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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.

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2020

9. 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

10. 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

11. Evolutionary history of grazing and resources determine herbivore exclusion effects on plant diversity

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Price, Jodi N., Sitters, Judith, Ohlert, Timothy, Tognetti, Pedro M., Brown, Cynthia S., Seabloom, Eric W., Borer, Elizabeth T., Prober, Suzanne M., Bakker, Elisabeth S., MacDougall, Andrew S., Yahdjian, Laura, Gruner, Daniel S., Olde Venterink, Harry, Barrio, Isabel C., Graff, Pamela, Bagchi, Sumanta, Arnillas, Carlos Alberto, Bakker, Jonathan D., Blumenthal, Dana M., Boughton, Elizabeth H., Brudvig, Lars A., Bugalho, Miguel N., Cadotte, Marc W., Caldeira, Maria C., Dickman, Chris R., Donohue, Ian, Grégory, Sonnier, Hautier, Yann, Jónsdóttir, Ingibjörg S., Lannes, Luciola S., McCulley, Rebecca L., Moore, Joslin L., Power, Sally A., Risch, Anita C., Schütz, Martin, Standish, Rachel, Stevens, Carly J., Veen, G. F., Virtanen, Risto, and Wardle, Glenda M.

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2022
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12. Nitrogen but not phosphorus addition affects symbiotic N2 fixation by legumes in natural and semi-natural grasslands located on four continents

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Vázquez, Eduardo, Schleuss, Per-Marten, Borer, Elizabeth T., Bugalho, Miguel N., Caldeira, Maria C., Eisenhauer, Nico, Eskelinen, Anu, Fay, Philip A., Haider, Sylvia, Jentsch, Anke, Kirkman, Kevin P., McCulley, Rebecca L., Peri, Pablo L., Price, Jodi, Richards, Anna E., Risch, Anita C., Roscher, Christiane, Schütz, Martin, Seabloom, Eric W., Standish, Rachel J., Stevens, Carly J., Tedder, Michelle J., Virtanen, Risto, and Spohn, Marie

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2022
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13. 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

15. 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

Subjects
Grassland, Magnoliopsida, Nutrients, Plant Leaves, Plant Physiological Phenomena
Abstract

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.

Published
2019

18. 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

20. 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

21. 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. Nutrient addition in grasslands worldwide reveals proportional plant diversity decline across spatial scales but little change in beta diversity

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Chen, Qingqing, primary, Blowes, Shane, additional, Ladouceur, Emma, additional, Harpole, Stan, additional, Seabloom, Eric W., additional, Tognetti, Pedro Maximiliano, additional, MacDougall, Andrew, additional, Daleo, Pedro, additional, Hautier, Yann, additional, Stevens, Carly, additional, Morgan, John, additional, Veen, Ciska, additional, Risch, Anita C., additional, Roscher, Christiane, additional, Bakker, Jonathan D., additional, Adler, Peter, additional, Borer, Elizabeth, additional, Niu, Yujie, additional, Peri, Pablo L., additional, Martina, Jason, additional, Eisenhauer, Nico, additional, Virtanen, Risto, additional, Power, Sally, additional, Catford, Jane, additional, Tedder, Michelle, additional, Bagchi, Sumanta, additional, Wheeler, George, additional, Haider, Sylvia, additional, Maria, Caldeira, additional, Bugalho, Miguel, additional, Knops, Johannes, additional, Dickman, Chris, additional, Hagenah, Nicole, additional, Jentsch, Anke, additional, Wardle, Glenda, additional, Estrada, Catalina, additional, Donohue, Ian, additional, Gruner, Daniel, additional, Olde Venterink, Harry, additional, Lannes, Luciola, additional, Hersch-Green, Erika, additional, and Chase, Jonathan, additional

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2024
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23. ReSurveyEurope: A database of resurveyed vegetation plots in Europe

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

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2024
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26. Addition of multiple limiting resources reduces grassland 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, 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.

