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5. Species interactions increase the temporal stability of community productivity in Pinus sylvestris—Fagus sylvatica mixtures across Europe

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del Río, Miren, Pretzsch, Hans, Ruíz-Peinado, Ricardo, Ampoorter, Evy, Annighöfer, Peter, Barbeito, Ignacio, Bielak, Kamil, Brazaitis, Gediminas, Coll, Lluís, Drössler, Lars, Fabrika, Marek, Forrester, David I., Heym, Michael, Hurt, Václav, Kurylyak, Viktor, Löf, Magnus, Lombardi, Fabio, Madrickiene, Ekaterina, Matović, Bratislav, Mohren, Frits, Motta, Renzo, den Ouden, Jan, Pach, Maciej, Ponette, Quentin, Schütze, Gerhard, Skrzyszewski, Jerzy, Sramek, Vit, Sterba, Hubert, Stojanović, Dejan, Svoboda, Miroslav, Zlatanov, Tzvetan M., and Bravo-Oviedo, Andrés

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2017

11. Biotic homogenization can decrease landscape-scale forest multifunctionality

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van der Plas, Fons, Manning, Pete, Soliveres, Santiago, Allan, Eric, Scherer-Lorenzen, Michael, Verheyen, Kris, Wirth, Christian, Zavala, Miguel A., Ampoorter, Evy, Baeten, Lander, Barbaro, Luc, Bauhus, Jürgen, Benavides, Raquel, Benneter, Adam, Bonal, Damien, Bouriaud, Olivier, Bruelheide, Helge, Bussotti, Filippo, Carnol, Monique, Castagneyrol, Bastien, Charbonnier, Yohan, Coomes, David Anthony, Coppi, Andrea, Bastias, Cristina C., Dawud, Seid Muhie, De Wandeler, Hans, Domisch, Timo, Finér, Leena, Gessler, Arthur, Granier, André, Grossiord, Charlotte, Guyot, Virginie, Hättenschwiler, Stephan, Jactel, Hervé, Jaroszewicz, Bogdan, Joly, François-xavier, Jucker, Tommaso, Koricheva, Julia, Milligan, Harriet, Mueller, Sandra, Muys, Bart, Nguyen, Diem, Pollastrini, Martina, Ratcliffe, Sophia, Raulund-Rasmussen, Karsten, Selvi, Federico, Stenlid, Jan, Valladares, Fernando, Vesterdal, Lars, Zielínski, Dawid, and Fischer, Markus

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2016

18. Tree diversity is key for promoting the diversity and abundance of forest-associated taxa in Europe

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Ampoorter, Evy, Barbaro, Luc, Jactel, Hervé, Baeten, Lander, Boberg, Johanna, Carnol, Monique, Castagneyrol, Bastien, Charbonnier, Yohan, Dawud, Seid Muhie, Deconchat, Marc, Smedt, Pallieter De, Wandeler, Hans De, Guyot, Virginie, Hättenschwiler, Stephan, and Joly, François‐Xavier

Subjects
forest‐associated taxa, soil conditions, tree diversity, tree functional composition, climate, forest structure
Abstract

Plant diversity is an important driver of diversity at other trophic levels, suggesting that cascading extinctions could reduce overall biodiversity. Most evidence for positive effects of plant diversity comes from grasslands. Despite the fact that forests are hotspots of biodiversity, the importance of tree diversity, in particular its relative importance compared to other management related factors, in affecting forest‐associated taxa is not well known. To address this, we used data from 183 plots, located in different forest types, from Mediterranean to Boreal, and established along a climatic gradient across six European countries (FunDivEUROPE project). We tested the influence of tree diversity, tree functional composition (i.e. functional trait values), forest structure, climate and soil on the diversity and abundance/activity of nine taxa (bats, birds, spiders, microorganisms, earthworms, ungulates, foliar fungal pathogens, defoliating insects and understorey plants) and on their overall diversity and abundance/activity (multidiversity,multiabundance/activity). Tree diversity was a key driver of taxon‐level and overall forest‐associated biodiversity, along with tree functional composition, forest structure, climate and soil. Both tree species richness and functional diversity (variation in functional trait values) were important. The effects of tree diversity on the abundance/activity of forest‐associated taxa were less consistent. Nonetheless, spiders, ungulates and foliar fungal pathogens were all more abundant/active in diverse forests. Tree functional composition and structure were also important drivers of abundance/activity: conifer stands had lower overall multidiversity (although the effect was driven by defoliating insects), while stands with potentially tall trees had lower overall multiabundance/activity. We found more synergies than trade‐offs between diversity and abundance/activity of different taxa, suggesting that forest management can promote high diversity across taxa. Our results clearly show the high value of mixed forest stands for multiple forest‐associated taxa and indicate that multiple dimensions of tree diversity (taxonomic and functional) are important.

Published
2020

19. Tree diversity is key for promoting the diversity and abundance of forest‐associated taxa in Europe

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Ampoorter, Evy, primary, Barbaro, Luc, additional, Jactel, Hervé, additional, Baeten, Lander, additional, Boberg, Johanna, additional, Carnol, Monique, additional, Castagneyrol, Bastien, additional, Charbonnier, Yohan, additional, Dawud, Seid Muhie, additional, Deconchat, Marc, additional, Smedt, Pallieter De, additional, Wandeler, Hans De, additional, Guyot, Virginie, additional, Hättenschwiler, Stephan, additional, Joly, François‐Xavier, additional, Koricheva, Julia, additional, Milligan, Harriet, additional, Muys, Bart, additional, Nguyen, Diem, additional, Ratcliffe, Sophia, additional, Raulund‐Rasmussen, Karsten, additional, Scherer‐Lorenzen, Michael, additional, van der Plas, Fons, additional, Keer, J. Van, additional, Verheyen, Kris, additional, Vesterdal, Lars, additional, and Allan, Eric, additional

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2020
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20. Drivers of above‐ground understorey biomass and nutrient stocks in temperate deciduous forests

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Landuyt, Dries, primary, Maes, Sybryn L., additional, Depauw, Leen, additional, Ampoorter, Evy, additional, Blondeel, Haben, additional, Perring, Michael P., additional, Brūmelis, Guntis, additional, Brunet, Jörg, additional, Decocq, Guillaume, additional, Ouden, Jan, additional, Härdtle, Werner, additional, Hédl, Radim, additional, Heinken, Thilo, additional, Heinrichs, Steffi, additional, Jaroszewicz, Bogdan, additional, Kirby, Keith J., additional, Kopecký, Martin, additional, Máliš, František, additional, Wulf, Monika, additional, and Verheyen, Kris, additional

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2019
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21. Identifying the tree species compositions that maximize ecosystem functioning in European forests

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Baeten, Lander, Bruelheide, Helge, van der Plas, Fons, Kambach, Stephan, Ratcliffe, Sophia, Jucker, Tommaso, Allan, Eric, Ampoorter, Evy, Barbaro, Luc, Bastias, Cristina C, Bauhus, Jürgen, Benavides, Raquel, Bonal, Damien, Bouriaud, Olivier, and Joly, François-Xavier

Subjects
species interactions, productivity, Ecology, forest management, forestry, FunDivEUROPE, tree species mixtures, ecosystem multifunctionality, overyielding
Abstract

1. Forest ecosystem functioning generally benefits from higher tree species richness, but variation within richness levels is typically large. This is mostly due to the contrasting performances of communities with different compositions. Evidence‐based understanding of composition effects on forest productivity, as well as on multiple other functions will enable forest managers to focus on the selection of species that maximise functioning, rather than with diversity per se. 2. We used a dataset of thirty ecosystem functions measured in stands with different species richness and composition in six European forest types. First, we quantified whether the compositions that maximise annual above ground wood production (productivity) generally also fulfil the multiple other ecosystem functions (multifunctionality). Then, we quantified the species identity effects and strength of interspecific interactions to identify the ‘best’ and ‘worst’ species composition for multifunctionality. Finally, we evaluated the real‐world frequency of occurrence of best and worst mixtures, using harmonised data from multiple national forest inventories. 3. The most productive tree species combinations also tended to express relatively high multifunctionality, although we found a relatively wide range of compositions with high or low average multifunctionality for the same level of productivity. Monocultures were distributed among the highest as well as the lowest performing compositions. The variation in functioning between compositions was generally driven by differences in the performance of the component species and, to a lesser extent, by particular interspecific interactions. Finally, we found that the most frequent species compositions in inventory data were monospecific stands and that the most common compositions showed below‐average multifunctionality and productivity. 4. Synthesis and applications. Species identity and composition effects are essential to the development of high‐performing production systems, for instance in forestry and agriculture. They therefore deserve great attention in the analysis and design of functional biodiversity studies if the aim is to inform ecosystem management. A management focus on tree productivity does not necessarily trade‐off against other ecosystem functions; high productivity and multifunctionality can be combined with an informed selection of tree species and species combinations.

