data are ready for use, and proposals for analyses of the data set can be submitted at any time to the coordinators. Still, further data contributions are highly welcome.

Published
2024

25. Addition of multiple limiting resources reduces grassland diversity.

Author

Harpole, W Stanley, Sullivan, Lauren L, Lind, Eric M, Firn, Jennifer, Adler, Peter B, Borer, Elizabeth T, Chase, Jonathan, Fay, Philip A, Hautier, Yann, Hillebrand, Helmut, MacDougall, Andrew S, Seabloom, Eric W, Williams, Ryan, Bakker, Jonathan D, Cadotte, Marc W, Chaneton, Enrique J, Chu, Chengjin, Cleland, Elsa E, D'Antonio, Carla, Davies, Kendi F, Gruner, Daniel S, Hagenah, Nicole, Kirkman, Kevin, Knops, Johannes MH, La Pierre, Kimberly J, McCulley, Rebecca L, Moore, Joslin L, Morgan, John W, Prober, Suzanne M, Risch, Anita C, Schuetz, Martin, Stevens, Carly J, and Wragg, Peter D

Subjects
Plants, Poaceae, Fertilizers, Biodiversity, Biomass, Light, Food, Grassland, MD Multidisciplinary, General Science & Technology
Abstract

Niche dimensionality provides a general theoretical explanation for biodiversity-more niches, defined by more limiting factors, allow for more ways that species can coexist. Because plant species compete for the same set of limiting resources, theory predicts that addition of a limiting resource eliminates potential trade-offs, reducing the number of species that can coexist. Multiple nutrient limitation of plant production is common and therefore fertilization may reduce diversity by reducing the number or dimensionality of belowground limiting factors. At the same time, nutrient addition, by increasing biomass, should ultimately shift competition from belowground nutrients towards a one-dimensional competitive trade-off for light. Here we show that plant species diversity decreased when a greater number of limiting nutrients were added across 45 grassland sites from a multi-continent experimental network. The number of added nutrients predicted diversity loss, even after controlling for effects of plant biomass, and even where biomass production was not nutrient-limited. We found that elevated resource supply reduced niche dimensionality and diversity and increased both productivity and compositional turnover. Our results point to the importance of understanding dimensionality in ecological systems that are undergoing diversity loss in response to multiple global change factors.

Published
2016

27. Author Correction: General destabilizing effects of eutrophication on grassland productivity at multiple spatial scales

Author

Hautier, Yann, Zhang, Pengfei, Loreau, Michel, Wilcox, Kevin R., Seabloom, Eric W., Borer, Elizabeth T., Byrnes, Jarrett E. K., Koerner, Sally E., Komatsu, Kimberly J., Lefcheck, Jonathan S., Hector, Andy, Adler, Peter B., Alberti, Juan, Arnillas, Carlos A., Bakker, Jonathan D., Brudvig, Lars A., Bugalho, Miguel N., Cadotte, Marc, Caldeira, Maria C., Carroll, Oliver, Crawley, Mick, Collins, Scott L., Daleo, Pedro, Dee, Laura E., Eisenhauer, Nico, Eskelinen, Anu, Fay, Philip A., Gilbert, Benjamin, Hansar, Amandine, Isbell, Forest, Knops, Johannes M. H., MacDougall, Andrew S., McCulley, Rebecca L., Moore, Joslin L., Morgan, John W., Mori, Akira S., Peri, Pablo L., Pos, Edwin T., Power, Sally A., Price, Jodi N., Reich, Peter B., Risch, Anita C., Roscher, Christiane, Sankaran, Mahesh, Schütz, Martin, Smith, Melinda, Stevens, Carly, Tognetti, Pedro M., Virtanen, Risto, Wardle, Glenda M., Wilfahrt, Peter A., and Wang, Shaopeng

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2021
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28. Plant species' origin predicts dominance and response to nutrient enrichment and herbivores in global grasslands.

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Seabloom, Eric W, Borer, Elizabeth T, Buckley, Yvonne M, Cleland, Elsa E, Davies, Kendi F, Firn, Jennifer, Harpole, W Stanley, Hautier, Yann, Lind, Eric M, MacDougall, Andrew S, Orrock, John L, Prober, Suzanne M, Adler, Peter B, Anderson, T Michael, Bakker, Jonathan D, Biederman, Lori A, Blumenthal, Dana M, Brown, Cynthia S, Brudvig, Lars A, Cadotte, Marc, Chu, Chengjin, Cottingham, Kathryn L, Crawley, Michael J, Damschen, Ellen I, Dantonio, Carla M, DeCrappeo, Nicole M, Du, Guozhen, Fay, Philip A, Frater, Paul, Gruner, Daniel S, Hagenah, Nicole, Hector, Andy, Hillebrand, Helmut, Hofmockel, Kirsten S, Humphries, Hope C, Jin, Virginia L, Kay, Adam, Kirkman, Kevin P, Klein, Julia A, Knops, Johannes MH, La Pierre, Kimberly J, Ladwig, Laura, Lambrinos, John G, Li, Qi, Li, Wei, Marushia, Robin, McCulley, Rebecca L, Melbourne, Brett A, Mitchell, Charles E, Moore, Joslin L, Morgan, John, Mortensen, Brent, O'Halloran, Lydia R, Pyke, David A, Risch, Anita C, Sankaran, Mahesh, Schuetz, Martin, Simonsen, Anna, Smith, Melinda D, Stevens, Carly J, Sullivan, Lauren, Wolkovich, Elizabeth, Wragg, Peter D, Wright, Justin, and Yang, Louie

Subjects
Animals, Vertebrates, Plants, Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Soil, Ecosystem, Biodiversity, Eutrophication, Food, Introduced Species, Herbivory, Grassland, MD Multidisciplinary
Abstract

Exotic species dominate many communities; however the functional significance of species' biogeographic origin remains highly contentious. This debate is fuelled in part by the lack of globally replicated, systematic data assessing the relationship between species provenance, function and response to perturbations. We examined the abundance of native and exotic plant species at 64 grasslands in 13 countries, and at a subset of the sites we experimentally tested native and exotic species responses to two fundamental drivers of invasion, mineral nutrient supplies and vertebrate herbivory. Exotic species are six times more likely to dominate communities than native species. Furthermore, while experimental nutrient addition increases the cover and richness of exotic species, nutrients decrease native diversity and cover. Native and exotic species also differ in their response to vertebrate consumer exclusion. These results suggest that species origin has functional significance, and that eutrophication will lead to increased exotic dominance in grasslands.

