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Ang SBH, Lam WN, Png GK, Tan SKB, Lee BPYH, Khoo M, Luskin MS, Wardle DA, Slade EM. Isopod mouthpart traits respond to a tropical forest recovery gradient. Oecologia 2024; 204:147-159. [PMID: 38151651 DOI: 10.1007/s00442-023-05494-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2023] [Accepted: 11/29/2023] [Indexed: 12/29/2023]
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Functional trait ecology has the potential to provide generalizable and mechanistic predictions of ecosystem function from data of species distributions and traits. The traits that are selected should both respond to environmental factors and influence ecosystem functioning. Invertebrate mouthpart traits fulfill these criteria, but are seldom collected, lack standardized measurement protocols, and have infrequently been investigated in response to environmental factors. We surveyed isopod species that consume plant detritus, and tree communities in 58 plots across primary and secondary forests in Singapore. We measured body dimensions (body size traits), pereopod and antennae lengths (locomotory traits), dimensions of mandible structures (morphological mouthpart traits), and mechanical advantages generated by mandible shape (mechanical mouthpart traits) for six isopod species found in these plots and investigated if these traits respond to changes in tree community composition, tree diversity, and forest structure. Morphological mouthpart traits responded to a tree compositional gradient reflecting forest recovery degree. Mouthpart features associated with greater consumption of litter (broader but less serrated/rugose lacinia mobilis [an important cutting and chewing structure on the mandible]) were most prevalent in abandoned plantation and young secondary forests containing disturbance-associated tree species. Feeding strategies associated with fungi grazing (narrower and more serrated/rugose lacinia mobilis) were most prevalent in late secondary forests containing later successional tree species. Since morphological mouthpart traits likely also predict consumption and excretion rates of isopods, these traits advance our understanding of environment-trait-ecosystem functioning relationships across contrasting tropical forest plots that vary in composition, disturbance history, and post-disturbance recovery.
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- Shawn B H Ang
- The Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore, 639798, Republic of Singapore
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- The Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore, 639798, Republic of Singapore.
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- The Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore, 639798, Republic of Singapore
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- The Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore, 639798, Republic of Singapore
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- Singapore Botanic Gardens, National Parks Board 1 Cluny Road, Singapore, 259569, Republic of Singapore
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- Wildlife Management Division, National Parks Board, 1 Cluny Road, Singapore, 259569, Republic of Singapore
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD, Australia
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- Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- The Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore, 639798, Republic of Singapore
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Bowd EJ, Egidi E, Lindenmayer DB, Wardle DA, Kardol P, Foster C. Temporal dynamics of soil fungi in a pyrodiverse dry-sclerophyll forest. Mol Ecol 2023. [PMID: 37277929 DOI: 10.1111/mec.17036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2022] [Revised: 05/19/2023] [Accepted: 05/24/2023] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Fire is a major evolutionary and ecological driver that shapes biodiversity in forests. While above-ground community responses to fire have been well-documented, those below-ground are much less understood. However, below-ground communities, including fungi, play key roles in forests and facilitate the recovery of other organisms after fire. Here, we used internal transcribed spacer (ITS) meta-barcoding data from forests with three different times since fire [short (3 years), medium (13-19 years) and long (>26 years)] to characterize the temporal responses of soil fungal communities across functional groups, ectomycorrhizal exploration strategies and inter-guild associations. Our findings indicate that fire effects on fungal communities are strongest in the short to medium term, with clear distinctions between communities in forests with a short time (3 years) since fire, a medium time (13-19 years) and a long time (>26 years) since fire. Ectomycorrhizal fungi were disproportionately impacted by fire relative to saprotrophs, but the direction of the response varied depending on morphological structures and exploration strategies. For instance, short-distance ectomycorrhizal fungi increased with recent fire, while medium-distance (fringe) ectomycorrhizal fungi decreased. Further, we detected strong, negative inter-guild associations between ectomycorrhizal and saprotrophic fungi but only at medium and long times since fire. Given the functional significance of fungi, the temporal changes in fungal composition, inter-guild associations and functional groups after fire demonstrated in our study may have functional implications that require adaptive management to curtail.