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2019

23. Driving mechanisms of overstorey–understorey diversity relationships in European forests

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Berger Sigrid, Radoglou Kalliopi, Verheyen Kris, Setiawan Nuri Nurlaila, Vanhellemont Margot, Carrari Elisa, Baeten Lander, Coppi Andrea, Selvi Federico, Ampoorter Evy, Auge Harald, and Fotelli Mariangela

Subjects
0106 biological sciences, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Gamma diversity, Agroforestry, Ecology, Biodiversity, Beta diversity, Species diversity, Plant Science, Vegetation, Biology, 010603 evolutionary biology, 01 natural sciences, Forest ecology, Alpha diversity, Species richness, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences
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Forest ecosystem multifunctionality and the provision of ecosystem services benefit from high biodiversity, including from the understorey. Hence, it is crucial to get insight into the mechanisms that influence the composition and diversity in this forest layer. Understorey species have specific environmental requirements which are influenced by the overstorey in a species-specific way. Mixing tree species may create a heterogeneous pattern of environmental conditions similar to the component species’ monocultures, or induce new environmental conditions. We quantified overstorey–understorey taxonomic and functional diversity relationships at different spatial scales in an innovative large-scaled European diversity-oriented research platform that allows the separation of tree species identity and diversity effects. We considered our results in relation to the divergent patterns expected, depending on whether environmental heterogeneity or novel environment creation is the mechanism driving overstorey–understorey diversity relationships. We examined the understorey in mature forests in six European regions. Per region, three to five tree species were selected and 28–43 plots of 30 m × 30 m were established (209 in total), covering a tree species richness gradient from monocultures to three- to five-species mixed plots. Within each plot, we performed vegetation surveys in three vegetation quadrats. We examined the understorey compositional variation among and within regions and the influence of overstorey taxonomic and functional diversity on understorey diversity at different spatial scales. The understorey composition showed clear interregional differences. We found lower compositional differentiation among quadrats with a higher tree species richness level (Finland, Germany and Italy). These quadrats share more tree species and probably have more similar environmental conditions. Neither overstorey taxonomic nor functional diversity affected the stand-level understorey species richness. At the forest-level, adding two-species mixtures to component monocultures clearly increased the understorey species richness, while adding mixtures with a higher tree species richness level to component monocultures had a negligible or negative impact. Overstorey–understorey diversity relationships depend on the spatial scale. At the stand-level, our results lacked support for the environmental heterogeneity hypothesis and revealed the possibility of novel environment creation in tree-by-tree mixed stands. At the forest-level, favouring the mixture of two-species mixed stands and their component monoculture stands offers the best prospects for a higher understorey species richness.

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2016

24. Continental mapping of forest ecosystem functions reveals a high but unrealised potential for forest multifunctionality

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van der Plas, Fons, Ratcliffe, Sophia, Ruiz-Benito, Paloma, Scherer-Lorenzen, Michael, Verheyen, Kris, Wirth, Christian, Zavala, Miguel A, Ampoorter, Evy, Baeten, Lander, Barbaro, Luc, Bastias, Cristina C, Bauhus, Jurgen, Benavides, Raquel, Benneter, Adam, and Joly, Francois-Xavier

Subjects
upscaling, forest, large-scale, phylogenetic diversity, FunDivEUROPE, Biodiversity, ecosystem services, climate, tree communities, ecosystem multifunctionality
Abstract

Humans require multiple services from ecosystems, but it is largely unknown whether trade-offs between ecosystem functions prevent the realisation of high ecosystem multifunctionality across spatial scales. Here, we combined a comprehensive dataset (28 ecosystem functions measured on 209 forest plots) with a forest inventory dataset (105,316 plots) to extrapolate and map relationships between various ecosystem multifunctionality measures across Europe. These multifunctionality measures reflected different management objectives, related to timber production, climate regulation and biodiversity conservation/recreation. We found that trade-offs among them were rare across Europe, at both local and continental scales. This suggests a high potential for ‘win-win’ forest management strategies, where overall multifunctionality is maximised. However, across sites, multifunctionality was on average 45.8-49.8% below maximum levels and not necessarily highest in protected areas. Therefore, using one of the most comprehensive assessments so far, our study suggests a high but largely unrealised potential for management to promote multifunctional forests.

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2018

25. The functional role of temperate forest understorey vegetation in a changing world

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Landuyt, Dries, primary, De Lombaerde, Emiel, additional, Perring, Michael P., additional, Hertzog, Lionel R., additional, Ampoorter, Evy, additional, Maes, Sybryn L., additional, De Frenne, Pieter, additional, Ma, Shiyu, additional, Proesmans, Willem, additional, Blondeel, Haben, additional, Sercu, Bram K., additional, Wang, Bin, additional, Wasof, Safaa, additional, and Verheyen, Kris, additional

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2019
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26. Identifying the tree species compositions that maximize ecosystem functioning in European forests

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Baeten, Lander, primary, Bruelheide, Helge, additional, van der Plas, Fons, additional, Kambach, Stephan, additional, Ratcliffe, Sophia, additional, Jucker, Tommaso, additional, Allan, Eric, additional, Ampoorter, Evy, additional, Barbaro, Luc, additional, Bastias, Cristina C., additional, Bauhus, Jürgen, additional, Benavides, Raquel, additional, Bonal, Damien, additional, Bouriaud, Olivier, additional, Bussotti, Filippo, additional, Carnol, Monique, additional, Castagneyrol, Bastien, additional, Charbonnier, Yohan, additional, Chećko, Ewa, additional, Coomes, David A., additional, Dahlgren, Jonas, additional, Dawud, Seid Muhie, additional, De Wandeler, Hans, additional, Domisch, Timo, additional, Finér, Leena, additional, Fischer, Markus, additional, Fotelli, Mariangela, additional, Gessler, Arthur, additional, Grossiord, Charlotte, additional, Guyot, Virginie, additional, Hättenschwiler, Stephan, additional, Jactel, Hervé, additional, Jaroszewicz, Bogdan, additional, Joly, François‐Xavier, additional, Koricheva, Julia, additional, Lehtonen, Aleksi, additional, Müller, Sandra, additional, Muys, Bart, additional, Nguyen, Diem, additional, Pollastrini, Martina, additional, Radoglou, Kalliopi, additional, Raulund‐Rasmussen, Karsten, additional, Ruiz‐Benito, Paloma, additional, Selvi, Federico, additional, Stenlid, Jan, additional, Valladares, Fernando, additional, Vesterdal, Lars, additional, Verheyen, Kris, additional, Wirth, Christian, additional, Zavala, Miguel A., additional, and Scherer‐Lorenzen, Michael, additional

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2018
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27. Brain-be 'Forbio climate' Adaptation potential of biodiverse forests in the face of climate change.

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UCL - SST/ELI/ELIE - Environmental Sciences, Ampoorter Evy, Delvaux Charles, De Troch Rozemien, Dewan Sumitra, Jacobs, Kristoffel, Rahman Masud Masudur, Sousa-Silva Rita, Bertrand Cédric, Carnol Monique, De Frenne Pieter, Hamdi Rafiq, Muys Bart, Ponette, Quentin, Vander Mijnsbrugge Krisitine, Verheyen Kris, UCL - SST/ELI/ELIE - Environmental Sciences, Ampoorter Evy, Delvaux Charles, De Troch Rozemien, Dewan Sumitra, Jacobs, Kristoffel, Rahman Masud Masudur, Sousa-Silva Rita, Bertrand Cédric, Carnol Monique, De Frenne Pieter, Hamdi Rafiq, Muys Bart, Ponette, Quentin, Vander Mijnsbrugge Krisitine, and Verheyen Kris

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Context Climate change is expected to have a large impact on the distribution, composition and functioning of forest ecosystems worldwide as trees have only little opportunities to migrate and adaptation via natural selection happens very slowly. Hence, creating resistant and resilient forests is a key challenge for forest management. More insight into the adaptive capacity of trees and forests in their consecutive life and development stages, respectively, and the potential buffering effect of tree species admixing to climate change is thus urgently needed. Objectives FORBIO Climate aimed at scrutinizing the adaptive capacity of pedunculate and sessile oak (Quercus robur and Q. petraea, respectively) and European beech (Fagus sylvatica) and at predicting the future performance of these tree species in Belgium under climate change. More specifically, the project aimed at testing the following hypotheses: (1) epigenetic inheritance mechanisms can increase the adaptive capacity of trees to climate change during the reproduction stage; (2) across subsequent tree development stages, tree performance is more resistant and resilient to climate change in more biodiverse forests. Conclusions Belgian’s future climate is projected to be warmer, with a higher frequency of extreme precipitation events. Parental temperature influenced the germination success, bud phenology and growth of oak and beech seedlings, but we did not observe DNA methylation that could help to explain the phenological change mediated by the parental temperature. Studies on both saplings and mature trees suggested that drought may influence ecosystem processes in young and mature forests, affecting the growth and vitality of trees. Despite the high awareness of climate change as an issue in forest management and the need to adjust management practices, we found a lack of knowledge on how to adapt forest management in order to mitigate the vulnerability of forests under changing climate conditions. The res

