Abstract
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.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1639-1642 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Nature Ecology and Evolution |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue number | 11 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Nov 1 2017 |
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Diversity-dependent temporal divergence of ecosystem functioning in experimental ecosystems. / 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.
In: Nature Ecology and Evolution, Vol. 1, No. 11, 01.11.2017, p. 1639-1642.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - Diversity-dependent temporal divergence of ecosystem functioning in experimental ecosystems
AU - Guerrero-Ramírez, Nathaly R.
AU - Craven, Dylan
AU - Reich, Peter B.
AU - Ewel, John J.
AU - Isbell, Forest
AU - Koricheva, Julia
AU - Parrotta, John A.
AU - Auge, Harald
AU - Erickson, Heather E.
AU - Forrester, David I.
AU - Hector, Andy
AU - Joshi, Jasmin
AU - Montagnini, Florencia
AU - Palmborg, Cecilia
AU - Piotto, Daniel
AU - Potvin, Catherine
AU - Roscher, Christiane
AU - Van Ruijven, Jasper
AU - Tilman, David
AU - Wilsey, Brian
AU - Eisenhauer, Nico
PY - 2017/11/1
Y1 - 2017/11/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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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JO - Nature Ecology and Evolution
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