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- Elle J Bowd
- Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
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- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Penrith, New South Wales, Australia
- Global Centre for Land-Based Innovation, Western Sydney University, Penrith, New South Wales, Australia
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- Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
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- Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
- Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden
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- Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
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Pérez‐Izquierdo L, Bengtsson J, Clemmensen KE, Granath G, Gundale MJ, Ibáñez TS, Lindahl BD, Strengbom J, Taylor A, Viketoft M, Wardle DA, Nilsson M. Fire severity as a key determinant of aboveground and belowground biological community recovery in managed even-aged boreal forests. Ecol Evol 2023; 13:e10086. [PMID: 37206687 PMCID: PMC10191780 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.10086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2023] [Accepted: 04/24/2023] [Indexed: 05/21/2023] Open
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Changes in fire regime of boreal forests in response to climate warming are expected to impact postfire recovery. However, quantitative data on how managed forests sustain and recover from recent fire disturbance are limited.Two years after a large wildfire in managed even-aged boreal forests in Sweden, we investigated how recovery of aboveground and belowground communities, that is, understory vegetation and soil microbial and faunal communities, responded to variation in the severity of soil (i.e., consumption of soil organic matter) and canopy fires (i.e., tree mortality).While fire overall enhanced diversity of understory vegetation through colonization of fire adapted plant species, it reduced the abundance and diversity of soil biota. We observed contrasting effects of tree- and soil-related fire severity on survival and recovery of understory vegetation and soil biological communities. Severe fires that killed overstory Pinus sylvestris promoted a successional stage dominated by the mosses Ceratodon purpureus and Polytrichum juniperinum, but reduced regeneration of tree seedlings and disfavored the ericaceous dwarf-shrub Vaccinium vitis-idaea and the grass Deschampsia flexuosa. Moreover, high tree mortality from fire reduced fungal biomass and changed fungal community composition, in particular that of ectomycorrhizal fungi, and reduced the fungivorous soil Oribatida. In contrast, soil-related fire severity had little impact on vegetation composition, fungal communities, and soil animals. Bacterial communities responded to both tree- and soil-related fire severity. Synthesis: Our results 2 years postfire suggest that a change in fire regime from a historically low-severity ground fire regime, with fires that mainly burns into the soil organic layer, to a stand-replacing fire regime with a high degree of tree mortality, as may be expected with climate change, is likely to impact the short-term recovery of stand structure and above- and belowground species composition of even-aged P. sylvestris boreal forests.
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- Department of EcologySwedish University of Agricultural SciencesUppsalaSweden
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- Department of Forest Mycology and Plant PathologyUppsala BioCenterSwedish University of Agricultural SciencesUppsalaSweden
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- Department of Ecology and GeneticsUppsala UniversityUppsalaSweden
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- Department of Forest Ecology and ManagementSwedish University of Agricultural SciencesUmeåSweden
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- Department of WildlifeFish and Environmental StudiesSwedish University of Agricultural SciencesUmeåSweden
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- Department of Soil and EnvironmentSwedish University of Agricultural SciencesUppsalaSweden
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- Department of EcologySwedish University of Agricultural SciencesUppsalaSweden
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- Department of EcologySwedish University of Agricultural SciencesUppsalaSweden
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- Department of EcologySwedish University of Agricultural SciencesUppsalaSweden
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- Department of Ecology and Environmental ScienceUmeå UniversityUmeåSweden
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- Department of Forest Ecology and ManagementSwedish University of Agricultural SciencesUmeåSweden
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Rahman NEB, Smith SW, Lam WN, Chong KY, Chua MSE, Teo PY, Lee DWJ, Phua SY, Aw CY, Lee JSH, Wardle DA. Leaf decomposition and flammability are largely decoupled across species in a tropical swamp forest despite sharing some predictive leaf functional traits. New Phytol 2023; 238:598-611. [PMID: 36651117 DOI: 10.1111/nph.18742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2022] [Accepted: 01/09/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Decomposition and fire are major carbon pathways in many ecosystems, yet potential linkages between these processes are poorly understood. We test whether variability in decomposability and flammability across species are related to each other and to key plant functional traits in tropical swamp forests, where habitat degradation is elevating decomposition and fire regimes. Using senesced and fresh leaves of 22 swamp tree species in Singapore, we conducted an in situ decomposition experiment and a laboratory flammability experiment. We analysed 16 leaf physical and biochemical traits as predictors of decomposability and components of flammability: combustibility, ignitability and sustainability. Decomposability and flammability were largely decoupled across species, despite some shared predictive traits such as specific leaf area (SLA). Physical traits predicted that thicker leaves with a smaller SLA and volume decomposed faster, while various cation concentrations predicted flammability components, particularly ignitability. We show that flammability and decomposability of swamp forest leaves are decoupled because flammability is mostly driven by biochemical traits, while decomposition is driven by physical traits. Our approach identifies species that are slow to decompose and burn (e.g. Calophyllum tetrapterum and Xanthophyllum flavescens), which could be planted to mitigate carbon losses in tropical swamp reforestation.