Published
2015

29. Plant diversity predicts beta but not alpha diversity of soil microbes across grasslands worldwide.

Author

Prober, Suzanne M, Leff, Jonathan W, Bates, Scott T, Borer, Elizabeth T, Firn, Jennifer, Harpole, W Stanley, Lind, Eric M, Seabloom, Eric W, Adler, Peter B, Bakker, Jonathan D, Cleland, Elsa E, DeCrappeo, Nicole M, DeLorenze, Elizabeth, Hagenah, Nicole, Hautier, Yann, Hofmockel, Kirsten S, Kirkman, Kevin P, Knops, Johannes MH, La Pierre, Kimberly J, MacDougall, Andrew S, McCulley, Rebecca L, Mitchell, Charles E, Risch, Anita C, Schuetz, Martin, Stevens, Carly J, Williams, Ryan J, and Fierer, Noah

Subjects
Bacteria, Fungi, Plants, Archaea, Linear Models, Soil Microbiology, Biodiversity, Biota, Grassland, Aboveground-belowground interactions, archaea, bacteria, fungi, grasslands, microbial biogeography, soil biodiversity, Ecological Applications, Ecology, Evolutionary Biology
Abstract

Aboveground-belowground interactions exert critical controls on the composition and function of terrestrial ecosystems, yet the fundamental relationships between plant diversity and soil microbial diversity remain elusive. Theory predicts predominantly positive associations but tests within single sites have shown variable relationships, and associations between plant and microbial diversity across broad spatial scales remain largely unexplored. We compared the diversity of plant, bacterial, archaeal and fungal communities in one hundred and forty-five 1 m(2) plots across 25 temperate grassland sites from four continents. Across sites, the plant alpha diversity patterns were poorly related to those observed for any soil microbial group. However, plant beta diversity (compositional dissimilarity between sites) was significantly correlated with the beta diversity of bacterial and fungal communities, even after controlling for environmental factors. Thus, across a global range of temperate grasslands, plant diversity can predict patterns in the composition of soil microbial communities, but not patterns in alpha diversity.

Published
2015

30. Grassland productivity limited by multiple nutrients.

Author

Fay, Philip A, Prober, Suzanne M, Harpole, W Stanley, Knops, Johannes MH, Bakker, Jonathan D, Borer, Elizabeth T, Lind, Eric M, MacDougall, Andrew S, Seabloom, Eric W, Wragg, Peter D, Adler, Peter B, Blumenthal, Dana M, Buckley, Yvonne M, Chu, Chengjin, Cleland, Elsa E, Collins, Scott L, Davies, Kendi F, Du, Guozhen, Feng, Xiaohui, Firn, Jennifer, Gruner, Daniel S, Hagenah, Nicole, Hautier, Yann, Heckman, Robert W, Jin, Virginia L, Kirkman, Kevin P, Klein, Julia, Ladwig, Laura M, Li, Qi, McCulley, Rebecca L, Melbourne, Brett A, Mitchell, Charles E, Moore, Joslin L, Morgan, John W, Risch, Anita C, Schütz, Martin, Stevens, Carly J, Wedin, David A, and Yang, Louie H

Subjects
Prevention, Nutrition
Abstract

Terrestrial ecosystem productivity is widely accepted to be nutrient limited(1). Although nitrogen (N) is deemed a key determinant of aboveground net primary production (ANPP)(2,3), the prevalence of co-limitation by N and phosphorus (P) is increasingly recognized(4-8). However, the extent to which terrestrial productivity is co-limited by nutrients other than N and P has remained unclear. Here, we report results from a standardized factorial nutrient addition experiment, in which we added N, P and potassium (K) combined with a selection of micronutrients (K+μ), alone or in concert, to 42 grassland sites spanning five continents, and monitored ANPP. Nutrient availability limited productivity at 31 of the 42 grassland sites. And pairwise combinations of N, P, and K+μ co-limited ANPP at 29 of the sites. Nitrogen limitation peaked in cool, high latitude sites. Our findings highlight the importance of less studied nutrients, such as K and micronutrients, for grassland productivity, and point to significant variations in the type and degree of nutrient limitation. We suggest that multiple-nutrient constraints must be considered when assessing the ecosystem-scale consequences of nutrient enrichment.

Published
2015

31. Herbivores and nutrients control grassland plant diversity via light limitation

Author

Borer, Elizabeth T, Seabloom, Eric W, Gruner, Daniel S, Harpole, W Stanley, Hillebrand, Helmut, Lind, Eric M, Adler, Peter B, Alberti, Juan, Anderson, T Michael, Bakker, Jonathan D, Biederman, Lori, Blumenthal, Dana, Brown, Cynthia S, Brudvig, Lars A, Buckley, Yvonne M, Cadotte, Marc, Chu, Chengjin, Cleland, Elsa E, Crawley, Michael J, Daleo, Pedro, Damschen, Ellen I, Davies, Kendi F, DeCrappeo, Nicole M, Du, Guozhen, Firn, Jennifer, Hautier, Yann, Heckman, Robert W, Hector, Andy, HilleRisLambers, Janneke, Iribarne, Oscar, Klein, Julia A, Knops, Johannes MH, La Pierre, Kimberly J, Leakey, Andrew DB, Li, Wei, MacDougall, Andrew S, McCulley, Rebecca L, Melbourne, Brett A, Mitchell, Charles E, Moore, Joslin L, Mortensen, Brent, O'Halloran, Lydia R, Orrock, John L, Pascual, Jesús, Prober, Suzanne M, Pyke, David A, Risch, Anita C, Schuetz, Martin, Smith, Melinda D, Stevens, Carly J, Sullivan, Lauren L, Williams, Ryan J, Wragg, Peter D, Wright, Justin P, and Yang, Louie H

Subjects
Biological Sciences, Ecology, Nutrition, Biodiversity, Climate, Eutrophication, Geography, Herbivory, Human Activities, Internationality, Light, Nitrogen, Plants, Poaceae, Time Factors, General Science & Technology
Abstract

Human alterations to nutrient cycles and herbivore communities are affecting global biodiversity dramatically. Ecological theory predicts these changes should be strongly counteractive: nutrient addition drives plant species loss through intensified competition for light, whereas herbivores prevent competitive exclusion by increasing ground-level light, particularly in productive systems. Here we use experimental data spanning a globally relevant range of conditions to test the hypothesis that herbaceous plant species losses caused by eutrophication may be offset by increased light availability due to herbivory. This experiment, replicated in 40 grasslands on 6 continents, demonstrates that nutrients and herbivores can serve as counteracting forces to control local plant diversity through light limitation, independent of site productivity, soil nitrogen, herbivore type and climate. Nutrient addition consistently reduced local diversity through light limitation, and herbivory rescued diversity at sites where it alleviated light limitation. Thus, species loss from anthropogenic eutrophication can be ameliorated in grasslands where herbivory increases ground-level light.

Published
2014

32. Herbivory and eutrophication mediate grassland plant nutrient responses across a global climatic gradient

Author

Anderson, T. Michael, Griffith, Daniel M., Grace, James B., Lind, Eric M., Adler, Peter B., Biederman, Lori A., Blumenthal, Dana M., Daleo, Pedro, Firn, Jennifer, Hagenah, Nicole, Harpole, W. Stanley, MacDougall, Andrew S., McCulley, Rebecca L., Prober, Suzanne M., Risch, Anita C., Sankaran, Mahesh, Schütz, Martin, Seabloom, Eric W., Stevens, Carly J., Sullivan, Lauren L., Wragg, Peter D., and Borer, Elizabeth T.