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2018

28. Early stage litter decomposition across biomes

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Djukic, Ika, Kepfer-Rojas, Sebastian, Schmidt, Inger Kappel, Larsen, Klaus Steenberg, Beier, Claus, Berg, Björn, Verheyen, Kris, Caliman, Adriano, Paquette, Alain, Gutiérrez-Girón, Alba, Humber, Alberto, Valdecantos, Alejandro, Petraglia, Alessandro, Alexander, Heather, Augustaitis, Algirdas, Saillard, Amélie, Fernández, Ana Carolina Ruiz, Sousa, Ana I., Lillebø, Ana I., da Rocha Gripp, Anderson, Francez, André-Jean, Fischer, Andrea, Bohner, Andreas, Malyshev, Andrey, Andrić, Andrijana, Smith, Andy, Stanisci, Angela, Seres, Anikó, Schmidt, Anja, Avila, Anna, Probst, Anne, Ouin, Annie, Khuroo, Anzar A., Verstraeten, Arne, Palabral-Aguilera, Arely N., Stefanski, Artur, Gaxiola, Aurora, Muys, Bart, Bosman, Bernard, Ahrends, Bernd, Parker, Bill, Sattler, Birgit, Yang, Bo, Juráni, Bohdan, Erschbamer, Brigitta, Ortiz, Carmen Eugenia Rodriguez, Christiansen, Casper T., Carol Adair, E., Meredieu, Céline, Mony, Cendrine, Nock, Charles A., Chen, Chi-Ling, Wang, Chiao-Ping, Baum, Christel, Rixen, Christian, Delire, Christine, Piscart, Christophe, Andrews, Christopher, Rebmann, Corinna, Branquinho, Cristina, Polyanskaya, Dana, Delgado, David Fuentes, Wundram, Dirk, Radeideh, Diyaa, Ordóñez-Regil, Eduardo, Crawford, Edward, Preda, Elena, Tropina, Elena, Groner, Elli, Lucot, Eric, Hornung, Erzsébet, Gacia, Esperança, Lévesque, Esther, Benedito, Evanilde, Davydov, Evgeny A., Ampoorter, Evy, Bolzan, Fabio Padilha, Varela, Felipe, Kristöfel, Ferdinand, Maestre, Fernando T., Maunoury-Danger, Florence, Hofhansl, Florian, Kitz, Florian, Sutter, Flurin, Cuesta, Francisco, de Almeida Lobo, Francisco, de Souza, Franco Leandro, Berninger, Frank, Zehetner, Franz, Wohlfahrt, Georg, Vourlitis, George, Carreño-Rocabado, Geovana, Arena, Gina, Pinha, Gisele Daiane, González, Grizelle, Canut, Guylaine, Lee, Hanna, Verbeeck, Hans, Auge, Harald, Pauli, Harald, Nacro, Hassan Bismarck, Bahamonde, Héctor A., Feldhaar, Heike, Jäger, Heinke, Serrano, Helena C., Verheyden, Hélène, Bruelheide, Helge, Meesenburg, Henning, Jungkunst, Hermann, Jactel, Hervé, Shibata, Hideaki, Kurokawa, Hiroko, Rosas, Hugo López, Rojas Villalobos, Hugo L., Yesilonis, Ian, Melece, Inara, Van Halder, Inge, Quirós, Inmaculada García, Makelele, Isaac, Senou, Issaka, Fekete, István, Mihal, Ivan, Ostonen, Ivika, Borovská, Jana, Roales, Javier, Shoqeir, Jawad, Lata, Jean-Christophe, Theurillat, Jean-Paul, Probst, Jean-Luc, Zimmerman, Jess, Vijayanathan, Jeyanny, Tang, Jianwu, Thompson, Jill, Doležal, Jiří, Sanchez-Cabeza, Joan-Albert, Merlet, Joël, Henschel, Joh, Neirynck, Johan, Knops, Johannes, Loehr, John, von Oppen, Jonathan, Þorláksdóttir, Jónína Sigríður, Löffler, Jörg, Cardoso-Mohedano, José-Gilberto, Benito-Alonso, José-Luis, Torezan, Jose Marcelo, Morina, Joseph C., Jiménez, Juan J., Quinde, Juan Dario, Alatalo, Juha, Seeber, Julia, Stadler, Jutta, Kriiska, Kaie, Coulibaly, Kalifa, Fukuzawa, Karibu, Szlavecz, Katalin, Gerhátová, Katarína, Lajtha, Kate, Käppeler, Kathrin, Jennings, Katie A., Tielbörger, Katja, Hoshizaki, Kazuhiko, Green, Ken, Yé, Lambiénou, Pazianoto, Laryssa Helena Ribeiro, Dienstbach, Laura, Williams, Laura, Yahdjian, Laura, Brigham, Laurel M., van den Brink, Liesbeth, Rustad, Lindsey, Zhang, Lipeng, Morillas, Lourdes, Xiankai, Lu, Carneiro, Luciana Silva, Di Martino, Luciano, Villar, Luis, Bader, Maaike Y., Morley, Madison, Lebouvier, Marc, Tomaselli, Marcello, Sternberg, Marcelo, Schaub, Marcus, Santos-Reis, Margarida, Glushkova, Maria, Torres, María Guadalupe Almazán, Giroux, Marie-Andrée, de Graaff, Marie-Anne, Pons, Marie-Noëlle, Bauters, Marijn, Mazón, Marina, Frenzel, Mark, Didion, Markus, Wagner, Markus, Hamid, Maroof, Lopes, Marta L., Apple, Martha, Schädler, Martin, Weih, Martin, Gualmini, Matteo, Vadeboncoeur, Matthew A., Bierbaumer, Michael, Danger, Michael, Liddell, Michael, Mirtl, Michael, Scherer-Lorenzen, Michael, Růžek, Michal, Carbognani, Michele, Di Musciano, Michele, Matsushita, Michinari, Zhiyanski, Miglena, Pușcaș, Mihai, Barna, Milan, Ataka, Mioko, Jiangming, Mo, Alsafran, Mohammed, Carnol, Monique, Barsoum, Nadia, Tokuchi, Naoko, Eisenhauer, Nico, Lecomte, Nicolas, Filippova, Nina, Hölzel, Norbert, Ferlian, Olga, Romero, Oscar, Pinto, Osvaldo B., Peri, Pablo, Weber, Paige, Vittoz, Pascal, Turtureanu, Pavel Dan, Fleischer, Peter, Macreadie, Peter, Haase, Peter, Reich, Peter, Petřík, Petr, Choler, Philippe, Marmonier, Pierre, Muriel, Priscilla, Ponette, Quentin, Guariento, Rafael Dettogni, Canessa, Rafaella, Kiese, Ralf, Hewitt, Rebecca, Rønn, Regin, Adrian, Rita, Kanka, Róbert, Weigel, Robert, Gatti, Roberto Cazzolla, Martins, Rodrigo Lemes, Georges, Romain, Meneses, Rosa Isela, Gavilán, Rosario G., Dasgupta, Sabyasachi, Wittlinger, Sally, Puijalon, Sara, Freda, Sarah, Suzuki, Satoshi, Charles, Sean, Gogo, Sébastien, Drollinger, Simon, Mereu, Simone, Wipf, Sonja, Trevathan-Tackett, Stacey, Löfgren, Stefan, Stoll, Stefan, Trogisch, Stefan, Hoeber, Stefanie, Seitz, Steffen, Glatzel, Stephan, Milton, Sue J., Dousset, Sylvie, Mori, Taiki, Sato, Takanori, Ise, Takeshi, Hishi, Takuo, Kenta, Tanaka, Nakaji, Tatsuro, Michelan, Thaisa Sala, Camboulive, Thierry, Mozdzer, Thomas J., Scholten, Thomas, Spiegelberger, Thomas, Zechmeister, Thomas, Kleinebecker, Till, Hiura, Tsutom, Enoki, Tsutomu, Ursu, Tudor-Mihai, di Cella, Umberto Morra, Hamer, Ute, Klaus, Valentin H., Rêgo, Vanessa Mendes, Di Cecco, Valter, Busch, Verena, Fontana, Veronika, Piscová, Veronika, Carbonell, Victoria, Ochoa, Victoria, Bretagnolle, Vincent, Maire, Vincent, Farjalla, Vinicius, Zhou, Wenjun, Luo, Wentao, McDowell, William H., Hu, Yalin, Utsumi, Yasuhiro, Kominami, Yuji, Zaika, Yulia, Rozhkov, Yury, Kotroczó, Zsolt, Tóth, Zsolt, Djukic, Ika, Kepfer-Rojas, Sebastian, Schmidt, Inger Kappel, Larsen, Klaus Steenberg, Beier, Claus, Berg, Björn, Verheyen, Kris, Caliman, Adriano, Paquette, Alain, Gutiérrez-Girón, Alba, Humber, Alberto, Valdecantos, Alejandro, Petraglia, Alessandro, Alexander, Heather, Augustaitis, Algirdas, Saillard, Amélie, Fernández, Ana Carolina Ruiz, Sousa, Ana I., Lillebø, Ana I., da Rocha Gripp, Anderson, Francez, André-Jean, Fischer, Andrea, Bohner, Andreas, Malyshev, Andrey, Andrić, Andrijana, Smith, Andy, Stanisci, Angela, Seres, Anikó, Schmidt, Anja, Avila, Anna, Probst, Anne, Ouin, Annie, Khuroo, Anzar A., Verstraeten, Arne, Palabral-Aguilera, Arely N., Stefanski, Artur, Gaxiola, Aurora, Muys, Bart, Bosman, Bernard, Ahrends, Bernd, Parker, Bill, Sattler, Birgit, Yang, Bo, Juráni, Bohdan, Erschbamer, Brigitta, Ortiz, Carmen Eugenia Rodriguez, Christiansen, Casper T., Carol Adair, E., Meredieu, Céline, Mony, Cendrine, Nock, Charles A., Chen, Chi-Ling, Wang, Chiao-Ping, Baum, Christel, Rixen, Christian, Delire, Christine, Piscart, Christophe, Andrews, Christopher, Rebmann, Corinna, Branquinho, Cristina, Polyanskaya, Dana, Delgado, David Fuentes, Wundram, Dirk, Radeideh, Diyaa, Ordóñez-Regil, Eduardo, Crawford, Edward, Preda, Elena, Tropina, Elena, Groner, Elli, Lucot, Eric, Hornung, Erzsébet, Gacia, Esperança, Lévesque, Esther, Benedito, Evanilde, Davydov, Evgeny A., Ampoorter, Evy, Bolzan, Fabio Padilha, Varela, Felipe, Kristöfel, Ferdinand, Maestre, Fernando T., Maunoury-Danger, Florence, Hofhansl, Florian, Kitz, Florian, Sutter, Flurin, Cuesta, Francisco, de Almeida Lobo, Francisco, de Souza, Franco Leandro, Berninger, Frank, Zehetner, Franz, Wohlfahrt, Georg, Vourlitis, George, Carreño-Rocabado, Geovana, Arena, Gina, Pinha, Gisele Daiane, González, Grizelle, Canut, Guylaine, Lee, Hanna, Verbeeck, Hans, Auge, Harald, Pauli, Harald, Nacro, Hassan Bismarck, Bahamonde, Héctor A., Feldhaar, Heike, Jäger, Heinke, Serrano, Helena C., Verheyden, Hélène, Bruelheide, Helge, Meesenburg, Henning, Jungkunst, Hermann, Jactel, Hervé, Shibata, Hideaki, Kurokawa, Hiroko, Rosas, Hugo López, Rojas Villalobos, Hugo L., Yesilonis, Ian, Melece, Inara, Van Halder, Inge, Quirós, Inmaculada García, Makelele, Isaac, Senou, Issaka, Fekete, István, Mihal, Ivan, Ostonen, Ivika, Borovská, Jana, Roales, Javier, Shoqeir, Jawad, Lata, Jean-Christophe, Theurillat, Jean-Paul, Probst, Jean-Luc, Zimmerman, Jess, Vijayanathan, Jeyanny, Tang, Jianwu, Thompson, Jill, Doležal, Jiří, Sanchez-Cabeza, Joan-Albert, Merlet, Joël, Henschel, Joh, Neirynck, Johan, Knops, Johannes, Loehr, John, von Oppen, Jonathan, Þorláksdóttir, Jónína Sigríður, Löffler, Jörg, Cardoso-Mohedano, José-Gilberto, Benito-Alonso, José-Luis, Torezan, Jose Marcelo, Morina, Joseph C., Jiménez, Juan J., Quinde, Juan Dario, Alatalo, Juha, Seeber, Julia, Stadler, Jutta, Kriiska, Kaie, Coulibaly, Kalifa, Fukuzawa, Karibu, Szlavecz, Katalin, Gerhátová, Katarína, Lajtha, Kate, Käppeler, Kathrin, Jennings, Katie A., Tielbörger, Katja, Hoshizaki, Kazuhiko, Green, Ken, Yé, Lambiénou, Pazianoto, Laryssa Helena Ribeiro, Dienstbach, Laura, Williams, Laura, Yahdjian, Laura, Brigham, Laurel M., van den Brink, Liesbeth, Rustad, Lindsey, Zhang, Lipeng, Morillas, Lourdes, Xiankai, Lu, Carneiro, Luciana Silva, Di Martino, Luciano, Villar, Luis, Bader, Maaike Y., Morley, Madison, Lebouvier, Marc, Tomaselli, Marcello, Sternberg, Marcelo, Schaub, Marcus, Santos-Reis, Margarida, Glushkova, Maria, Torres, María Guadalupe Almazán, Giroux, Marie-Andrée, de Graaff, Marie-Anne, Pons, Marie-Noëlle, Bauters, Marijn, Mazón, Marina, Frenzel, Mark, Didion, Markus, Wagner, Markus, Hamid, Maroof, Lopes, Marta L., Apple, Martha, Schädler, Martin, Weih, Martin, Gualmini, Matteo, Vadeboncoeur, Matthew A., Bierbaumer, Michael, Danger, Michael, Liddell, Michael, Mirtl, Michael, Scherer-Lorenzen, Michael, Růžek, Michal, Carbognani, Michele, Di Musciano, Michele, Matsushita, Michinari, Zhiyanski, Miglena, Pușcaș, Mihai, Barna, Milan, Ataka, Mioko, Jiangming, Mo, Alsafran, Mohammed, Carnol, Monique, Barsoum, Nadia, Tokuchi, Naoko, Eisenhauer, Nico, Lecomte, Nicolas, Filippova, Nina, Hölzel, Norbert, Ferlian, Olga, Romero, Oscar, Pinto, Osvaldo B., Peri, Pablo, Weber, Paige, Vittoz, Pascal, Turtureanu, Pavel Dan, Fleischer, Peter, Macreadie, Peter, Haase, Peter, Reich, Peter, Petřík, Petr, Choler, Philippe, Marmonier, Pierre, Muriel, Priscilla, Ponette, Quentin, Guariento, Rafael Dettogni, Canessa, Rafaella, Kiese, Ralf, Hewitt, Rebecca, Rønn, Regin, Adrian, Rita, Kanka, Róbert, Weigel, Robert, Gatti, Roberto Cazzolla, Martins, Rodrigo Lemes, Georges, Romain, Meneses, Rosa Isela, Gavilán, Rosario G., Dasgupta, Sabyasachi, Wittlinger, Sally, Puijalon, Sara, Freda, Sarah, Suzuki, Satoshi, Charles, Sean, Gogo, Sébastien, Drollinger, Simon, Mereu, Simone, Wipf, Sonja, Trevathan-Tackett, Stacey, Löfgren, Stefan, Stoll, Stefan, Trogisch, Stefan, Hoeber, Stefanie, Seitz, Steffen, Glatzel, Stephan, Milton, Sue J., Dousset, Sylvie, Mori, Taiki, Sato, Takanori, Ise, Takeshi, Hishi, Takuo, Kenta, Tanaka, Nakaji, Tatsuro, Michelan, Thaisa Sala, Camboulive, Thierry, Mozdzer, Thomas J., Scholten, Thomas, Spiegelberger, Thomas, Zechmeister, Thomas, Kleinebecker, Till, Hiura, Tsutom, Enoki, Tsutomu, Ursu, Tudor-Mihai, di Cella, Umberto Morra, Hamer, Ute, Klaus, Valentin H., Rêgo, Vanessa Mendes, Di Cecco, Valter, Busch, Verena, Fontana, Veronika, Piscová, Veronika, Carbonell, Victoria, Ochoa, Victoria, Bretagnolle, Vincent, Maire, Vincent, Farjalla, Vinicius, Zhou, Wenjun, Luo, Wentao, McDowell, William H., Hu, Yalin, Utsumi, Yasuhiro, Kominami, Yuji, Zaika, Yulia, Rozhkov, Yury, Kotroczó, Zsolt, and Tóth, Zsolt