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- Nur E B Rahman
- Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University, 62 Nanyang Drive, Singapore City, 637459, Singapore
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- Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University, 62 Nanyang Drive, Singapore City, 637459, Singapore
- Ecology, Conservation and Zoonosis Research and Enterprise Group, School of Applied Sciences, University of Brighton, Lewes Road, Brighton, BN2 4GJ, UK
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- Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University, 62 Nanyang Drive, Singapore City, 637459, Singapore
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- Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Science Drive 4, Singapore City, 117558, Singapore
- Singapore Botanic Gardens, National Parks Board, 1 Cluny Road, Singapore City, 259 569, Singapore
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- Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University, 62 Nanyang Drive, Singapore City, 637459, Singapore
- Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Science Drive 4, Singapore City, 117558, Singapore
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- Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University, 62 Nanyang Drive, Singapore City, 637459, Singapore
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- Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University, 62 Nanyang Drive, Singapore City, 637459, Singapore
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- Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University, 62 Nanyang Drive, Singapore City, 637459, Singapore
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- Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University, 62 Nanyang Drive, Singapore City, 637459, Singapore
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- Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University, 62 Nanyang Drive, Singapore City, 637459, Singapore
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- Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University, 62 Nanyang Drive, Singapore City, 637459, Singapore
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Xu M, Yang A, Yang X, Cao W, Zhang Z, Li Z, Zhang Y, Zhang H, You W, Yan E, Wardle DA. Island area and remoteness shape plant and soil bacterial diversity through land use and biological invasion. Funct Ecol 2023. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.14314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/09/2023]
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- Mingshan Xu
- Zhejiang Zhoushan Archipelago Observation and Research Station, Tiantong National Forest Ecosystem Observation and Research Station, School of Ecological and Environmental Sciences East China Normal University Shanghai China
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- Zhejiang Zhoushan Archipelago Observation and Research Station, Tiantong National Forest Ecosystem Observation and Research Station, School of Ecological and Environmental Sciences East China Normal University Shanghai China
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- Department of Geography and Spatial Information Techniques Ningbo University Ningbo China
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- State Key Laboratory of Satellite Ocean Environment Dynamics Second Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources Hangzhou China
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- Zhejiang Zhoushan Archipelago Observation and Research Station, Tiantong National Forest Ecosystem Observation and Research Station, School of Ecological and Environmental Sciences East China Normal University Shanghai China
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- Zhejiang Zhoushan Archipelago Observation and Research Station, Tiantong National Forest Ecosystem Observation and Research Station, School of Ecological and Environmental Sciences East China Normal University Shanghai China
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- Zhejiang Zhoushan Archipelago Observation and Research Station, Tiantong National Forest Ecosystem Observation and Research Station, School of Ecological and Environmental Sciences East China Normal University Shanghai China
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- State Key Laboratory of Satellite Ocean Environment Dynamics Second Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources Hangzhou China
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- Zhejiang Zhoushan Archipelago Observation and Research Station, Tiantong National Forest Ecosystem Observation and Research Station, School of Ecological and Environmental Sciences East China Normal University Shanghai China
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- Zhejiang Zhoushan Archipelago Observation and Research Station, Tiantong National Forest Ecosystem Observation and Research Station, School of Ecological and Environmental Sciences East China Normal University Shanghai China
- Institute of Eco‐Chongming (IEC) Shanghai China
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- Asian School of the Environment Nanyang Technological University Singapore Singapore
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Kempel A, Allan E, Gossner MM, Jochum M, Grace JB, Wardle DA. From bottom-up to top-down control of invertebrate herbivores in a retrogressive chronosequence. Ecol Lett 2023; 26:411-424. [PMID: 36688259 DOI: 10.1111/ele.14161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2022] [Revised: 12/15/2022] [Accepted: 12/16/2022] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
Abstract
In the long-term absence of disturbance, ecosystems often enter a decline or retrogressive phase which leads to reductions in primary productivity, plant biomass, nutrient cycling and foliar quality. However, the consequences of ecosystem retrogression for higher trophic levels such as herbivores and predators, are less clear. Using a post-fire forested island-chronosequence across which retrogression occurs, we provide evidence that nutrient availability strongly controls invertebrate herbivore biomass when predators are few, but that there is a switch from bottom-up to top-down control when predators are common. This trophic flip in herbivore control probably arises because invertebrate predators respond to alternative energy channels from the adjacent aquatic matrix, which were independent of terrestrial plant biomass. Our results suggest that effects of nutrient limitation resulting from ecosystem retrogression on trophic cascades are modified by nutrient-independent variation in predator abundance, and this calls for a more holistic approach to trophic ecology to better understand herbivore effects on plant communities.