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2016

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

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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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30. Author Correction: 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 A. D., 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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2020
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31. 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.

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2015

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

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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.

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2015

33. Grassland productivity limited by multiple nutrients.

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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.

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2015

34. Drivers of the microbial metabolic quotient across global grasslands

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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.

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2023

35. 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.

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2014

36. How plant traits respond to and affect vertebrate and invertebrate herbivores—Are measurements comparable across herbivore types?

Author

Lebbink, Gabrielle, Risch, Anita C., Schuetz, Martin, and Firn, Jennifer

Subjects
*HERBIVORES, *VERTEBRATES, *INVERTEBRATES, *PLANT performance, *PLANT species
Abstract

Despite plants realistically being affected by vertebrate and invertebrate herbivores simultaneously, fundamental differences in the ecology and evolution of these two herbivore guilds often means their impacts on plants are studied separately. A synthesis of the literature is needed to understand the types of plant traits examined and their response to, and effect on (in terms of forage selection) vertebrate and invertebrate herbivory, and to identify associated knowledge gaps. Focusing on grassland systems and species, we found 138 articles that met our criteria: 39 invertebrate, 97 vertebrate and 2 focussed on both vertebrate and invertebrate herbivores. Our study identified invertebrate focussed research, research conducted in the Southern Hemisphere and research on nondomesticated herbivores was significantly underrepresented based on our search and should be a focus of future research. Differences in study focus (trait response or trait effect), along with differences in the types of traits examined, led to limited opportunity for comparison between the two herbivore guilds. This review therefore predominantly discusses the response and effect of plant traits to each herbivore guild separately. In future studies, we suggest this review be used as a guide for trait selection, to improve comparability and the broader significance of results. Summary statement: Plants are potentially exposed to many different herbivores simultaneously, but we often study the effect of specific herbivore guilds or species on plant performance. In this review, we unpack and explore differences between vertebrate and invertebrate focussed studies which examined how plant traits respond to and affect herbivory. We examined overall trends and biases, differences in the types of traits examined and the relationships between plant traits and herbivory. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2024
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37. Herbivory and eutrophication mediate grassland plant nutrient responses across a global climatic gradient

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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

39. 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

41. 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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43. 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.

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2017

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

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

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2023
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46. Multidimensional responses of ecological stability to eutrophication in grasslands

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

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2023
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48. Bioavailability of Macro and Micronutrients Across Global Topsoils: Main Drivers and Global Change Impacts

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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, National Science Foundation Macrosystems Biology, Belgian American Educational Foundation, Fulbright Program and the Fund for Scientific Research-Flanders, European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development, Czech Science Foundation, Czech Academy of Sciences, National Science Foundation (US), National Institute of Food and Agriculture (US), DePaul University, Huron Mountain Wildlife Foundation, Ochoa-Hueso, Raúl, Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, Britton, A.J., Camarero, Jesús Julio, Earl, Stevan, Epstein, Howard, Felton, Andrew, Halde, Caroline, Hanslin, Hans M., Harris, Lorna I., Hartsock, Jeremy, Hovstad, Knut Anders, Khalsa, Sat Darshan S., LaMontagne, Jalene M., Lavergne, Stéphanie, Littke, Kim, Licht, Mark A., McDaniel, Marshall D., McIntosh, Anne C. S., Miesel, Jessica R., Moreno, Gerardo, Pakeman, Robin J., Pinno, Bradley D., Piñeiro, Juan, Rolo, Víctor, Rutherford, P. Michael, Sayer, Emma J., Van Sundert, Kevin, Vitkova, Michaela, Weigel, R., and Wilton, Meaghan