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Through litter decomposition enormous amounts of carbon is emitted to the atmosphere. Numerous large-scale decomposition experiments have been conducted focusing on this fundamental soil process in order to understand the controls on the terrestrial carbon transfer to the atmosphere. However, previous studies were mostly based on site-specific litter and methodologies, adding major uncertainty to syntheses, comparisons and meta-analyses across different experiments and sites. In the TeaComposition initiative, the potential litter decomposition is investigated by using standardized substrates (Rooibos and Green tea) for comparison of litter mass loss at 336 sites (ranging from −9 to +26 °C MAT and from 60 to 3113 mm MAP) across different ecosystems. In this study we tested the effect of climate (temperature and moisture), litter type and land-use on early stage decomposition (3 months) across nine biomes. We show that litter quality was the predominant controlling factor in early stage litter decomposition, which explained about 65% of the variability in litter decomposition at a global scale. The effect of climate, on the other hand, was not litter specific and explained <0.5% of the variation for Green tea and 5% for Rooibos tea, and was of significance only under unfavorable decomposition conditions (i.e. xeric versus mesic environments). When the data were aggregated at the biome scale, climate played a significant role on decomposition of both litter types (explaining 64% of the variation for Green tea and 72% for Rooibos tea). No significant effect of land-use on early stage litter decomposition was noted within the temperate biome. Our results indicate that multiple drivers are affecting early stage litter mass loss with litter quality being dominant. In order to be able to quantify the relative importance of the different drivers over time, long-term studies combined with experimental trials are needed.

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2018

29. Drivers of above‐ground understorey biomass and nutrient stocks in temperate deciduous forests.

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Landuyt, Dries, Maes, Sybryn L., Depauw, Leen, Ampoorter, Evy, Blondeel, Haben, Perring, Michael P., Brūmelis, Guntis, Brunet, Jörg, Decocq, Guillaume, Ouden, Jan, Härdtle, Werner, Hédl, Radim, Heinken, Thilo, Heinrichs, Steffi, Jaroszewicz, Bogdan, Kirby, Keith J., Kopecký, Martin, Máliš, František, Wulf, Monika, and Verheyen, Kris

Subjects
DECIDUOUS forests, FOREST biomass, TEMPERATE forests, BIOMASS, SOIL acidity, STRUCTURAL equation modeling
Abstract

The understorey in temperate forests can play an important functional role, depending on its biomass and functional characteristics. While it is known that local soil and stand characteristics largely determine the biomass of the understorey, less is known about the role of global change. Global change can directly affect understorey biomass, but also indirectly by modifying the overstorey, local resource availability and growing conditions at the forest floor.In this observational study across Europe, we aim at disentangling the impact of global‐change drivers on understorey biomass and nutrient stocks, from the impact of overstorey characteristics and local site conditions. Using piecewise structural equation modelling, we determine the main drivers of understorey biomass and nutrient stocks in these forests and examine potential direct and indirect effects of global‐change drivers.Tree cover, tree litter quality and differences in former land use were the main drivers of understorey biomass and nutrient stocks, via their influence on understorey light and nitrogen availability and soil acidity. Other global‐change drivers, including climate and nitrogen deposition, had similar indirect effects, but these were either weak or only affecting nutrient concentrations, not stocks.Synthesis. We found that direct effects of global‐change drivers on understorey biomass and nutrient stocks were absent. The indirect effects of global change, through influencing resource availability and growing conditions at the forest floor, were found to be less important than the effects of overstorey cover and composition. These results suggest that understorey biomass and nutrient stocks might respond less to global change in the presence of a dense overstorey, highlighting the buffering role of the overstorey in temperate forests. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2020
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31. Early stage litter decomposition across biomes