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- Anne Kempel
- Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden.,WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Davos, Switzerland.,Climate Change, Extremes and Natural Hazards in Alpine Regions Research Centre CERC, Davos, Switzerland.,University of Bern, Institute of Plant Sciences, Bern, Switzerland
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- University of Bern, Institute of Plant Sciences, Bern, Switzerland
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- Forest Entomology, WSL Swiss Federal Research Institute, Birmensdorf, Switzerland.,ETH Zurich, Department of Environmental Systems Science, Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems, Zurich, Switzerland
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.,Leipzig University, Institute of Biology, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden.,Nanyang Technological University, Asian School of the Environment, Singapore, Singapore
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Lamperty T, Chiok WX, Khoo MDY, Amir Z, Baker N, Chua MAH, Chung YF, Chua YK, Koh JJ, Lee BPY, Lum SKY, Mendes CP, Ngiam J, ODempsey A, Png KGC, Sophie AR, Tan L, Teo R, Thomas N, Tianjiao L, Tze‐Ming BL, Loo AHB, Wardle DA, Luskin MS. Rewilding in Southeast Asia: Singapore as a case study. Conservat Sci and Prac 2023. [DOI: 10.1111/csp2.12899] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/17/2023] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Therese Lamperty
- Asian School of the Environment Nanyang Technological University Singapore
- Department of Biology University of Washington Seattle Washington, DC USA
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- Asian School of the Environment Nanyang Technological University Singapore
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- National Parks Board Singapore Botanic Gardens Singapore
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- Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science University of Queensland Brisbane Australia
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- Department of Biological Science National University of Singapore Singapore
- Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum National University of Singapore Singapore
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- National Parks Board Singapore Botanic Gardens Singapore
- School of Applied Science, Republic Polytechnic Singapore
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- National Parks Board Singapore Botanic Gardens Singapore
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- Department of Biological Science National University of Singapore Singapore
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- Asian School of the Environment Nanyang Technological University Singapore
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- Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science University of Queensland Brisbane Australia
- Natural Sciences & Science Education National Institute of Education Singapore
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- National Parks Board Singapore Botanic Gardens Singapore
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- Asian School of the Environment Nanyang Technological University Singapore
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- Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science University of Queensland Brisbane Australia
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- National Parks Board Singapore Botanic Gardens Singapore
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- National Parks Board Singapore Botanic Gardens Singapore
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- National Parks Board Singapore Botanic Gardens Singapore
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- National Parks Board Singapore Botanic Gardens Singapore
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- Asian School of the Environment Nanyang Technological University Singapore
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- Asian School of the Environment Nanyang Technological University Singapore
- Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science University of Queensland Brisbane Australia
- Forest Global Earth Observatory—Center for Tropical Forest Science Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Seattle Washington, DC USA
- School of Biological Sciences University of Queensland Brisbane Australia
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Chiu JH, Chong KY, Lum SKY, Wardle DA. Trends in the direction of global plant invasion biology research over the past two decades. Ecol Evol 2023; 13:e9690. [PMID: 36699573 PMCID: PMC9848816 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.9690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2022] [Revised: 11/28/2022] [Accepted: 12/12/2022] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
Abstract
Invasive plants are a growing ecological problem worldwide, but biases and patterns within invasive plant research may affect our understanding of invasive plant ecology. In this study, we analyzed 458 invasive plant papers sampled from the two journals dedicated entirely to the field of invasion biology, i.e., Biological Invasions and Neobiota. From these papers, we collected information on geographic coverage, climate, habitat, taxonomic coverage, plant functional type, and research topic to examine trends across a 21-year time period from 1999 to 2020. Our analysis found that invasive plant research was consistently biased toward temperate grassland and forest ecosystems particularly within the Americas, Europe, and Australia, and toward smaller, herbaceous invasive plant species (i.e., forbs, grasses, and shrubs), with an increase in interest in invasive nitrogen-fixing legumes over time. Our analysis also identified "hot" research topics in invasive plant research at specific time periods, such as a peak in the use of genetic analysis methods in 2014-2015 and a more recent focus on plant physiological and functional traits. While current models, concepts, and understanding of plant invasion ecology are still driven by such biases, this has been partially offset by recent increased research in understudied systems, as well as increasing awareness that plant invasion is heavily affected by their growth types, physiological traits, and soil interactions. As the field of invasion biology becomes ever increasingly important over time, focusing invasive plant research on understudied ecosystems and plant groups will allow us to develop a more holistic understanding of the ecology of invasive plants. In particular, given the outsized importance of the tropics to global biodiversity, the threats they face, and the dearth of studies, it is of critical importance that more invasive plant research is conducted within the tropics to develop a more globally representative understanding of invasive plant ecology.
