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Biodiversity across trophic levels drives multifunctionality in highly diverse forests

Authors :
Andreas Schuldt
Thorsten Assmann
Matteo Brezzi
François Buscot
David Eichenberg
Jessica Gutknecht
Werner Härdtle
Jin-Sheng He
Alexandra-Maria Klein
Peter Kühn
Xiaojuan Liu
Keping Ma
Pascal A. Niklaus
Katherina A. Pietsch
Witoon Purahong
Michael Scherer-Lorenzen
Bernhard Schmid
Thomas Scholten
Michael Staab
Zhiyao Tang
Stefan Trogisch
Goddert von Oheimb
Christian Wirth
Tesfaye Wubet
Chao-Dong Zhu
Helge Bruelheide
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2018)
Publication Year :
2018
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2018.

Abstract

Biodiversity change can impact ecosystem functioning, though this is primarily studied at lower trophic levels. Here, Schuldt et al. find that biodiversity components other than tree species richness are particularly important, and higher trophic level diversity plays a role in multifunctionality.

Subjects

Subjects :
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20411723
Volume :
9
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nature Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.1f2d84665e6c4e1980550363a4d14940
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05421-z