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Djukic, Ika, primary, Kepfer-Rojas, Sebastian, additional, Schmidt, Inger Kappel, additional, Larsen, Klaus Steenberg, additional, Beier, Claus, additional, Berg, Björn, additional, Verheyen, Kris, additional, Caliman, Adriano, additional, Paquette, Alain, additional, Gutiérrez-Girón, Alba, additional, Humber, Alberto, additional, Valdecantos, Alejandro, additional, Petraglia, Alessandro, additional, Alexander, Heather, additional, Augustaitis, Algirdas, additional, Saillard, Amélie, additional, Fernández, Ana Carolina Ruiz, additional, Sousa, Ana I., additional, Lillebø, Ana I., additional, da Rocha Gripp, Anderson, additional, Francez, André-Jean, additional, Fischer, Andrea, additional, Bohner, Andreas, additional, Malyshev, Andrey, additional, Andrić, Andrijana, additional, Smith, Andy, additional, Stanisci, Angela, additional, Seres, Anikó, additional, Schmidt, Anja, additional, Avila, Anna, additional, Probst, Anne, additional, Ouin, Annie, additional, Khuroo, Anzar A., additional, Verstraeten, Arne, additional, Palabral-Aguilera, Arely N., additional, Stefanski, Artur, additional, Gaxiola, Aurora, additional, Muys, Bart, additional, Bosman, Bernard, additional, Ahrends, Bernd, additional, Parker, Bill, additional, Sattler, Birgit, additional, Yang, Bo, additional, Juráni, Bohdan, additional, Erschbamer, Brigitta, additional, Ortiz, Carmen Eugenia Rodriguez, additional, Christiansen, Casper T., additional, Carol Adair, E., additional, Meredieu, Céline, additional, Mony, Cendrine, additional, Nock, Charles A., additional, Chen, Chi-Ling, additional, Wang, Chiao-Ping, additional, Baum, Christel, additional, Rixen, Christian, additional, Delire, Christine, additional, Piscart, Christophe, additional, Andrews, Christopher, additional, Rebmann, Corinna, additional, Branquinho, Cristina, additional, Polyanskaya, Dana, additional, Delgado, David Fuentes, additional, Wundram, Dirk, additional, Radeideh, Diyaa, additional, Ordóñez-Regil, Eduardo, additional, Crawford, Edward, additional, Preda, Elena, additional, Tropina, Elena, additional, Groner, Elli, additional, Lucot, Eric, additional, Hornung, Erzsébet, additional, Gacia, Esperança, additional, Lévesque, Esther, additional, Benedito, Evanilde, additional, Davydov, Evgeny A., additional, Ampoorter, Evy, additional, Bolzan, Fabio Padilha, additional, Varela, Felipe, additional, Kristöfel, Ferdinand, additional, Maestre, Fernando T., additional, Maunoury-Danger, Florence, additional, Hofhansl, Florian, additional, Kitz, Florian, additional, Sutter, Flurin, additional, Cuesta, Francisco, additional, de Almeida Lobo, Francisco, additional, de Souza, Franco Leandro, additional, Berninger, Frank, additional, Zehetner, Franz, additional, Wohlfahrt, Georg, additional, Vourlitis, George, additional, Carreño-Rocabado, Geovana, additional, Arena, Gina, additional, Pinha, Gisele Daiane, additional, González, Grizelle, additional, Canut, Guylaine, additional, Lee, Hanna, additional, Verbeeck, Hans, additional, Auge, Harald, additional, Pauli, Harald, additional, Nacro, Hassan Bismarck, additional, Bahamonde, Héctor A., additional, Feldhaar, Heike, additional, Jäger, Heinke, additional, Serrano, Helena C., additional, Verheyden, Hélène, additional, Bruelheide, Helge, additional, Meesenburg, Henning, additional, Jungkunst, Hermann, additional, Jactel, Hervé, additional, Shibata, Hideaki, additional, Kurokawa, Hiroko, additional, Rosas, Hugo López, additional, Rojas Villalobos, Hugo L., additional, Yesilonis, Ian, additional, Melece, Inara, additional, Van Halder, Inge, additional, Quirós, Inmaculada García, additional, Makelele, Isaac, additional, Senou, Issaka, additional, Fekete, István, additional, Mihal, Ivan, additional, Ostonen, Ivika, additional, Borovská, Jana, additional, Roales, Javier, additional, Shoqeir, Jawad, additional, Lata, Jean-Christophe, additional, Theurillat, Jean-Paul, additional, Probst, Jean-Luc, additional, Zimmerman, Jess, additional, Vijayanathan, Jeyanny, additional, Tang, Jianwu, additional, Thompson, Jill, additional, Doležal, Jiří, additional, Sanchez-Cabeza, Joan-Albert, additional, Merlet, Joël, additional, Henschel, Joh, additional, Neirynck, Johan, additional, Knops, Johannes, additional, Loehr, John, additional, von Oppen, Jonathan, additional, Þorláksdóttir, Jónína Sigríður, additional, Löffler, Jörg, additional, Cardoso-Mohedano, José-Gilberto, additional, Benito-Alonso, José-Luis, additional, Torezan, Jose Marcelo, additional, Morina, Joseph C., additional, Jiménez, Juan J., additional, Quinde, Juan Dario, additional, Alatalo, Juha, additional, Seeber, Julia, additional, Stadler, Jutta, additional, Kriiska, Kaie, additional, Coulibaly, Kalifa, additional, Fukuzawa, Karibu, additional, Szlavecz, Katalin, additional, Gerhátová, Katarína, additional, Lajtha, Kate, additional, Käppeler, Kathrin, additional, Jennings, Katie A., additional, Tielbörger, Katja, additional, Hoshizaki, Kazuhiko, additional, Green, Ken, additional, Yé, Lambiénou, additional, Pazianoto, Laryssa Helena Ribeiro, additional, Dienstbach, Laura, additional, Williams, Laura, additional, Yahdjian, Laura, additional, Brigham, Laurel M., additional, van den Brink, Liesbeth, additional, Rustad, Lindsey, additional, Zhang, Lipeng, additional, Morillas, Lourdes, additional, Xiankai, Lu, additional, Carneiro, Luciana Silva, additional, Di Martino, Luciano, additional, Villar, Luis, additional, Bader, Maaike Y., additional, Morley, Madison, additional, Lebouvier, Marc, additional, Tomaselli, Marcello, additional, Sternberg, Marcelo, additional, Schaub, Marcus, additional, Santos-Reis, Margarida, additional, Glushkova, Maria, additional, Torres, María Guadalupe Almazán, additional, Giroux, Marie-Andrée, additional, de Graaff, Marie-Anne, additional, Pons, Marie-Noëlle, additional, Bauters, Marijn, additional, Mazón, Marina, additional, Frenzel, Mark, additional, Didion, Markus, additional, Wagner, Markus, additional, Hamid, Maroof, additional, Lopes, Marta L., additional, Apple, Martha, additional, Schädler, Martin, additional, Weih, Martin, additional, Gualmini, Matteo, additional, Vadeboncoeur, Matthew A., additional, Bierbaumer, Michael, additional, Danger, Michael, additional, Liddell, Michael, additional, Mirtl, Michael, additional, Scherer-Lorenzen, Michael, additional, Růžek, Michal, additional, Carbognani, Michele, additional, Di Musciano, Michele, additional, Matsushita, Michinari, additional, Zhiyanski, Miglena, additional, Pușcaș, Mihai, additional, Barna, Milan, additional, Ataka, Mioko, additional, Jiangming, Mo, additional, Alsafran, Mohammed, additional, Carnol, Monique, additional, Barsoum, Nadia, additional, Tokuchi, Naoko, additional, Eisenhauer, Nico, additional, Lecomte, Nicolas, additional, Filippova, Nina, additional, Hölzel, Norbert, additional, Ferlian, Olga, additional, Romero, Oscar, additional, Pinto, Osvaldo B., additional, Peri, Pablo, additional, Weber, Paige, additional, Vittoz, Pascal, additional, Turtureanu, Pavel Dan, additional, Fleischer, Peter, additional, Macreadie, Peter, additional, Haase, Peter, additional, Reich, Peter, additional, Petřík, Petr, additional, Choler, Philippe, additional, Marmonier, Pierre, additional, Muriel, Priscilla, additional, Ponette, Quentin, additional, Guariento, Rafael Dettogni, additional, Canessa, Rafaella, additional, Kiese, Ralf, additional, Hewitt, Rebecca, additional, Rønn, Regin, additional, Adrian, Rita, additional, Kanka, Róbert, additional, Weigel, Robert, additional, Gatti, Roberto Cazzolla, additional, Martins, Rodrigo Lemes, additional, Georges, Romain, additional, Meneses, Rosa Isela, additional, Gavilán, Rosario G., additional, Dasgupta, Sabyasachi, additional, Wittlinger, Sally, additional, Puijalon, Sara, additional, Freda, Sarah, additional, Suzuki, Satoshi, additional, Charles, Sean, additional, Gogo, Sébastien, additional, Drollinger, Simon, additional, Mereu, Simone, additional, Wipf, Sonja, additional, Trevathan-Tackett, Stacey, additional, Löfgren, Stefan, additional, Stoll, Stefan, additional, Trogisch, Stefan, additional, Hoeber, Stefanie, additional, Seitz, Steffen, additional, Glatzel, Stephan, additional, Milton, Sue J., additional, Dousset, Sylvie, additional, Mori, Taiki, additional, Sato, Takanori, additional, Ise, Takeshi, additional, Hishi, Takuo, additional, Kenta, Tanaka, additional, Nakaji, Tatsuro, additional, Michelan, Thaisa Sala, additional, Camboulive, Thierry, additional, Mozdzer, Thomas J., additional, Scholten, Thomas, additional, Spiegelberger, Thomas, additional, Zechmeister, Thomas, additional, Kleinebecker, Till, additional, Hiura, Tsutom, additional, Enoki, Tsutomu, additional, Ursu, Tudor-Mihai, additional, di Cella, Umberto Morra, additional, Hamer, Ute, additional, Klaus, Valentin H., additional, Rêgo, Vanessa Mendes, additional, Di Cecco, Valter, additional, Busch, Verena, additional, Fontana, Veronika, additional, Piscová, Veronika, additional, Carbonell, Victoria, additional, Ochoa, Victoria, additional, Bretagnolle, Vincent, additional, Maire, Vincent, additional, Farjalla, Vinicius, additional, Zhou, Wenjun, additional, Luo, Wentao, additional, McDowell, William H., additional, Hu, Yalin, additional, Utsumi, Yasuhiro, additional, Kominami, Yuji, additional, Zaika, Yulia, additional, Rozhkov, Yury, additional, Kotroczó, Zsolt, additional, and Tóth, Zsolt, additional

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2018
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32. Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning relations in European forests depend on environmental context