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- Jing Hua Chiu
- Asian School of the EnvironmentNanyang Technological UniversitySingaporeSingapore
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- Singapore Botanic GardensNational Parks BoardSingaporeSingapore
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- Asian School of the EnvironmentNanyang Technological UniversitySingaporeSingapore
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- Asian School of the EnvironmentNanyang Technological UniversitySingaporeSingapore
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Banin LF, Raine EH, Rowland LM, Chazdon RL, Smith SW, Rahman NEB, Butler A, Philipson C, Applegate GG, Axelsson EP, Budiharta S, Chua SC, Cutler MEJ, Elliott S, Gemita E, Godoong E, Graham LLB, Hayward RM, Hector A, Ilstedt U, Jensen J, Kasinathan S, Kettle CJ, Lussetti D, Manohan B, Maycock C, Ngo KM, O'Brien MJ, Osuri AM, Reynolds G, Sauwai Y, Scheu S, Silalahi M, Slade EM, Swinfield T, Wardle DA, Wheeler C, Yeong KL, Burslem DFRP. The road to recovery: a synthesis of outcomes from ecosystem restoration in tropical and sub-tropical Asian forests. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2023; 378:20210090. [PMID: 36373930 PMCID: PMC9661948 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2021.0090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2021] [Accepted: 08/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Current policy is driving renewed impetus to restore forests to return ecological function, protect species, sequester carbon and secure livelihoods. Here we assess the contribution of tree planting to ecosystem restoration in tropical and sub-tropical Asia; we synthesize evidence on mortality and growth of planted trees at 176 sites and assess structural and biodiversity recovery of co-located actively restored and naturally regenerating forest plots. Mean mortality of planted trees was 18% 1 year after planting, increasing to 44% after 5 years. Mortality varied strongly by site and was typically ca 20% higher in open areas than degraded forest, with height at planting positively affecting survival. Size-standardized growth rates were negatively related to species-level wood density in degraded forest and plantations enrichment settings. Based on community-level data from 11 landscapes, active restoration resulted in faster accumulation of tree basal area and structural properties were closer to old-growth reference sites, relative to natural regeneration, but tree species richness did not differ. High variability in outcomes across sites indicates that planting for restoration is potentially rewarding but risky and context-dependent. Restoration projects must prepare for and manage commonly occurring challenges and align with efforts to protect and reconnect remaining forest areas. The abstract of this article is available in Bahasa Indonesia in the electronic supplementary material. This article is part of the theme issue 'Understanding forest landscape restoration: reinforcing scientific foundations for the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration'.
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- Lindsay F. Banin
- UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Bush Estate, Penicuik, Midlothian EH26 0QB, UK
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- UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Bush Estate, Penicuik, Midlothian EH26 0QB, UK
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- Department of Geography, University of Exeter, Laver Building, North Park Road, Exeter EX4 4QE, UK
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- Tropical Forests and People Research Centre, Forest Research Institute, University of Sunshine Coast, 90 Sippy Downs Drive, Sippy Downs, 4556, Queensland, Australia
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- Asian School of Environment, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, Singapore
- Ecology, Conservation and Zoonosis Research and Enterprise Group, School of Applied Sciences, University of Brighton, Brighton, BN2 4GJ, UK
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- Asian School of Environment, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, Singapore
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- Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland, JCMB, The King's Buildings, Peter Guthrie Tait Road, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, UK
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- Permian Global Research Limited, Savoy Hill House, 7–10 Savoy Hill, London WC2R 0BU, UK
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- Tropical Forests and People Research Centre, Forest Research Institute, University of Sunshine Coast, 90 Sippy Downs Drive, Sippy Downs, 4556, Queensland, Australia
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- Department of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Skogsmarksgränd, Umeå 907 36, Sweden
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- Research Centre for Ecology and Ethnobiology, National Agency for Research and Innovation (BRIN), Jl. Raya Jakarta-Bogor KM. 46, Cibinong, Bogor, West Java 16911, Indonesia
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- Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Block S3 #05-01 16 Science Drive 4, Singapore 117558, Singapore
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- Environmental Science Research Centre, Science Faculty and Forest Restoration Research Unit, Biology Department, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, 50200, Thailand
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- PT Restorasi Ekosistem Indonesia, Jl. Dadali No. 32, Bogor 16161, Indonesia
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- Faculty of Tropical Forestry, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah 88400, Malaysia
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- Tropical Forests and People Research Centre, Forest Research Institute, University of Sunshine Coast, 90 Sippy Downs Drive, Sippy Downs, 4556, Queensland, Australia
- Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation, BOSF Mawas Program, Palangka Raya, Central Kalimantan, 73111, Indonesia