Published
2018

34. Predicting invasion in grassland ecosystems: is exotic dominance the real embarrassment of richness?

Author

Seabloom, Eric W, Borer, Elizabeth T, Buckley, Yvonne, Cleland, Elsa E, Davies, Kendi, Firn, Jennifer, Harpole, W Stanley, Hautier, Yann, Lind, Eric, MacDougall, Andrew, Orrock, John L, Prober, Suzanne M, Adler, Peter, Alberti, Juan, Anderson, T Michael, Bakker, Jonathan D, Biederman, Lori A, Blumenthal, Dana, Brown, Cynthia S, Brudvig, Lars A, Caldeira, Maria, Chu, Chengjin, Crawley, Michael J, Daleo, Pedro, Damschen, Ellen I, D'Antonio, Carla M, DeCrappeo, Nicole M, Dickman, Chris R, Du, Guozhen, Fay, Philip A, Frater, Paul, Gruner, Daniel S, Hagenah, Nicole, Hector, Andrew, Helm, Aveliina, Hillebrand, Helmut, Hofmockel, Kirsten S, Humphries, Hope C, Iribarne, Oscar, Jin, Virginia L, Kay, Adam, Kirkman, Kevin P, Klein, Julia A, Knops, Johannes MH, La Pierre, Kimberly J, Ladwig, Laura M, Lambrinos, John G, Leakey, Andrew DB, Li, Qi, Li, Wei, McCulley, Rebecca, Melbourne, Brett, Mitchell, Charles E, Moore, Joslin L, Morgan, John, Mortensen, Brent, O'Halloran, Lydia R, Pärtel, Meelis, Pascual, Jesús, Pyke, David A, Risch, Anita C, Salguero-Gómez, Roberto, Sankaran, Mahesh, Schuetz, Martin, Simonsen, Anna, Smith, Melinda, Stevens, Carly, Sullivan, Lauren, Wardle, Glenda M, Wolkovich, Elizabeth M, Wragg, Peter D, Wright, Justin, and Yang, Louie

Subjects
Poaceae, Ecosystem, Biodiversity, Introduced Species, Plant Dispersal, Biological Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Ecology
Abstract

Invasions have increased the size of regional species pools, but are typically assumed to reduce native diversity. However, global-scale tests of this assumption have been elusive because of the focus on exotic species richness, rather than relative abundance. This is problematic because low invader richness can indicate invasion resistance by the native community or, alternatively, dominance by a single exotic species. Here, we used a globally replicated study to quantify relationships between exotic richness and abundance in grass-dominated ecosystems in 13 countries on six continents, ranging from salt marshes to alpine tundra. We tested effects of human land use, native community diversity, herbivore pressure, and nutrient limitation on exotic plant dominance. Despite its widespread use, exotic richness was a poor proxy for exotic dominance at low exotic richness, because sites that contained few exotic species ranged from relatively pristine (low exotic richness and cover) to almost completely exotic-dominated ones (low exotic richness but high exotic cover). Both exotic cover and richness were predicted by native plant diversity (native grass richness) and land use (distance to cultivation). Although climate was important for predicting both exotic cover and richness, climatic factors predicting cover (precipitation variability) differed from those predicting richness (maximum temperature and mean temperature in the wettest quarter). Herbivory and nutrient limitation did not predict exotic richness or cover. Exotic dominance was greatest in areas with low native grass richness at the site- or regional-scale. Although this could reflect native grass displacement, a lack of biotic resistance is a more likely explanation, given that grasses comprise the most aggressive invaders. These findings underscore the need to move beyond richness as a surrogate for the extent of invasion, because this metric confounds monodominance with invasion resistance. Monitoring species' relative abundance will more rapidly advance our understanding of invasions.

Published
2013

35. Drivers of the microbial metabolic quotient across global grasslands

Author

Risch, Anita C., Zimmermann, Stephan, Schütz, Martin, Fay, Philip A., Borer, Elizabeth T., Broadbent, Arthur A. D., Caldeira, Maria C., Davies, Kendi F., Eisenhauer, Nico, Eskelinen, Anu, Hagedorn, Frank, Knops, Johannes M. H., Lembrechts, Jonas J., MacDougall, Andrew S., McCulley, Rebecca L., Melbourne, Brett A., Moore, Joslin L., Power, Sally A., Seabloom, Eric W., Silveira, Maria L., Virtanen, Risto, Yahdjian, Laura, and Ochoa-Hueso, Raul

Subjects
CLIMATE, Chemistry, HERBIVORE EXCLUSION, Global and Planetary Change, MICROBIAL BIOMASS CARBON, Ecology, Economics, MICROBIAL RESPIRATION, SOIL PROPERTIES, ANTHROPOGENIC MANAGEMENT, NUTRIENT ADDITION, Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Abstract

This dataset contains all data on which the following publication below is based. Paper Citation: Risch Anita C., Zimmermann, Stefan, Schütz, Martin, Borer, Elizabeth T., Broadbent, Arthur A.D., Caldeira, Maria C., Davies, Kendi F., Eisenhauer, Nico, Eskelinen, Anu, Fay, Philip A., Hagedorn, Frank, Knops, Johannes M.H., Lembrechts, Jonas, J., MacDougall, Andrew S., McCulley, Rebecca L., Melbourne, Brett A., Moore, Joslin L., Power, Sally A., Seabloom, Eric W., Silveira, Maria L., Virtanen, Risto, Yahdjian, Laura, Ochoa-Hueso, Raul (accepted). Drivers of the microbial metabolic quotient across global grasslands. Global Ecology and Biogeography Please cite this paper together with the citation for the datafile. The microbial metabolic quotient (MMQ; mg CO2-C mg MBC-1 h-1), defined as the amount of microbial CO2 respired (MR; mg CO2-C kg soil-1 h-1) per unit of microbial biomass C (MBC; mg C kg soil-1), is a key parameter for understanding the microbial regulation of the carbon (C) cycle, including soil C sequestration. Here, we experimentally tested hypotheses about the individual and interactive effects of multiple nutrient addition (NPK+micronutrients) and herbivore exclusion on MR, MBC, and MMQ across 23 sites (5 continents). Our sites encompassed a wide range of edaphoclimatic conditions, thus we assessed which edaphoclimatic variables affected MMQ the most and how they interacted with our treatments. Soils were collected in plots with established experimental treatments. MR was assessed in a five-week laboratory incubation without glucose addition, MBC via substrate-induced respiration. MMQ was calculated as MR/MBC and corrected for soil temperatures (MMQsoil). Using LMMs and SEMs, we analysed how edaphoclimatic characteristics and treatments interactively affected MMQsoil. MMQsoil was higher in locations with higher mean annual temperature, lower water holding capacity, and soil organic C concentration, but did not respond to our treatments across sites as neither MR nor MBC changed. We attributed this relative homeostasis to our treatments to the modulating influence of edaphoclimatic variables. For example, herbivore exclusion, regardless of fertilization, led to greater MMQsoil only at sites with lower soil organic C (-1.7%). Our results pinpoint the main variables related to MMQsoil across grasslands and emphasize the importance of the local edaphoclimatic conditions in controlling the response of the C cycle to anthropogenic stressors. By testing hypotheses about MMQsoil across global edaphoclimatic gradients, this work also helps to align the conflicting results of prior studies.