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Ratcliffe, Sophia, Wirth, Christian, Jucker, Tommaso, van der Plas, Fons, Scherer-Lorenzen, Michael, Verheyen, Kris, Allan, Eric, Benavides, Raquel, Bruelheide, Helge, Ohse, Bettina, Paquette, Alain, Ampoorter, Evy, Bastias, Cristina C., Bauhus, Juergen, Bonal, Damien, Bouriaud, Olivier, Bussotti, Filippo, Carnol, Monique, Castagneyrol, Bastien, Checko, Ewa, Dawud, Seid Muhie, De Wandeler, Hans, Domisch, Timo, Finer, Leena, Fischer, Markus, Fotelli, Mariangela, Gessler, Arthur, Granier, Andre, Grossiord, Charlotte, Guyot, Virginie, Haase, Josephine, Hattenschwiler, Stephan, Jactel, Herve, Jaroszewicz, Bogdan, Joly, Francois-Xavier, Kambach, Stephan, Kolb, Simon, Koricheva, Julia, Liebersgesell, Mario, Milligan, Harriet, Mueller, Sandra, Muys, Bart, Nguyen, Diem, Nock, Charles, Pollastrini, Martina, Purschke, Oliver, Radoglou, Kalliopi, Raulund-Rasmussen, Karsten, Roger, Fabian, Ruiz-Benito, Paloma, Seidl, Rupert, Selvi, Federico, Seiferling, Ian, Stenlid, Jan, Valladares, Fernando, Vesterdal, Lars, Baeten, Lander, Ratcliffe, Sophia, Wirth, Christian, Jucker, Tommaso, van der Plas, Fons, Scherer-Lorenzen, Michael, Verheyen, Kris, Allan, Eric, Benavides, Raquel, Bruelheide, Helge, Ohse, Bettina, Paquette, Alain, Ampoorter, Evy, Bastias, Cristina C., Bauhus, Juergen, Bonal, Damien, Bouriaud, Olivier, Bussotti, Filippo, Carnol, Monique, Castagneyrol, Bastien, Checko, Ewa, Dawud, Seid Muhie, De Wandeler, Hans, Domisch, Timo, Finer, Leena, Fischer, Markus, Fotelli, Mariangela, Gessler, Arthur, Granier, Andre, Grossiord, Charlotte, Guyot, Virginie, Haase, Josephine, Hattenschwiler, Stephan, Jactel, Herve, Jaroszewicz, Bogdan, Joly, Francois-Xavier, Kambach, Stephan, Kolb, Simon, Koricheva, Julia, Liebersgesell, Mario, Milligan, Harriet, Mueller, Sandra, Muys, Bart, Nguyen, Diem, Nock, Charles, Pollastrini, Martina, Purschke, Oliver, Radoglou, Kalliopi, Raulund-Rasmussen, Karsten, Roger, Fabian, Ruiz-Benito, Paloma, Seidl, Rupert, Selvi, Federico, Seiferling, Ian, Stenlid, Jan, Valladares, Fernando, Vesterdal, Lars, and Baeten, Lander

Abstract

The importance of biodiversity in supporting ecosystem functioning is generally well accepted. However, most evidence comes from small-scale studies, and scaling-up patterns of biodiversity-ecosystem functioning (B-EF) remains challenging, in part because the importance of environmental factors in shaping B-EF relations is poorly understood. Using a forest research platform in which 26 ecosystem functions were measured along gradients of tree species richness in six regions across Europe, we investigated the extent and the potential drivers of context dependency of B-EF relations. Despite considerable variation in species richness effects across the continent, we found a tendency for stronger B-EF relations in drier climates as well as in areas with longer growing seasons and more functionally diverse tree species. The importance of water availability in driving context dependency suggests that as water limitation increases under climate change, biodiversity may become even more important to support high levels of functioning in European forests.

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2017
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33. Local neighbourhood effects on sapling growth in a young experimental forest

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UCL - SST/ELI/ELIE - Environmental Sciences, Setiawan, Nuri Nurlaila, Vanhellemont, Margot, Baeten, Lander, van de Peer, Thomas, Ampoorter, Evy, Ponette, Quentin, Verheyen, Kris, UCL - SST/ELI/ELIE - Environmental Sciences, Setiawan, Nuri Nurlaila, Vanhellemont, Margot, Baeten, Lander, van de Peer, Thomas, Ampoorter, Evy, Ponette, Quentin, and Verheyen, Kris

Abstract

Mixing different tree species in forest plantations might increase stand productivity and resilience compared to monocultures, but mixing effects in the early stage of mixed forest plantations are still poorly understood. In general, sapling growth is affected by environmental factors, sapling species identity, direct and indirect interactions with neighbouring saplings, and competition with the ground layer vegetation. We assessed the diameter increment, height increment, and height to diameter ratio of ca. 5500 permanently marked saplings growing in local neighbourhoods that differ in number and identity of the sapling species present. We found that sapling growth was related to the sapling’s pecies identity and the characteristics of its local neighbourhood (notably phylogenetic diversity, relative size asymmetry, and ground vegetation cover). The identity of the neighbours only mattered when target and neighbour tree species differed in, for instance, light requirements. The growth of the young saplings was positively affected by tall neighbours and ground vegetation cover. This suggests that careful species selection when designing mixed forest plantations is important and that ground vegetation can be favourable for sapling growth in the first years of a new plantation.

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2017

34. Species interactions increase the temporal stability of community productivity in Pinus sylvestris-Fagus sylvatica mixtures across Europe

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UCL - SST/ELI/ELIE - Environmental Sciences, del Rio, Miren, Pretzsch, Hans, Ruiz-Peinado, Ricardo, Ampoorter, Evy, Annighöfer, Peter, Barbeito, Ignacio, Bielak, Kamil, Brazaitis, Gediminas, Coll, Lluis, Drössler, Lars, Fabrika, Marek, Forrester, David. I, Heym, Michael, Hurt, Vaclav, Kurylyak, Viktor, Löf, Magnus, Lombardi, Fabio, Madrickiene, Ekaterina, Matovic, Bratislav, Mohren, Frits, Motta, Renzo, den Ouden, Jan, Pach, Maciej, Ponette, Quentin, Schütze, Gerhard, Skrzyszewski, Jerzy, Sramek, Vit, Sterba, Hubert, Stojanovic, Dejan, Svoboda, Miroslav, Zlatanov, Tzvetan, Bravo-Oviedo, Andrés, UCL - SST/ELI/ELIE - Environmental Sciences, del Rio, Miren, Pretzsch, Hans, Ruiz-Peinado, Ricardo, Ampoorter, Evy, Annighöfer, Peter, Barbeito, Ignacio, Bielak, Kamil, Brazaitis, Gediminas, Coll, Lluis, Drössler, Lars, Fabrika, Marek, Forrester, David. I, Heym, Michael, Hurt, Vaclav, Kurylyak, Viktor, Löf, Magnus, Lombardi, Fabio, Madrickiene, Ekaterina, Matovic, Bratislav, Mohren, Frits, Motta, Renzo, den Ouden, Jan, Pach, Maciej, Ponette, Quentin, Schütze, Gerhard, Skrzyszewski, Jerzy, Sramek, Vit, Sterba, Hubert, Stojanovic, Dejan, Svoboda, Miroslav, Zlatanov, Tzvetan, and Bravo-Oviedo, Andrés

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1.There is increasing evidence that species diversity enhances the temporal stability of community productivity in different ecosystems, although its effect at population and tree levels seems to be negative or neutral. Asynchrony in species responses to environmental conditions was found to be one of the main drivers of this stabilizing process. However, the effect of species mixing on the stability of productivity, and the relative importance of the associated mechanisms, remain poorly understood in forest communities. 2. We investigated the way mixing species influenced the temporal stability of productivity in Pinus sylvestris L. and Fagus sylvatica L. forests, and attempted to determine the main drivers among overyielding, asynchrony between species annual growth responses to nvironmental conditions, and temporal shifts in species interactions. We used a network of 93 experimental plots distributed across Europe to compare the temporal stability of basal area growth over a 15-year period (1999-2013) in mixed and monospecific forest stands at different organizational levels, namely community, population and individual tree levels. 3. Mixed stands showed a higher temporal tability of basal area growth than monospecific stands at the community level, but not at the population or individual tree levels. Temporal stability at the community level was related to asynchrony between species growth in mixtures, but not to overyielding nor to asynchrony between species growth in monospecific stands. Temporal shifts in species interactions were also related to asynchrony and to the mixing effect on temporal stability. 4. Synthesis. Our findings confirm that species mixing can stabilize productivity at the community level whereas there is a neutral or negative effect on stability at the population and individual tree levels. The contrasting findings regarding the relationships between temporal stability and asynchrony in species growth in mixed and monospecific stands sugge

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2017

35. Drivers of earthworm incidence and abundance across European forests

Author

De Wandeler, Hans, Sousa-Silva, Rita, Ampoorter, Evy, Bruelheide, Helge, Carnol, Monique, Dawud, Seid Muhie, Danila, Gabriel, Finer, Leena, Hattenschwiler, Stephan, Hermy, Martin, Jaroszewicz, Bogdan, Joly, Francois-Xavier, Muller, Sandra, Pollastrini, Martina, and Ratcliffe, Sophia

Subjects
Climate, Soil characteristics, Distribution, Boosted regression trees (BRT), Soil fauna, Litter nutrients
Abstract

Earthworms have a significant influence on the structure, composition and functioning of forest ecosystems, but in spite of their role as ecosystem engineers, little is known on the factors controlling their distribution across European forests. Optimised sampling techniques, as well as more advanced statistical tools and geographical information systems have facilitated studies at the landscape scale. But these, and even larger-scale studies, are scarce due to data limitations, taxonomic inconsistencies and practical issues in linking existing databases. In this continental-scale field-based study we used boosted regression tree modelling to identify and evaluate the relative importance of environmental factors explaining earthworm incidence (presence/absence) and abundance (density and biomass) in European forests. To parameterise our models earthworms were sampled in six forest landscapes along a latitudinal gradient from the boreal north to the Mediterranean south in spring or autumn of 2012, together with several environmental variables. Earthworms were sampled using a combined method of mustard extraction and hand sorting of litter and a soil monolith, after which they were weighed and identified to functional group (epigeic, endogeic and anecic). We found that litter- and soil-related variables best explained earthworm incidence and biomass in European forests, leaving only a minor role to climate-related variables. Among the litter related variables, understory vegetation played an important role in explaining earthworm incidence and abundance. The relative importance of explanatory variables differed between models for incidence, density and biomass and between earthworm functional groups. Our results suggested that threshold values for soil C:N ratio, forest floor pH and understory plant biomass and plant nutrient concentrations have to be attained before earthworms can occur. Beyond these threshold values, variables like soil C:N ratio, tree litter C:P ratio and forest floor mass further explain earthworm biomass. Mechanisms behind these observations are discussed in the light of future earthworm distribution modelling at continental scale.