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- Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA, UK
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- Department of Biology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3RB, UK
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- Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Skogsmarksgränd, Umeå 907 36, Sweden
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- Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Skogsmarksgränd, Umeå 907 36, Sweden
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- Nature Conservation Foundation, 1311, ‘Amritha’, 12th Main, Vijayanagar 1st Stage, Mysuru, Karnataka 570 017, India
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- Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zürich, Universitätstrasse 16, Zürich 8092, Switzerland
- Bioversity International, Via di San Domenico, 00153 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Skogsmarksgränd, Umeå 907 36, Sweden
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- Environmental Science Research Centre, Science Faculty and Forest Restoration Research Unit, Biology Department, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, 50200, Thailand
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- Forever Sabah, Jalan Penampang, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah 88300, Malaysia
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- Asian School of Environment, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, Singapore
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- Área de Biodiversidad y Conservación, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, c/Tulipán s/n., E-28933 Móstoles, Madrid, 28933, Spain
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- Nature Conservation Foundation, 1311, ‘Amritha’, 12th Main, Vijayanagar 1st Stage, Mysuru, Karnataka 570 017, India
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- South East Asia Rainforest Research Partnership, Danum Valley Field Centre, PO Box 60282, Lahad Datu, Sabah 91112, Malaysia
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- Conservation & Environmental Management Division, Yayasan Sabah Group, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah 88817, Malaysia
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- J.F. Blumenbach Institute of Zoology and Anthropology, University of Göttingen, Untere Karspüle 2, Göttingen 37073, Germany
- Centre of Biodiversity and Sustainable Land Use, University of Göttingen, 37073 Göttingen, Germany
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- PT Restorasi Ekosistem Indonesia, Jl. Dadali No. 32, Bogor 16161, Indonesia
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- Asian School of Environment, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, Singapore
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- Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Downing St, Cambridge CB2 3EJ, UK
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- Asian School of Environment, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, Singapore
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- Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Jalan CIFOR, Bogor 16115, Indonesia
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- South East Asia Rainforest Research Partnership, Danum Valley Field Centre, PO Box 60282, Lahad Datu, Sabah 91112, Malaysia
- Leverhulme Centre for Climate Change Mitigation, School of Biosciences, University of Sheffield, Alfred Denny Building, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, St Machar Drive, Aberdeen, Scotland AB24 3UU, UK
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Prager CM, Classen AT, Sundqvist MK, Barrios‐Garcia M, Cameron EK, Chen L, Chisholm C, Crowther TW, Deslippe JR, Grigulis K, He J, Henning JA, Hovenden M, Høye TTT, Jing X, Lavorel S, McLaren JR, Metcalfe DB, Newman GS, Nielsen ML, Rixen C, Read QD, Rewcastle KE, Rodriguez‐Cabal M, Wardle DA, Wipf S, Sanders NJ. Integrating natural gradients, experiments, and statistical modeling in a distributed network experiment: An example from the WaRM Network. Ecol Evol 2022; 12:e9396. [PMID: 36262264 PMCID: PMC9575997 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.9396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2022] [Revised: 05/25/2022] [Accepted: 05/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
Abstract
A growing body of work examines the direct and indirect effects of climate change on ecosystems, typically by using manipulative experiments at a single site or performing meta‐analyses across many independent experiments. However, results from single‐site studies tend to have limited generality. Although meta‐analytic approaches can help overcome this by exploring trends across sites, the inherent limitations in combining disparate datasets from independent approaches remain a major challenge. In this paper, we present a globally distributed experimental network that can be used to disentangle the direct and indirect effects of climate change. We discuss how natural gradients, experimental approaches, and statistical techniques can be combined to best inform predictions about responses to climate change, and we present a globally distributed experiment that utilizes natural environmental gradients to better understand long‐term community and ecosystem responses to environmental change. The warming and (species) removal in mountains (WaRM) network employs experimental warming and plant species removals at high‐ and low‐elevation sites in a factorial design to examine the combined and relative effects of climatic warming and the loss of dominant species on community structure and ecosystem function, both above‐ and belowground. The experimental design of the network allows for increasingly common statistical approaches to further elucidate the direct and indirect effects of warming. We argue that combining ecological observations and experiments along gradients is a powerful approach to make stronger predictions of how ecosystems will function in a warming world as species are lost, or gained, in local communities.