Published
2023

36. General destabilizing effects of eutrophication on grassland productivity at multiple spatial scales

Author

Hautier, Yann, Zhang, Pengfei, Loreau, Michel, Wilcox, Kevin R., Seabloom, Eric W., Borer, Elizabeth T., Byrnes, Jarrett E. K., Koerner, Sally E., Komatsu, Kimberly J., Lefcheck, Jonathan S., Hector, Andy, Adler, Peter B., Alberti, Juan, Arnillas, Carlos A., Bakker, Jonathan D., Brudvig, Lars A., Bugalho, Miguel N., Cadotte, Marc, Caldeira, Maria C., Carroll, Oliver, Crawley, Mick, Collins, Scott L., Daleo, Pedro, Dee, Laura E., Eisenhauer, Nico, Eskelinen, Anu, Fay, Philip A., Gilbert, Benjamin, Hansar, Amandine, Isbell, Forest, Knops, Johannes M. H., MacDougall, Andrew S., McCulley, Rebecca L., Moore, Joslin L., Morgan, John W., Mori, Akira S., Peri, Pablo L., Pos, Edwin T., Power, Sally A., Price, Jodi N., Reich, Peter B., Risch, Anita C., Roscher, Christiane, Sankaran, Mahesh, Schütz, Martin, Smith, Melinda, Stevens, Carly, Tognetti, Pedro M., Virtanen, Risto, Wardle, Glenda M., Wilfahrt, Peter A., and Wang, Shaopeng

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2020
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38. Out of the shadows : multiple nutrient limitations drive relationships among biomass, light and plant diversity

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Harpole, W. Stanley, Sullivan, Lauren L., Lind, Eric M., Firn, Jennifer, Adler, Peter B., Borer, Elizabeth T., Chase, Jonathan, Fay, Philip A., Hautier, Yann, Hillebrand, Helmut, MacDougall, Andrew S., Seabloom, Eric W., Bakker, Jonathan D., Cadotte, Marc W., Chaneton, Enrique J., Chu, Chengjin, Hagenah, Nicole, Kirkman, Kevin, La Pierre, Kimberly J., Moore, Joslin L., Morgan, John W., Prober, Suzanne M., Risch, Anita C., Schuetz, Martin, and Stevens, Carly J.

Published
2017

41. Long-term N-addition alters the community structure of functionally important N-cycling soil microorganisms across global grasslands

Author

Frey, Beat, Moser, Barbara, Tytgat, Bjorn, Zimmermann, Stephan, Alberti, Juan, Biederman, Lori A., Borer, Elizabeth T., Broadbent, Arthur A.D., Caldeira, Maria C., Davies, Kendi F., Eisenhauer, Nico, Eskelinen, Anu, Fay, Philip A., Hagedorn, Frank, Hautier, Yann, MacDougall, Andrew S., McCulley, Rebecca L., Moore, Joslin L., Nepel, Maximilian, Power, Sally A., Seabloom, Eric W., Vázquez, Eduardo, Virtanen, Risto, Yahdjian, Laura, Risch, Anita C., Frey, Beat, Moser, Barbara, Tytgat, Bjorn, Zimmermann, Stephan, Alberti, Juan, Biederman, Lori A., Borer, Elizabeth T., Broadbent, Arthur A.D., Caldeira, Maria C., Davies, Kendi F., Eisenhauer, Nico, Eskelinen, Anu, Fay, Philip A., Hagedorn, Frank, Hautier, Yann, MacDougall, Andrew S., McCulley, Rebecca L., Moore, Joslin L., Nepel, Maximilian, Power, Sally A., Seabloom, Eric W., Vázquez, Eduardo, Virtanen, Risto, Yahdjian, Laura, and Risch, Anita C.

Abstract

Anthropogenic nitrogen (N) input is known to alter the soil microbiome, but how N enrichment influences the abundance, alpha-diversity and community structure of N-cycling functional microbial communities in grasslands remains poorly understood. Here, we collected soils from plant communities subjected to up to 9 years of annual N-addition (10 g N m−2 per year using urea as a N-source) and from unfertilized plots (control) in 30 grasslands worldwide spanning a large range of climatic and soil conditions. We focused on three key microbial groups responsible for two essential processes of the global N cycle: N2 fixation (soil diazotrophs) and nitrification (AOA: ammonia-oxidizing archaea and AOB: ammonia-oxidizing bacteria). We targeted soil diazotrophs, AOA and AOB using Illumina MiSeq sequencing and measured the abundance (gene copy numbers) using quantitative PCR. N-addition shifted the structure of the diazotrophic communities, although their alpha-diversity and abundance were not affected. AOA and AOB responded differently to N-addition. The abundance and alpha-diversity of AOB increased, and their community structure shifted with N-addition. In contrast, AOA were not affected by N-addition. AOA abundance outnumbered AOB in control plots under conditions of low N availability, whereas N-addition favoured copiotrophic AOB. Overall, N-addition showed a low impact on soil diazotrophs and AOA while effects for AOB communities were considerable. These results reveal that long-term N-addition has important ecological implications for key microbial groups involved in two critical soil N-cycling processes. Increased AOB abundance and community shifts following N-addition may change soil N-cycling, as larger population sizes may promote higher rates of ammonia oxidation and subsequently increase N loss via gaseous and soil N-leaching. These findings bring us a step closer to predicting the responses and feedbacks of microbial-mediated N-cycling pr

Published
2023

42. Bioavailability of Macro and Micronutrients Across Global Topsoils: Main Drivers and Global Change Impacts

Author

Ochoa-Hueso, Raúl, Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, Risch, Anita C., Ashton, Louise, Augustine, David, Bélanger, Nicolas, 68 autres auteurs, Ochoa-Hueso, Raúl, Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, Risch, Anita C., Ashton, Louise, Augustine, David, Bélanger, Nicolas, and 68 autres auteurs

Abstract

Understanding the chemical composition of our planet's crust was one of the biggest questions of the 20th century. More than 100 years later, we are still far from understanding the global patterns in the bioavailability and spatial coupling of elements in topsoils worldwide, despite their importance for the productivity and functioning of terrestrial ecosystems. Here, we measured the bioavailability and coupling of thirteen macro- and micronutrients and phytotoxic elements in topsoils (3–8 cm) from a range of terrestrial ecosystems across all continents (∼10,000 observations) and in response to global change manipulations (∼5,000 observations). For this, we incubated between 1 and 4 pairs of anionic and cationic exchange membranes per site for a mean period of 53 days. The most bioavailable elements (Ca, Mg, and K) were also amongst the most abundant in the crust. Patterns of bioavailability were biome-dependent and controlled by soil properties such as pH, organic matter content and texture, plant cover, and climate. However, global change simulations resulted in important alterations in the bioavailability of elements. Elements were highly coupled, and coupling was predictable by the atomic properties of elements, particularly mass, mass to charge ratio, and second ionization energy. Deviations from the predictable coupling-atomic mass relationship were attributed to global change and agriculture. Our work illustrates the tight links between the bioavailability and coupling of topsoil elements and environmental context, human activities, and atomic properties of elements, thus deeply enhancing our integrated understanding of the biogeochemical connections that underlie the productivity and functioning of terrestrial ecosystems in a changing world.

