Diversity-dependent temporal divergence of ecosystem functioning in experimental ecosystems

The effects of biodiversity on ecosystem functioning generally increase over time but the underlying processes remain unclear. Using 26 long-term grassland and forest experimental ecosystems we demonstrate that biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationships strengthen mainly by greater increases i...

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Autores principales: Guerrero-Ramírez, Nathaly R., Craven, Dylan, Reich, Peter B., Ewel, John J., Isbell, Forest, Koricheva, Julia, Parrotta, John A., Auge, Harald, Erickson, Heather E., Forrester, David I., Hector, Andy, Joshi, Jasmin, Montagnini, Florencia, Palmborg, Cecilia, Piotto, Daniel, Potvin, Catherine, Roscher, Christiane, van Ruijven, Jasper, Tilman, David, Wilsey, Brian, Eisenhauer, Nico
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5659383/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28970481
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41559-017-0325-1
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Sumario:The effects of biodiversity on ecosystem functioning generally increase over time but the underlying processes remain unclear. Using 26 long-term grassland and forest experimental ecosystems we demonstrate that biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationships strengthen mainly by greater increases in functioning in high-diversity communities in grasslands and forests. In grasslands, biodiversity effects also strengthen due to decreases in functioning in low-diversity communities. Contrasting trends across grasslands are associated with differences in soil characteristics.

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