Abstract

14 páginas.- 6 figuras.- 53 referencias, 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., We acknowledge the following people as additional data contributors: Drs. G. Blume-Werry, V. Bruckman, J. Buss, S. Collins, E. Dorrepaal, K.N. Egger, J. Fridley, Gibson-Roy, R. Harrison, J. Heberling, K. Helsen, E. Hinman, A. K olstad, N. Lemoine, M. Lesser, E. Li, S. E. Macdonald, E. Mallory, E. Massicotte, H.B. Massicotte, T. Moore, C. Morris, L. Nijs, M. Smith, Suojala-Ahlfors, E. Thiffault, K. Trepanier, R. Uusitalo, L. Van Langenhove, S. Vicca, F. Wang, M. Werner, K. White and S. Wilson. R.O.H. was funded by the Ramón y Cajal program of the MICINN (RYC-2017 22032), by the R&D Project of the Ministry of Science and Innovation PID2019-106004RA-I00 funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033, by the program José Castillejo” of the “Ministry of Universities” (CAS21/00125), by a project of the European Regional Development Fund (FEDER) and the Ministry of Economic Transformation, Industry, Knowledge and Universities of the Junta de Andalucía (ERDF Andalucía 2014–2020 Thematic objective “01—Reinforcement of research, technological development and innovation”): P20_00323 (FUTURE-VINES), by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) through the “Aid to operational groups of the European Association of Innovation (AEI) in terms of agricultural productivity and sustainability,” Reference: GOPC-CA-20-0001, and from Fundación Biodiversidad (SOILBIO). M.D-B. was supported by a Ramón y Cajal Grant (RYC2018-025483-I), a project from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (PID2020-115813RA-I00), and a project PAIDI 2020 from the Junta de Andalucía (P20_00879). JP acknowl-edges funding from MICINN (RYC–2021–033454). S. Bridgham and P. Reed were supported from National Science Foundation Macrosystems Biology Grant 1340847. KVS acknowledges support from the Belgian American Educational Foundation (Paul Vernel Fellow), the Fulbright Program and the Fund for Scientific Research-Flanders. J. Pergl and M. Vítková were partly supported by 17-19025S, EXPRO Grant 19-28807X (Czech Science Foundation), BiodivClim Call 2019 (Grant TACR SS70010001) and long-term research development project RVO 67985939 (Czech Academy of Sciences). Natasja van Gestel was funded by the National Science Foundation Grant 1643871. Stevan Earl was partially supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant DEB-2224662, Central Arizona-Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research Program (CAP LTER). Lilia Serrano-Grijalva has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 890874. Kevin van Sundert acknowledges support from the Fund for Scientific Research-Flanders. Yuriko Yano acknowledges USDA, National Institute of Food and Agriculture Grant, Award number 2015-67020-23454. A. Leeper, B. Lawrence, and J. LaMontagne acknowledge support from National Science Foundation Grant DEB-1745496, the University Research Council Collaborative Grant from DePaul University, and the Huron Mountain Wildlife Foundation.

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2023

49. Local loss and spatial homogenization of plant diversity reduce ecosystem multifunctionality

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Hautier, Yann, Isbell, Forest, Borer, Elizabeth T., Seabloom, Eric W., Harpole, W. Stanley, Lind, Eric M., MacDougall, Andrew S., Stevens, Carly J., Adler, Peter B., Alberti, Juan, Bakker, Jonathan D., Brudvig, Lars A., Buckley, Yvonne M., Cadotte, Marc, Caldeira, Maria C., Chaneton, Enrique J., Chu, Chengjin, Daleo, Pedro, Dickman, Christopher R., Dwyer, John M., Eskelinen, Anu, Fay, Philip A., Firn, Jennifer, Hagenah, Nicole, Hillebrand, Helmut, Iribarne, Oscar, Kirkman, Kevin P., Knops, Johannes M. H., La Pierre, Kimberly J., McCulley, Rebecca L., Morgan, John W., Pärtel, Meelis, Pascual, Jesus, Price, Jodi N., Prober, Suzanne M., Risch, Anita C., Sankaran, Mahesh, Schuetz, Martin, Standish, Rachel J., Virtanen, Risto, Wardle, Glenda M., Yahdjian, Laura, and Hector, Andy

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2018
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