Published
2023

43. Environmental heterogeneity modulates the effect of plant diversity on the spatial variability of grassland biomass

Author

Sub Ecology and Biodiversity, Ecology and Biodiversity, Daleo, Pedro, Alberti, Juan, Chaneton, Enrique J, Iribarne, Oscar, Tognetti, Pedro M, Bakker, Jonathan D, Borer, Elizabeth T, Bruschetti, Martín, MacDougall, Andrew S, Pascual, Jesús, Sankaran, Mahesh, Seabloom, Eric W, Wang, Shaopeng, Bagchi, Sumanta, Brudvig, Lars A, Catford, Jane A, Dickman, Chris R, Dickson, Timothy L, Donohue, Ian, Eisenhauer, Nico, Gruner, Daniel S, Haider, Sylvia, Jentsch, Anke, Knops, Johannes M H, Lekberg, Ylva, McCulley, Rebecca L, Moore, Joslin L, Mortensen, Brent, Ohlert, Timothy, Pärtel, Meelis, Peri, Pablo L, Power, Sally A, Risch, Anita C, Rocca, Camila, Smith, Nicholas G, Stevens, Carly, Tamme, Riin, Veen, G F Ciska, Wilfahrt, Peter A, Hautier, Yann, Sub Ecology and Biodiversity, Ecology and Biodiversity, Daleo, Pedro, Alberti, Juan, Chaneton, Enrique J, Iribarne, Oscar, Tognetti, Pedro M, Bakker, Jonathan D, Borer, Elizabeth T, Bruschetti, Martín, MacDougall, Andrew S, Pascual, Jesús, Sankaran, Mahesh, Seabloom, Eric W, Wang, Shaopeng, Bagchi, Sumanta, Brudvig, Lars A, Catford, Jane A, Dickman, Chris R, Dickson, Timothy L, Donohue, Ian, Eisenhauer, Nico, Gruner, Daniel S, Haider, Sylvia, Jentsch, Anke, Knops, Johannes M H, Lekberg, Ylva, McCulley, Rebecca L, Moore, Joslin L, Mortensen, Brent, Ohlert, Timothy, Pärtel, Meelis, Peri, Pablo L, Power, Sally A, Risch, Anita C, Rocca, Camila, Smith, Nicholas G, Stevens, Carly, Tamme, Riin, Veen, G F Ciska, Wilfahrt, Peter A, and Hautier, Yann

Published
2023

44. Long-term N-addition alters the community structure of functionally important N-cycling soil microorganisms across global grasslands

Author

Sub Ecology and Biodiversity, Ecology and Biodiversity, Frey, Beat, Moser, Barbara, Tytgat, Bjorn, Zimmermann, Stephan, Alberti, Juan, Biederman, Lori A., Borer, Elizabeth T., Broadbent, Arthur A.D., Caldeira, Maria C., Davies, Kendi F., Eisenhauer, Nico, Eskelinen, Anu, Fay, Philip A., Hagedorn, Frank, Hautier, Yann, MacDougall, Andrew S., McCulley, Rebecca L., Moore, Joslin L., Nepel, Maximilian, Power, Sally A., Seabloom, Eric W., Vázquez, Eduardo, Virtanen, Risto, Yahdjian, Laura, Risch, Anita C., Sub Ecology and Biodiversity, Ecology and Biodiversity, Frey, Beat, Moser, Barbara, Tytgat, Bjorn, Zimmermann, Stephan, Alberti, Juan, Biederman, Lori A., Borer, Elizabeth T., Broadbent, Arthur A.D., Caldeira, Maria C., Davies, Kendi F., Eisenhauer, Nico, Eskelinen, Anu, Fay, Philip A., Hagedorn, Frank, Hautier, Yann, MacDougall, Andrew S., McCulley, Rebecca L., Moore, Joslin L., Nepel, Maximilian, Power, Sally A., Seabloom, Eric W., Vázquez, Eduardo, Virtanen, Risto, Yahdjian, Laura, and Risch, Anita C.

Published
2023

45. Drivers of soil microbial and detritivore activity across global grasslands

Author

Sub Ecology and Biodiversity, Ecology and Biodiversity, Siebert, Julia, Sünnemann, Marie, Hautier, Yann, Risch, Anita C, Bakker, Jonathan D, Biederman, Lori, Blumenthal, Dana M, Borer, Elizabeth T, Bugalho, Miguel N, Broadbent, Arthur A D, Caldeira, Maria C, Cleland, Elsa, Davies, Kendi F, Eskelinen, Anu, Hagenah, Nicole, Knops, Johannes M H, MacDougall, Andrew S, McCulley, Rebecca L, Moore, Joslin L, Power, Sally A, Price, Jodi N, Seabloom, Eric W, Standish, Rachel, Stevens, Carly J, Zimmermann, Stephan, Eisenhauer, Nico, Sub Ecology and Biodiversity, Ecology and Biodiversity, Siebert, Julia, Sünnemann, Marie, Hautier, Yann, Risch, Anita C, Bakker, Jonathan D, Biederman, Lori, Blumenthal, Dana M, Borer, Elizabeth T, Bugalho, Miguel N, Broadbent, Arthur A D, Caldeira, Maria C, Cleland, Elsa, Davies, Kendi F, Eskelinen, Anu, Hagenah, Nicole, Knops, Johannes M H, MacDougall, Andrew S, McCulley, Rebecca L, Moore, Joslin L, Power, Sally A, Price, Jodi N, Seabloom, Eric W, Standish, Rachel, Stevens, Carly J, Zimmermann, Stephan, and Eisenhauer, Nico