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2016

36. Jack-of-all-trades effects drive biodiversity–ecosystem multifunctionality relationships in European forests

Author

van der Plas, Fons, Manning, Pete, Allan, Eric, Scherer-Lorenzen, Michael, Verheyen, Kris, Wirth, Christian, Zavala, Miguel A, Hector, Andy, Ampoorter, Evy, Baeten, Lander, Barbaro, Luc, Bauhus, Jurgen, Benavides, Raquel, Bussotti, Filippo, and Joly, Francois-Xavier

Abstract

There is considerable evidence that biodiversity promotes multiple ecosystem functions (multifunctionality), thus ensuring the delivery of ecosystem services important for human well-being. However, the mechanisms underlying this relationship are poorly understood, especially in natural ecosystems. We develop a novel approach to partition biodiversity effects on multifunctionality into three mechanisms and apply this to European forest data. We show that throughout Europe, tree diversity is positively related with multifunctionality when moderate levels of functioning are required, but negatively when very high function levels are desired. For two well-known mechanisms, ‘complementarity’ and ‘selection’, we detect only minor effects on multifunctionality. Instead a third, so far overlooked mechanism, the ‘jack-of-all-trades’ effect, caused by the averaging of individual species effects on function, drives observed patterns. Simulations demonstrate that jack-of-all-trades effects occur whenever species effects on different functions are not perfectly correlated, meaning they may contribute to diversity–multifunctionality relationships in many of the world’s ecosystems.

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2016

38. Continental mapping of forest ecosystem functions reveals a high but unrealised potential for forest multifunctionality

Author

Plas, Fons, primary, Ratcliffe, Sophia, additional, Ruiz‐Benito, Paloma, additional, Scherer‐Lorenzen, Michael, additional, Verheyen, Kris, additional, Wirth, Christian, additional, Zavala, Miguel A., additional, Ampoorter, Evy, additional, Baeten, Lander, additional, Barbaro, Luc, additional, Bastias, Cristina C., additional, Bauhus, Jürgen, additional, Benavides, Raquel, additional, Benneter, Adam, additional, Bonal, Damien, additional, Bouriaud, Olivier, additional, Bruelheide, Helge, additional, Bussotti, Filippo, additional, Carnol, Monique, additional, Castagneyrol, Bastien, additional, Charbonnier, Yohan, additional, Cornelissen, Johannes H. C., additional, Dahlgren, Jonas, additional, Checko, Ewa, additional, Coppi, Andrea, additional, Dawud, Seid Muhie, additional, Deconchat, Marc, additional, De Smedt, Pallieter, additional, De Wandeler, Hans, additional, Domisch, Timo, additional, Finér, Leena, additional, Fotelli, Mariangela, additional, Gessler, Arthur, additional, Granier, André, additional, Grossiord, Charlotte, additional, Guyot, Virginie, additional, Haase, Josephine, additional, Hättenschwiler, Stephan, additional, Jactel, Hervé, additional, Jaroszewicz, Bogdan, additional, Joly, François‐Xavier, additional, Jucker, Tommaso, additional, Kambach, Stephan, additional, Kaendler, Gerald, additional, Kattge, Jens, additional, Koricheva, Julia, additional, Kunstler, Georges, additional, Lehtonen, Aleksi, additional, Liebergesell, Mario, additional, Manning, Peter, additional, Milligan, Harriet, additional, Müller, Sandra, additional, Muys, Bart, additional, Nguyen, Diem, additional, Nock, Charles, additional, Ohse, Bettina, additional, Paquette, Alain, additional, Peñuelas, Josep, additional, Pollastrini, Martina, additional, Radoglou, Kalliopi, additional, Raulund‐Rasmussen, Karsten, additional, Roger, Fabian, additional, Seidl, Rupert, additional, Selvi, Federico, additional, Stenlid, Jan, additional, Valladares, Fernando, additional, Keer, Johan, additional, Vesterdal, Lars, additional, Fischer, Markus, additional, Gamfeldt, Lars, additional, and Allan, Eric, additional

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2017
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39. Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning relations in European forests depend on environmental context

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Ratcliffe, Sophia, primary, Wirth, Christian, additional, Jucker, Tommaso, additional, van der Plas, Fons, additional, Scherer‐Lorenzen, Michael, additional, Verheyen, Kris, additional, Allan, Eric, additional, Benavides, Raquel, additional, Bruelheide, Helge, additional, Ohse, Bettina, additional, Paquette, Alain, additional, Ampoorter, Evy, additional, Bastias, Cristina C., additional, Bauhus, Jürgen, additional, Bonal, Damien, additional, Bouriaud, Olivier, additional, Bussotti, Filippo, additional, Carnol, Monique, additional, Castagneyrol, Bastien, additional, Chećko, Ewa, additional, Dawud, Seid Muhie, additional, Wandeler, Hans De, additional, Domisch, Timo, additional, Finér, Leena, additional, Fischer, Markus, additional, Fotelli, Mariangela, additional, Gessler, Arthur, additional, Granier, André, additional, Grossiord, Charlotte, additional, Guyot, Virginie, additional, Haase, Josephine, additional, Hättenschwiler, Stephan, additional, Jactel, Hervé, additional, Jaroszewicz, Bogdan, additional, Joly, François‐Xavier, additional, Kambach, Stephan, additional, Kolb, Simon, additional, Koricheva, Julia, additional, Liebersgesell, Mario, additional, Milligan, Harriet, additional, Müller, Sandra, additional, Muys, Bart, additional, Nguyen, Diem, additional, Nock, Charles, additional, Pollastrini, Martina, additional, Purschke, Oliver, additional, Radoglou, Kalliopi, additional, Raulund‐Rasmussen, Karsten, additional, Roger, Fabian, additional, Ruiz‐Benito, Paloma, additional, Seidl, Rupert, additional, Selvi, Federico, additional, Seiferling, Ian, additional, Stenlid, Jan, additional, Valladares, Fernando, additional, Vesterdal, Lars, additional, and Baeten, Lander, additional

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2017
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41. Multidiversity patterns in more or less mixed forests in Europe

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VERHEYEN, Kris, AMPOORTER, Evy, BARBARO, Luc, BAETEN, Lander, ALLAN, Eric, Universiteit Gent = Ghent University [Belgium] (UGENT), Biodiversité, Gènes & Communautés (BioGeCo), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Université de Bordeaux (UB), University of Bern, and ProdInra, Migration

Subjects
[SDV] Life Sciences [q-bio], [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS
Abstract

International audience

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2015

42. Identifying the tree species compositions that maximize ecosystem functioning in European forests.

Author

Mori, Akira, Baeten, Lander, Ampoorter, Evy, Verheyen, Kris, Barbaro, Luc, Bastias, Cristina C., Benavides, Raquel, Valladares, Fernando, Bauhus, Jürgen, Bonal, Damien, Bouriaud, Olivier, Bussotti, Filippo, Pollastrini, Martina, Selvi, Federico, Carnol, Monique, Castagneyrol, Bastien, Guyot, Virginie, Jactel, Hervé, Charbonnier, Yohan, and Bruelheide, Helge

Subjects
FOREST management, FOREST productivity, BIODIVERSITY conservation, NUTRIENT cycles, SUSTAINABLE forestry, ECOSYSTEM management
Abstract

Forest ecosystem functioning generally benefits from higher tree species richness, but variation within richness levels is typically large. This is mostly due to the contrasting performances of communities with different compositions. Evidence‐based understanding of composition effects on forest productivity, as well as on multiple other functions will enable forest managers to focus on the selection of species that maximize functioning, rather than on diversity per se.We used a dataset of 30 ecosystem functions measured in stands with different species richness and composition in six European forest types. First, we quantified whether the compositions that maximize annual above‐ground wood production (productivity) generally also fulfil the multiple other ecosystem functions (multifunctionality). Then, we quantified the species identity effects and strength of interspecific interactions to identify the "best" and "worst" species composition for multifunctionality. Finally, we evaluated the real‐world frequency of occurrence of best and worst mixtures, using harmonized data from multiple national forest inventories.The most productive tree species combinations also tended to express relatively high multifunctionality, although we found a relatively wide range of compositions with high‐ or low‐average multifunctionality for the same level of productivity. Monocultures were distributed among the highest as well as the lowest performing compositions. The variation in functioning between compositions was generally driven by differences in the performance of the component species and, to a lesser extent, by particular interspecific interactions. Finally, we found that the most frequent species compositions in inventory data were monospecific stands and that the most common compositions showed below‐average multifunctionality and productivity.Synthesis and applications. Species identity and composition effects are essential to the development of high‐performing production systems, for instance in forestry and agriculture. They therefore deserve great attention in the analysis and design of functional biodiversity studies if the aim is to inform ecosystem management. A management focus on tree productivity does not necessarily trade‐off against other ecosystem functions; high productivity and multifunctionality can be combined with an informed selection of tree species and species combinations. Species identity and composition effects are essential to the development of high‐performing production systems, for instance in forestry and agriculture. They therefore deserve great attention in the analysis and design of functional biodiversity studies if the aim is to inform ecosystem management. A management focus on tree productivity does not necessarily trade‐off against other ecosystem functions; high productivity and multifunctionality can be combined with an informed selection of tree species and species combinations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2019
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43. Biotic predictors complement models of bat and bird responses to climate and tree diversity in European forests.