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- Case M. Prager
- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology DepartmentUniversity of MichiganAnn ArborMichiganUSA,The Rocky Mountain Biological LaboratoryCrested ButteColoradoUSA
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- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology DepartmentUniversity of MichiganAnn ArborMichiganUSA,The Rocky Mountain Biological LaboratoryCrested ButteColoradoUSA,Natural History Museum of DenmarkUniversity of CopenhagenCopenhagenDenmark
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- Natural History Museum of DenmarkUniversity of CopenhagenCopenhagenDenmark,Department of Forest Ecology and ManagementSwedish University of Agricultural SciencesUmeåSweden
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- CONICET, CENAC‐APNSan Carlos de BarilocheRio NegroArgentina,Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural ResourcesUniversity of VermontBurlingtonVermontUSA
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- Department of Environmental ScienceSaint Mary's UniversityHalifaxNova ScotiaCanada
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- Qinghai Provincial Key Laboratory of Restoration Ecology of Cold Area and Key Laboratory of Adaptation and Evolution of Plant BiotaNorthwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of SciencesXiningChina
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- Department of Environment Systems Science, Institute of Integrative BiologyETH ZürichZürichSwitzerland
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- Department of Environment Systems Science, Institute of Integrative BiologyETH ZürichZürichSwitzerland
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- Centre for Biodiversity and Restoration Ecology, School of Biological SciencesVictoria University of WellingtonWellingtonNew Zealand
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- Laboratoire d'Ecologie AlpineUniversité Grenoble Alpes – CNRS – Université Savoie Mont‐BlancGrenobleFrance
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- Department of Ecology, College of Urban and Environmental SciencesPeking UniversityBeijingChina
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- The Rocky Mountain Biological LaboratoryCrested ButteColoradoUSA,Department of BiologyUniversity of South AlabamaMobileAlabamaUSA
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- Biological Sciences, School of Natural SciencesUniversity of TasmaniaHobartTasmaniaAustralia
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- Department of Ecoscience and Arctic Research CentreAarhus UniversityAarhus CDenmark
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- Natural History Museum of DenmarkUniversity of CopenhagenCopenhagenDenmark,State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro‐Ecosystems, and College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and TechnologyLanzhou UniversityLanzhouGansuChina
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- Laboratoire d'Ecologie AlpineUniversité Grenoble Alpes – CNRS – Université Savoie Mont‐BlancGrenobleFrance
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- Department of Biological SciencesUniversity of Texas at El PasoEl PasoTexasUSA
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- Department of Ecology and Environmental ScienceUmeå UniversityUmeåSweden
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- Department of Ecoscience and Arctic Research CentreAarhus UniversityAarhus CDenmark
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- Mountain Ecosystems GroupWSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLFDavos DorfSwitzerland
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- The Rocky Mountain Biological LaboratoryCrested ButteColoradoUSA,National Socio‐Environmental Synthesis CenterAnnapolisMarylandUSA
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- Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural ResourcesUniversity of VermontBurlingtonVermontUSA
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- Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural ResourcesUniversity of VermontBurlingtonVermontUSA,Grupo de Ecología de Invasiones, INIBIOMA, CONICETUniversidad Nacional del ComahueSan Carlos de BarilocheArgentina
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- Asian School of the EnvironmentNanyang Technological UniversitySingaporeSingapore
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- Department of BiologyUniversity of OklahomaNormanOklahomaUSA,Department of Research and MonitoringChastè Planta‐WildenbergZernezSwitzerland
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- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology DepartmentUniversity of MichiganAnn ArborMichiganUSA,The Rocky Mountain Biological LaboratoryCrested ButteColoradoUSA,Natural History Museum of DenmarkUniversity of CopenhagenCopenhagenDenmark
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Fanin N, Clemmensen KE, Lindahl BD, Farrell M, Nilsson MC, Gundale MJ, Kardol P, Wardle DA. Ericoid shrubs shape fungal communities and suppress organic matter decomposition in boreal forests. New Phytol 2022; 236:684-697. [PMID: 35779014 DOI: 10.1111/nph.18353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2022] [Accepted: 06/27/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
Mycorrhizal fungi associated with boreal trees and ericaceous shrubs are central actors in organic matter (OM) accumulation through their belowground carbon allocation, their potential capacity to mine organic matter for nitrogen (N) and their ability to suppress saprotrophs. Yet, interactions between co-occurring ectomycorrhizal fungi (EMF), ericoid mycorrhizal fungi (ERI), and saprotrophs are poorly understood. We used a long-term (19 yr) plant functional group manipulation experiment with removals of tree roots, ericaceous shrubs and mosses and analysed the responses of different fungal guilds (assessed by metabarcoding) and their interactions in relation to OM quality (assessed by mid-infrared spectroscopy and nuclear magnetic resonance) and decomposition (litter mesh-bags) across a 5000-yr post-fire boreal forest chronosequence. We found that the removal of ericaceous shrubs and associated ERI changed the composition of EMF communities, with larger effects occurring at earlier stages of the chronosequence. Removal of shrubs was associated with enhanced N availability, litter decomposition and enrichment of the recalcitrant OM fraction. We conclude that increasing abundance of slow-growing ericaceous shrubs and the associated fungi contributes to increasing nutrient limitation, impaired decomposition and progressive OM accumulation in boreal forests, particularly towards later successional stages. These results are indicative of the contrasting roles of EMF and ERI in regulating belowground OM storage.