Published
2023

46. Bioavailability of macro and micronutrients across global topsoils : Main drivers and global change impacts

Author

Ochoa‐Hueso, Raúl, Delgado‐Baquerizo, Manuel, Risch, Anita C., Ashton, Louise, Augustine, David, Bélanger, Nicolas, Bridgham, Scott, Britton, Andrea J., Bruckman, Viktor J., Camarero, J. Julio, Cornelissen, Gerard, Crawford, John A., Dijkstra, Feike A., Diochon, Amanda, Earl, Stevan, Edgerley, James, Epstein, Howard, Felton, Andrew, Fortier, Julien, Gagnon, Daniel, Greer, Ken, Griffiths, Hannah M, Halde, Caroline, Hanslin, Hans Martin, Harris, Lorna I., Hartsock, Jeremy A., Hendrickson, Paul, Hovstad, Knut Anders, Hu, Jia, Jani, Arun D., Kent, Kelcy, Kerdraon‐Byrne, Deirdre, Khalsa, Sat Darshan S., Lai, Derrick Y.F., Lambert, France, LaMontagne, Jalene M., Lavergne, Stéphanie, Lawrence, Beth A., Littke, Kim, Leeper, Abigail C., Licht, Mark A., Liebig, Mark A., Lynn, Joshua S., Maclean, Janet E., Martinsen, Vegard, McDaniel, Marshall D., McIntosh, Anne C. S., Miesel, Jessica R., Miller, Jim, Mulvaney, Michael J., Moreno, Gerardo, Newstead, Laura, Pakeman, Robin J., Pergl, Jan, Pinno, Bradley D., Piñeiro, Juan, Quigley, Kathleen, Radtke, Troy M., Reed, Paul, Rolo, Víctor, Rudgers, Jennifer, Rutherford, P. Michael, Sayer, Emma J., Serrano‐Grijalva, Lilia, Strack, Maria, Sukdeo, Nicole, Taylor, Andy F.S., Truax, Benoit, Tsuji, Leonard J. S., van Gestel, Natasja, Vaness, Brenda M., Van Sundert, Kevin, Vítková, Michaela, Weigel, Robert, Wilton, Meaghan J., Yano, Yuriko, Teen, Ewing, Bremer, Eric, Ochoa‐Hueso, Raúl, Delgado‐Baquerizo, Manuel, Risch, Anita C., Ashton, Louise, Augustine, David, Bélanger, Nicolas, Bridgham, Scott, Britton, Andrea J., Bruckman, Viktor J., Camarero, J. Julio, Cornelissen, Gerard, Crawford, John A., Dijkstra, Feike A., Diochon, Amanda, Earl, Stevan, Edgerley, James, Epstein, Howard, Felton, Andrew, Fortier, Julien, Gagnon, Daniel, Greer, Ken, Griffiths, Hannah M, Halde, Caroline, Hanslin, Hans Martin, Harris, Lorna I., Hartsock, Jeremy A., Hendrickson, Paul, Hovstad, Knut Anders, Hu, Jia, Jani, Arun D., Kent, Kelcy, Kerdraon‐Byrne, Deirdre, Khalsa, Sat Darshan S., Lai, Derrick Y.F., Lambert, France, LaMontagne, Jalene M., Lavergne, Stéphanie, Lawrence, Beth A., Littke, Kim, Leeper, Abigail C., Licht, Mark A., Liebig, Mark A., Lynn, Joshua S., Maclean, Janet E., Martinsen, Vegard, McDaniel, Marshall D., McIntosh, Anne C. S., Miesel, Jessica R., Miller, Jim, Mulvaney, Michael J., Moreno, Gerardo, Newstead, Laura, Pakeman, Robin J., Pergl, Jan, Pinno, Bradley D., Piñeiro, Juan, Quigley, Kathleen, Radtke, Troy M., Reed, Paul, Rolo, Víctor, Rudgers, Jennifer, Rutherford, P. Michael, Sayer, Emma J., Serrano‐Grijalva, Lilia, Strack, Maria, Sukdeo, Nicole, Taylor, Andy F.S., Truax, Benoit, Tsuji, Leonard J. S., van Gestel, Natasja, Vaness, Brenda M., Van Sundert, Kevin, Vítková, Michaela, Weigel, Robert, Wilton, Meaghan J., Yano, Yuriko, Teen, Ewing, and Bremer, Eric

Abstract

Understanding the chemical composition of our planet's crust was one of the biggest questions of the 20th century. More than 100 years later, we are still far from understanding the global patterns in the bioavailability and spatial coupling of elements in topsoils worldwide, despite their importance for the productivity and functioning of terrestrial ecosystems. Here, we measured the bioavailability and coupling of thirteen macro‐ and micronutrients and phytotoxic elements in topsoils (3–8 cm) from a range of terrestrial ecosystems across all continents (∼10,000 observations) and in response to global change manipulations (∼5,000 observations). For this, we incubated between 1 and 4 pairs of anionic and cationic exchange membranes per site for a mean period of 53 days. The most bioavailable elements (Ca, Mg, and K) were also amongst the most abundant in the crust. Patterns of bioavailability were biome‐dependent and controlled by soil properties such as pH, organic matter content and texture, plant cover, and climate. However, global change simulations resulted in important alterations in the bioavailability of elements. Elements were highly coupled, and coupling was predictable by the atomic properties of elements, particularly mass, mass to charge ratio, and second ionization energy. Deviations from the predictable coupling‐atomic mass relationship were attributed to global change and agriculture. Our work illustrates the tight links between the bioavailability and coupling of topsoil elements and environmental context, human activities, and atomic properties of elements, thus deeply enhancing our integrated understanding of the biogeochemical connections that underlie the productivity and functioning of terrestrial ecosystems in a changing world.

Published
2023

47. Globally consistent response of plant microbiome diversity across hosts and continents to soil nutrients and herbivores

Author

Seabloom, Eric W., Caldeira, Maria C., Davies, Kendi F., Kinkel, Linda, Knops, Johannes M. H., Komatsu, Kimberly J., MacDougall, Andrew S., May, Georgiana, Millican, Michael, Moore, Joslin L., Perez, Luis I., Porath-Krause, Anita J., Power, Sally A., Prober, Suzanne M., Risch, Anita C., Stevens, Carly, Borer, Elizabeth T., Seabloom, Eric W., Caldeira, Maria C., Davies, Kendi F., Kinkel, Linda, Knops, Johannes M. H., Komatsu, Kimberly J., MacDougall, Andrew S., May, Georgiana, Millican, Michael, Moore, Joslin L., Perez, Luis I., Porath-Krause, Anita J., Power, Sally A., Prober, Suzanne M., Risch, Anita C., Stevens, Carly, and Borer, Elizabeth T.

Abstract

All multicellular organisms host a diverse microbiome composed of microbial pathogens, mutualists, and commensals, and changes in microbiome diversity or composition can alter host fitness and function. Nonetheless, we lack a general understanding of the drivers of microbiome diversity, in part because it is regulated by concurrent processes spanning scales from global to local. Global-scale environmental gradients can determine variation in microbiome diversity among sites, however an individual host’s microbiome also may reflect its local micro-environment. We fill this knowledge gap by experimentally manipulating two potential mediators of plant microbiome diversity (soil nutrient supply and herbivore density) at 23 grassland sites spanning global-scale gradients in soil nutrients, climate, and plant biomass. Here we show that leaf-scale microbiome diversity in unmanipulated plots depended on the total microbiome diversity at each site, which was highest at sites with high soil nutrients and plant biomass. We also found that experimentally adding soil nutrients and excluding herbivores produced concordant results across sites, increasing microbiome diversity by increasing plant biomass, which created a shaded microclimate. This demonstration of consistent responses of microbiome diversity across a wide range of host species and environmental conditions suggests the possibility of a general, predictive understanding of microbiome diversity.

