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Effects of plant diversity on productivity strengthen over time due to trait-dependent shifts in species overyielding
Nature communications, Vol.15(1), 2078
2024
PMID: 38453933
Abstract
Plant diversity effects on community productivity often increase over time. Whether the strengthening of diversity effects is caused by temporal shifts in species-level overyielding (i.e., higher species-level productivity in diverse communities compared with monocultures) remains unclear. Here, using data from 65 grassland and forest biodiversity experiments, we show that the temporal strength of diversity effects at the community scale is underpinned by temporal changes in the species that yield. These temporal trends of species-level overyielding are shaped by plant ecological strategies, which can be quantitatively delimited by functional traits. In grasslands, the temporal strengthening of biodiversity effects on community productivity was associated with increasing biomass overyielding of resource-conservative species increasing over time, and with overyielding of species characterized by fast resource acquisition either decreasing or increasing. In forests, temporal trends in species overyielding differ when considering above- versus belowground resource acquisition strategies. Overyielding in stem growth decreased for species with high light capture capacity but increased for those with high soil resource acquisition capacity. Our results imply that a diversity of species with different, and potentially complementary, ecological strategies is beneficial for maintaining community productivity over time in both grassland and forest ecosystems.
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- Title
- Effects of plant diversity on productivity strengthen over time due to trait-dependent shifts in species overyielding
- Authors/Creators
- Liting Zheng - University of MichiganKathryn E Barry - Utrecht UniversityNathaly R Guerrero-Ramírez - University of GöttingenDylan Craven - Universidad MayorPeter B Reich - University of MichiganKris Verheyen - Ghent UniversityMichael Scherer-Lorenzen - University of FreiburgNico Eisenhauer - German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity ResearchNadia Barsoum - Forest ResearchJürgen Bauhus - University of FreiburgHelge Bruelheide - German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity ResearchJeannine Cavender-Bares - University of MinnesotaJiri Dolezal - University of South Bohemia in České BudějoviceHarald Auge - German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity ResearchMarina V Fagundes - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do NorteOlga Ferlian - German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity ResearchSebastian Fiedler - University of GöttingenDavid I Forrester - Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research OrganisationGislene Ganade - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do NorteJosephine Haase - University of FreiburgTobias Gebauer - University of FreiburgPeter Hajek - University of FreiburgAndy Hector - University of OxfordBruno Hérault - Forests and SocietiesDirk Hölscher - University of GöttingenKristin B Hulvey - Working Lands Conservation, Multiplier, Logan, UT, USABambang Irawan - Jambi UniversityHervé Jactel - UMR BIOdiversity, GEnes & CommunitiesJulia Koricheva - Royal Holloway University of LondonHolger Kreft - University of GöttingenVojtech Lanta - University of South Bohemia in České BudějoviceJan Leps - University of South Bohemia in České BudějoviceSimone Mereu - National Research CouncilChristian Messier - Université du Québec à MontréalFlorencia Montagnini - Yale UniversityMartin Mörsdorf - University of FreiburgSandra Müller - University of FreiburgBart Muys - KU LeuvenCharles A Nock - University of FreiburgAlain Paquette - Université du Québec à MontréalWilliam C Parker - Ministry of Natural Resources and ForestryJohn D Parker - Smithsonian Environmental Research CenterJohn A Parrotta - US Forest ServiceGustavo B Paterno - University of GöttingenMichael P Perring - UK Centre for Ecology & HydrologyDaniel Piotto - Universidade Federal do Sul da BahiaH Wayne Polley - Agricultural Research ServiceQuentin Ponette - UCLouvainCatherine Potvin - McGill UniversityJulius Quosh - Leipzig UniversityBoris Rewald - BOKU UniversityDouglas L Godbold - BOKU UniversityJasper van Ruijven - Wageningen University & ResearchRachel J Standish - Murdoch UniversityArtur Stefanski - Minnesota Department of Natural ResourcesLeti Sundawati - IPB UniversityJon Urgoiti - Université du Québec à MontréalLaura J Williams - Western Sydney UniversityBrian J Wilsey - Iowa State UniversityBaiyu Yang - East China Normal UniversityLi Zhang - East China Normal UniversityZhao Zhao - East China Normal UniversityYongchuan Yang - Chongqing UniversityHans Sandén - BOKU UniversityAnne Ebeling - Max Planck Institute for Chemical EcologyBernhard Schmid - University of ZurichMarkus Fischer - University of BernMartyna M Kotowska - University of GöttingenCecilia Palmborg - Swedish University of Agricultural SciencesDavid Tilman - University of MinnesotaEnrong Yan - ECO (Czechia)Yann Hautier - Utrecht University
- Publication Details
- Nature communications, Vol.15(1), 2078
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Grant note
- 32030068 / National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China)
- Identifiers
- 991005647724007891
- Copyright
- © The Author(s) 2024
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Centre for Terrestrial Ecosystem Science and Sustainability; School of Environmental and Conservation Sciences
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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