Author

Vialatte, Aude, Deconchat, Marc, Barbaro, Luc, van der Plas, Fons, Kerbiriou, Christian, Le Viol, Isabelle, Allan, Eric, Ampoorter, Evy, De Smedt, Pallieter, Verheyen, Kris, Castagneyrol, Bastien, Charbonnier, Yohan, Jactel, Hervé, De Wandeler, Hans, Muys, Bart, Milligan, Harriet T., Koricheva, Julia, Carnol, Monique, and Scherer-Lorenzen, Michael

Subjects
BIODIVERSITY, SPIDERS, BATS, BIRDS, UNGULATES
Abstract

Bats and birds are key providers of ecosystem services in forests. How climate and habitat jointly shape their communities is well studied, but whether biotic predictors from other trophic levels may improve bird and bat diversity models is less known, especially across large bioclimatic gradients. Here, we achieved multi-taxa surveys in 209 mature forests replicated in six European countries from Spain to Finland, to investigate the importance of biotic predictors (i.e. the abundance or activity of defoliating insects, spiders, earthworms and wild ungulates) for bat and bird taxonomic and functional diversity. We found that nine out of 12 bird and bat diversity metrics were best explained when biotic factors were added to models including climate and habitat variables, with a mean gain in explained variance of 38% for birds and 15% for bats. Tree functional diversity was the most important habitat predictor for birds, while bats responded more to understorey structure. The best biotic predictors for birds were spider abundance and defoliating insect activity, while only bat functional evenness responded positively to insect herbivory. Accounting for potential biotic interactions between bats, birds and other taxa of lower trophic levels will help to understand how environmental changes along large biogeographical gradients affect higher-level predator diversity in forest ecosystems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2019
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44. Erratum:Biotic homogenization can decrease landscapescale forest multifunctionality (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (2016) 113 (3557-3562) DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1517903113)

Author

Van Der Plas, Fons, Manning, Pete, Soliveres, Santiago, Allan, Eric, Scherer-Lorenzen, Michael, Verheyen, Kris, Wirth, Christian, Zavala, Miguel A., Ampoorter, Evy, Baeten, Lander, Barbaro, Luc, Bauhus, Jurgen, Benavides, Raquel, Benneter, Adam, Bonal, Damien, Bouriaud, Olivier, Bruelheide, Helge, Bussotti, Filippo, Carnol, Monique, Castagneyrol, Bastien, Charbonnier, Yohan, Coomes, David Anthony, Coppi, Andrea, Bestias, Cristina C., Dawud, Seid Muhie, De Wandeler, Hans, Domisch, Timo, Finér, Leena, Gessler, Arthur, Granier, André, Grossiord, Charlotte, Guyot, Virginie, Hättenschwiler, Stephan, Jactel, Hervé, Jaroszewicz, Bogdan, Joly, Francois Xavier, Jucker, Tommaso, Koricheva, Julia, Milligan, Harriet, Mueller, Sandra, Muys, Bart, Nguyen, Diem, Pollastrini, Martina, Ratcliffe, Sophia, Raulund-Rasmussen, Karsten, Selvi, Federico, Stenlid, Jan, Valladares, Fernando, Vesterdal, Lars, Zielinski, Dawid, Fischer, Markus, Van Der Plas, Fons, Manning, Pete, Soliveres, Santiago, Allan, Eric, Scherer-Lorenzen, Michael, Verheyen, Kris, Wirth, Christian, Zavala, Miguel A., Ampoorter, Evy, Baeten, Lander, Barbaro, Luc, Bauhus, Jurgen, Benavides, Raquel, Benneter, Adam, Bonal, Damien, Bouriaud, Olivier, Bruelheide, Helge, Bussotti, Filippo, Carnol, Monique, Castagneyrol, Bastien, Charbonnier, Yohan, Coomes, David Anthony, Coppi, Andrea, Bestias, Cristina C., Dawud, Seid Muhie, De Wandeler, Hans, Domisch, Timo, Finér, Leena, Gessler, Arthur, Granier, André, Grossiord, Charlotte, Guyot, Virginie, Hättenschwiler, Stephan, Jactel, Hervé, Jaroszewicz, Bogdan, Joly, Francois Xavier, Jucker, Tommaso, Koricheva, Julia, Milligan, Harriet, Mueller, Sandra, Muys, Bart, Nguyen, Diem, Pollastrini, Martina, Ratcliffe, Sophia, Raulund-Rasmussen, Karsten, Selvi, Federico, Stenlid, Jan, Valladares, Fernando, Vesterdal, Lars, Zielinski, Dawid, and Fischer, Markus

Published
2016

45. Drivers of earthworm incidence and abundance across European forests

Author

Wandeler, Hans De, Sousa-Silva, Rita, Ampoorter, Evy, Bruelheide, Helge, Carnol, Monique, Dawud, Seid Muhie, Danila, Gabriel, Finér, Leena, Hättenschwiler, Stephan, Hermy, Martin, Jaroszewicz, Bogdan, Joly, Francois-Xavier, Müller, Sandra, Pollastrini, Martina, Ratcliffe, Sophia, Raulund-Rasmussen, Karsten, Selvi, Federico, Valladares, Fernando, Van Meerbeck, Koenraad, Verheyen, Kris, Vesterdal, Lars, Muys, Bart, Wandeler, Hans De, Sousa-Silva, Rita, Ampoorter, Evy, Bruelheide, Helge, Carnol, Monique, Dawud, Seid Muhie, Danila, Gabriel, Finér, Leena, Hättenschwiler, Stephan, Hermy, Martin, Jaroszewicz, Bogdan, Joly, Francois-Xavier, Müller, Sandra, Pollastrini, Martina, Ratcliffe, Sophia, Raulund-Rasmussen, Karsten, Selvi, Federico, Valladares, Fernando, Van Meerbeck, Koenraad, Verheyen, Kris, Vesterdal, Lars, and Muys, Bart

Abstract

Earthworms have a significant influence on the structure, composition and functioning of forest ecosystems, but in spite of their role as ecosystem engineers, little is known on the factors controlling their distribution across European forests. Optimised sampling techniques, as well as more advanced statistical tools and geographical information systems have facilitated studies at the landscape scale. But these, and even larger-scale studies, are scarce due to data limitations, taxonomic inconsistencies and practical issues in linking existing databases. In this continental-scale field-based study we used boosted regression tree modelling to identify and evaluate the relative importance of environmental factors explaining earthworm incidence (presence/absence) and abundance (density and biomass) in European forests. To parameterise our models earthworms were sampled in six forest landscapes along a latitudinal gradient from the boreal north to the Mediterranean south in spring or autumn of 2012, together with several environmental variables. Earthworms were sampled using a combined method of mustard extraction and hand sorting of litter and a soil monolith, after which they were weighed and identified to functional group (epigeic, endogeic and anecic). We found that litter- and soil-related variables best explained earthworm incidence and biomass in European forests, leaving only a minor role to climaterelated variables. Among the litter related variables, understory vegetation played an important role in explaining earthworm incidence and abundance. The relative importance of explanatory variables differed between models for incidence, density and biomass and between earthworm functional groups. Our results suggested that threshold values for soil C:N ratio, forest floor pH and understory plant biomass and plant nutrient concentrations have to be attained before earthworms can occur. Beyond

Published
2016

46. Data from: Species interactions increase the temporal stability of community productivity in Pinus sylvestris-Fagus sylvatica mixtures across Europe

Author

del Río, Miren, Pretzsch, Hans, Ruíz-Peinado, Ricardo, Ampoorter, Evy, Annighöfer, Peter, Barbeito, Ignacio, Bielak, Kamil, Brazaitis, Gediminas, Coll, Lluís, Drössler, L., Mohren, G.M.J., den Ouden, J., Bravo-Oviedo, Andrés, del Río, Miren, Pretzsch, Hans, Ruíz-Peinado, Ricardo, Ampoorter, Evy, Annighöfer, Peter, Barbeito, Ignacio, Bielak, Kamil, Brazaitis, Gediminas, Coll, Lluís, Drössler, L., Mohren, G.M.J., den Ouden, J., and Bravo-Oviedo, Andrés

Abstract

Main data are basal area increments by triplet, species composition and year, for the study period 1999-2013. Dataset includes data at community level (stand basal area increment), population level (species basal area increment in mixed and monospecific stands), and individual tree level (basal area increments by core, two cores by tree). Moreover data describing the trees used in the analysis is included.

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2016

48. Complementary distribution patterns of arthropod detritivores (woodlice and millipedes) along forest edge-to-interior gradients

Author

De Smedt, Pallieter, primary, Wuyts, Karen, additional, Baeten, Lander, additional, De Schrijver, An, additional, Proesmans, Willem, additional, De Frenne, Pieter, additional, Ampoorter, Evy, additional, Remy, Elyn, additional, Gijbels, Merlijn, additional, Hermy, Martin, additional, Bonte, Dries, additional, and Verheyen, Kris, additional

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2016
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50. Jack-of-all-trades effects drive biodiversity–ecosystem multifunctionality relationships in European forests

Author

van der Plas, Fons, primary, Manning, Peter, additional, Allan, Eric, additional, Scherer-Lorenzen, Michael, additional, Verheyen, Kris, additional, Wirth, Christian, additional, Zavala, Miguel A., additional, Hector, Andy, additional, Ampoorter, Evy, additional, Baeten, Lander, additional, Barbaro, Luc, additional, Bauhus, Jürgen, additional, Benavides, Raquel, additional, Benneter, Adam, additional, Berthold, Felix, additional, Bonal, Damien, additional, Bouriaud, Olivier, additional, Bruelheide, Helge, additional, Bussotti, Filippo, additional, Carnol, Monique, additional, Castagneyrol, Bastien, additional, Charbonnier, Yohan, additional, Coomes, David, additional, Coppi, Andrea, additional, Bastias, Cristina C., additional, Muhie Dawud, Seid, additional, De Wandeler, Hans, additional, Domisch, Timo, additional, Finér, Leena, additional, Gessler, Arthur, additional, Granier, André, additional, Grossiord, Charlotte, additional, Guyot, Virginie, additional, Hättenschwiler, Stephan, additional, Jactel, Hervé, additional, Jaroszewicz, Bogdan, additional, Joly, François-Xavier, additional, Jucker, Tommaso, additional, Koricheva, Julia, additional, Milligan, Harriet, additional, Müller, Sandra, additional, Muys, Bart, additional, Nguyen, Diem, additional, Pollastrini, Martina, additional, Raulund-Rasmussen, Karsten, additional, Selvi, Federico, additional, Stenlid, Jan, additional, Valladares, Fernando, additional, Vesterdal, Lars, additional, Zielínski, Dawid, additional, and Fischer, Markus, additional

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2016
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