Published
2023

48. The positive effect of plant diversity on soil carbon depends on climate

Author

Sub Ecology and Biodiversity, Ecology and Biodiversity, Spohn, Marie, Bagchi, Sumanta, Biederman, Lori A, Borer, Elizabeth T, Bråthen, Kari Anne, Bugalho, Miguel N, Caldeira, Maria C, Catford, Jane A, Collins, Scott L, Eisenhauer, Nico, Hagenah, Nicole, Haider, Sylvia, Hautier, Yann, Knops, Johannes M H, Koerner, Sally E, Laanisto, Lauri, Lekberg, Ylva, Martina, Jason P, Martinson, Holly, McCulley, Rebecca L, Peri, Pablo L, Macek, Petr, Power, Sally A, Risch, Anita C, Roscher, Christiane, Seabloom, Eric W, Stevens, Carly, Veen, G F Ciska, Virtanen, Risto, Yahdjian, Laura, Sub Ecology and Biodiversity, Ecology and Biodiversity, Spohn, Marie, Bagchi, Sumanta, Biederman, Lori A, Borer, Elizabeth T, Bråthen, Kari Anne, Bugalho, Miguel N, Caldeira, Maria C, Catford, Jane A, Collins, Scott L, Eisenhauer, Nico, Hagenah, Nicole, Haider, Sylvia, Hautier, Yann, Knops, Johannes M H, Koerner, Sally E, Laanisto, Lauri, Lekberg, Ylva, Martina, Jason P, Martinson, Holly, McCulley, Rebecca L, Peri, Pablo L, Macek, Petr, Power, Sally A, Risch, Anita C, Roscher, Christiane, Seabloom, Eric W, Stevens, Carly, Veen, G F Ciska, Virtanen, Risto, and Yahdjian, Laura

Published
2023

49. Multidimensional responses of grassland stability to eutrophication

Author

Sub Ecology and Biodiversity, Ecology and Biodiversity, Chen, Qingqing, Wang, Shaopeng, Borer, Elizabeth T, Bakker, Jonathan D, Seabloom, Eric W, Harpole, W Stanley, Eisenhauer, Nico, Lekberg, Ylva, Buckley, Yvonne M, Catford, Jane A, Roscher, Christiane, Donohue, Ian, Power, Sally A, Daleo, Pedro, Ebeling, Anne, Knops, Johannes M H, Martina, Jason P, Eskelinen, Anu, Morgan, John W, Risch, Anita C, Caldeira, Maria C, Bugalho, Miguel N, Virtanen, Risto, Barrio, Isabel C, Niu, Yujie, Jentsch, Anke, Stevens, Carly J, Gruner, Daniel S, MacDougall, Andrew S, Alberti, Juan, Hautier, Yann, Sub Ecology and Biodiversity, Ecology and Biodiversity, Chen, Qingqing, Wang, Shaopeng, Borer, Elizabeth T, Bakker, Jonathan D, Seabloom, Eric W, Harpole, W Stanley, Eisenhauer, Nico, Lekberg, Ylva, Buckley, Yvonne M, Catford, Jane A, Roscher, Christiane, Donohue, Ian, Power, Sally A, Daleo, Pedro, Ebeling, Anne, Knops, Johannes M H, Martina, Jason P, Eskelinen, Anu, Morgan, John W, Risch, Anita C, Caldeira, Maria C, Bugalho, Miguel N, Virtanen, Risto, Barrio, Isabel C, Niu, Yujie, Jentsch, Anke, Stevens, Carly J, Gruner, Daniel S, MacDougall, Andrew S, Alberti, Juan, and Hautier, Yann

Published
2023

50. Bioavailability of Macro and Micronutrients Across Global Topsoils: Main Drivers and Global Change Impacts

Author

Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), Ministerio de Universidades (España), European Commission, Junta de Andalucía, Fundación Biodiversidad, Belgian American Educational Foundation, Research Foundation - Flanders, European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development, Czech Science Foundation, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, National Science Foundation (US), National Institute of Food and Agriculture (US), DePaul University, Huron Mountain Wildlife Foundation, Ochoa-Hueso, Raúl [0000-0002-1839-6926], Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel [0000-0002-6499-576X], Britton, A.J. [0000-0002-0603-7432], Camarero, Jesús Julio [0000-0003-2436-2922], Earl, Stevan [0000-0002-4465-452X], Epstein, Howard [0000-0003-2817-4486], Felton, Andrew [0000-0002-1533-6071], Halde, Caroline [0000-0002-4974-1411], Hanslin, Hans M. [0000-0002-3224-2368], Harris, Lorna I. [0000-0002-2637-4030], Hartsock, Jeremy [0000-0002-0468-2630], Hovstad, Knut Anders [0000-0002-7108-0787], Khalsa, Sat Darshan S. [0000-0003-1995-2469], LaMontagne, Jalene M. [0000-0001-7713-8591], Lavergne, Stéphanie [0000-0002-7197-107X], Littke, Kim [0000-0002-0187-1663], Licht, Mark A. [0000-0001-6640-7856], McDaniel, Marshall D. [0000-0001-6267-7293], McIntosh, Anne C. S. [0000-0002-7802-2205], Miesel, Jessica R. [0000-0001-7446-464X], Moreno, Gerardo [0000-0001-8053-2696], Pakeman, Robin J. [0000-0001-6248-4133], Pinno, Bradley D., Piñeiro, Juan [0000-0002-0825-4174], Rolo, Víctor [0000-0001-5854-9512], Rutherford, P. Michael [0000-0002-5065-7700], Sayer, Emma J. [0000-0002-3322-4487], Van Sundert, Kevin [0000-0001-6180-3075], Vitkova, Michaela [0000-0002-2848-7725], Weigel, R. [0000-0001-9685-6783], Wilton, Meaghan [0000-0003-2915-3863], Ochoa-Hueso, Raúl, Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, Risch, Anita C., Ashton, Louise, Augustine, David, Bélanger, Nicolas, Bridgham, Scott, Britton, A.J., Bruckman, Viktor J., Camarero, Jesús Julio, Cornelissen, Gerard, Crawford John A., Dijkstra, Feike A., Diochon, Amanda, Earl, Stevan, Edgerley, James, Epstein, Howard, Felton, Andrew, Fortier, Julien, Gagnon, Daniel, Greer, Ken, Griffiths, Hannah M, Halde, Caroline, Hanslin, Hans M., Harris, Lorna I., Hartsock, Jeremy, Hendrickson, Paul, Hovstad, Knut Anders, Hu, Jia, Jani. Arun D., Kent, Kelcy, Kerdraon-Byrne, Deirdre, Khalsa, Sat Darshan S., Lai, Derrick Y. F., Lambert, France, LaMontagne, Jalene M., Lavergne, Stéphanie, Lawrence. Beth A., Littke, Kim, Leeper, Abigail C., Licht, Mark A., Liebig, Mark A., Lynn, Joshua S., Maclean, Janet E., Martinsen, Vegard, McDaniel, Marshall D., McIntosh, Anne C. S., Miesel, Jessica R., Miller, Jim, Mulvaney, Michael J., Moreno, Gerardo, Newstead, Laura, Pakeman, Robin J., Pergl, Jan, Piñeiro, Juan, Quigley, Kathleen, Radtke, Troy M., Reed, Paul, Rolo, Víctor, Rudgers, Jennifer, Rutherford, P. Michael, Sayer, Emma J., Serrano-Grijalva, Lilia, Strack, Maria, Sukdeo, Nicole, Taylor, Andy F. S., Truax, Benoit, Tsuji, Leonard J. S., Van Gestel, Natasja, Vaness, Brenda M., Van Sundert, Kevin, Vitkova, Michaela, Weigel, R., Wilton, Meaghan, Yano, Yuriko, Teen, Ewing, Bremer, Eric, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), Ministerio de Universidades (España), European Commission, Junta de Andalucía, Fundación Biodiversidad, Belgian American Educational Foundation, Research Foundation - Flanders, European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development, Czech Science Foundation, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, National Science Foundation (US), National Institute of Food and Agriculture (US), DePaul University, Huron Mountain Wildlife Foundation, Ochoa-Hueso, Raúl [0000-0002-1839-6926], Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel [0000-0002-6499-576X], Britton, A.J. [0000-0002-0603-7432], Camarero, Jesús Julio [0000-0003-2436-2922], Earl, Stevan [0000-0002-4465-452X], Epstein, Howard [0000-0003-2817-4486], Felton, Andrew [0000-0002-1533-6071], Halde, Caroline [0000-0002-4974-1411], Hanslin, Hans M. [0000-0002-3224-2368], Harris, Lorna I. [0000-0002-2637-4030], Hartsock, Jeremy [0000-0002-0468-2630], Hovstad, Knut Anders [0000-0002-7108-0787], Khalsa, Sat Darshan S. [0000-0003-1995-2469], LaMontagne, Jalene M. [0000-0001-7713-8591], Lavergne, Stéphanie [0000-0002-7197-107X], Littke, Kim [0000-0002-0187-1663], Licht, Mark A. [0000-0001-6640-7856], McDaniel, Marshall D. [0000-0001-6267-7293], McIntosh, Anne C. S. [0000-0002-7802-2205], Miesel, Jessica R. [0000-0001-7446-464X], Moreno, Gerardo [0000-0001-8053-2696], Pakeman, Robin J. [0000-0001-6248-4133], Pinno, Bradley D., Piñeiro, Juan [0000-0002-0825-4174], Rolo, Víctor [0000-0001-5854-9512], Rutherford, P. Michael [0000-0002-5065-7700], Sayer, Emma J. [0000-0002-3322-4487], Van Sundert, Kevin [0000-0001-6180-3075], Vitkova, Michaela [0000-0002-2848-7725], Weigel, R. [0000-0001-9685-6783], Wilton, Meaghan [0000-0003-2915-3863], Ochoa-Hueso, Raúl, Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, Risch, Anita C., Ashton, Louise, Augustine, David, Bélanger, Nicolas, Bridgham, Scott, Britton, A.J., Bruckman, Viktor J., Camarero, Jesús Julio, Cornelissen, Gerard, Crawford John A., Dijkstra, Feike A., Diochon, Amanda, Earl, Stevan, Edgerley, James, Epstein, Howard, Felton, Andrew, Fortier, Julien, Gagnon, Daniel, Greer, Ken, Griffiths, Hannah M, Halde, Caroline, Hanslin, Hans M., Harris, Lorna I., Hartsock, Jeremy, Hendrickson, Paul, Hovstad, Knut Anders, Hu, Jia, Jani. Arun D., Kent, Kelcy, Kerdraon-Byrne, Deirdre, Khalsa, Sat Darshan S., Lai, Derrick Y. F., Lambert, France, LaMontagne, Jalene M., Lavergne, Stéphanie, Lawrence. Beth A., Littke, Kim, Leeper, Abigail C., Licht, Mark A., Liebig, Mark A., Lynn, Joshua S., Maclean, Janet E., Martinsen, Vegard, McDaniel, Marshall D., McIntosh, Anne C. S., Miesel, Jessica R., Miller, Jim, Mulvaney, Michael J., Moreno, Gerardo, Newstead, Laura, Pakeman, Robin J., Pergl, Jan, Piñeiro, Juan, Quigley, Kathleen, Radtke, Troy M., Reed, Paul, Rolo, Víctor, Rudgers, Jennifer, Rutherford, P. Michael, Sayer, Emma J., Serrano-Grijalva, Lilia, Strack, Maria, Sukdeo, Nicole, Taylor, Andy F. S., Truax, Benoit, Tsuji, Leonard J. S., Van Gestel, Natasja, Vaness, Brenda M., Van Sundert, Kevin, Vitkova, Michaela, Weigel, R., Wilton, Meaghan, Yano, Yuriko, Teen, Ewing, and Bremer, Eric

Abstract

Understanding the chemical composition of our planet's crust was one of the biggest questions of the 20th century. More than 100 years later, we are still far from understanding the global patterns in the bioavailability and spatial coupling of elements in topsoils worldwide, despite their importance for the productivity and functioning of terrestrial ecosystems. Here, we measured the bioavailability and coupling of thirteen macro- and micronutrients and phytotoxic elements in topsoils (3–8 cm) from a range of terrestrial ecosystems across all continents (∼10,000 observations) and in response to global change manipulations (∼5,000 observations). For this, we incubated between 1 and 4 pairs of anionic and cationic exchange membranes per site for a mean period of 53 days. The most bioavailable elements (Ca, Mg, and K) were also amongst the most abundant in the crust. Patterns of bioavailability were biome-dependent and controlled by soil properties such as pH, organic matter content and texture, plant cover, and climate. However, global change simulations resulted in important alterations in the bioavailability of elements. Elements were highly coupled, and coupling was predictable by the atomic properties of elements, particularly mass, mass to charge ratio, and second ionization energy. Deviations from the predictable coupling-atomic mass relationship were attributed to global change and agriculture. Our work illustrates the tight links between the bioavailability and coupling of topsoil elements and environmental context, human activities, and atomic properties of elements, thus deeply enhancing our integrated understanding of the biogeochemical connections that underlie the productivity and functioning of terrestrial ecosystems in a changing world.

Published
2023

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