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- Nicolas Fanin
- Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 901-83, Umeå, Sweden
- INRAE, Bordeaux Sciences Agro, UMR 1391 ISPA, 71 avenue Edouard Bourlaux, CS 20032, F33882, Villenave-d'Ornon cedex, France
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- Department of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology, Uppsala BioCenter, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 7026, SE-75007, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Soil and Environment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 7014, SE-75007, Uppsala, Sweden
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- CSIRO Agriculture & Food, Kaurna Country, Locked Bag 2, Glen Osmond, South Australia, 5064, Australia
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- Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 901-83, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 901-83, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 901-83, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 901-83, Umeå, Sweden
- Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore City, 639798, Singapore
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Grau-Andrés R, Thieffry S, Tian S, Wardle DA, Kardol P. Responses of bryosphere fauna to drought across a boreal forest chronosequence. Oecologia 2022; 200:231-245. [PMID: 36074302 PMCID: PMC9547781 DOI: 10.1007/s00442-022-05255-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2022] [Accepted: 08/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
Projected changes in precipitation regimes can greatly impact soil biota, which in turn alters key ecosystem functions. In moss-dominated ecosystems, the bryosphere (i.e., the ground moss layer including live and senesced moss) plays a key role in carbon and nutrient cycling, and it hosts high abundances of microfauna (i.e., nematodes and tardigrades) and mesofauna (i.e., mites and springtails). However, we know very little about how bryosphere fauna responds to precipitation, and whether this response changes across environmental gradients. Here, we used a mesocosm experiment to study the effect of volume and frequency of precipitation on the abundance and community composition of functional groups of bryosphere fauna. Hylocomium splendens bryospheres were sampled from a long-term post-fire boreal forest chronosequence in northern Sweden which varies greatly in environmental conditions. We found that reduced precipitation promoted the abundance of total microfauna and of total mesofauna, but impaired predaceous/omnivorous nematodes, and springtails. Generally, bryosphere fauna responded more strongly to precipitation volume than to precipitation frequency. For some faunal functional groups, the effects of precipitation frequency were stronger at reduced precipitation volumes. Context-dependency effects were found for microfauna only: microfauna was more sensitive to precipitation in late-successional forests (i.e., those with lower productivity and soil nutrient availability) than in earlier-successional forests. Our results also suggest that drought-induced changes in trophic interactions and food resources in the bryosphere may increase faunal abundance. Consequently, drier bryospheres that may result from climate change could promote carbon and nutrient turnover from fauna activity, especially in older, less productive forests.
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- Roger Grau-Andrés
- Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Umeå, Sweden
- Soil Ecology Lab, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095 China
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- Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Umeå, Sweden
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Bell AJ, Calladine KS, Wardle DA, Phillips ID. Rapid colonization of the post‐burn environment improves egg survival in pyrophilic ground beetles. Ecosphere 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.4213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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- Aaron J. Bell
- Department of Biology University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon Saskatchewan Canada
- Troutreach Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation Moose Jaw Saskatchewan Canada
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- Troutreach Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation Moose Jaw Saskatchewan Canada
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- Asian School of the Environment Nanyang Technological University Singapore Singapore
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- Department of Biology University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon Saskatchewan Canada
- Troutreach Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation Moose Jaw Saskatchewan Canada
- Water Quality Services, Integrated Water Services Water Security Agency of Saskatchewan Saskatoon Saskatchewan Canada
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Olff H, Aerts R, Bobbink R, Cornelissen JHC, Erisman JW, Galloway JN, Stevens CJ, Sutton MA, de Vries FT, Wamelink GWW, Wardle DA. Explanations for nitrogen decline. Science 2022; 376:1169-1170. [PMID: 35679418 DOI: 10.1126/science.abq7575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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- Han Olff
- Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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- Systems Ecology Group, Free University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- B-WARE Research Centre, Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- Institute of Environmental Sciences, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA
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- Lancaster Environment Center, Lancaster University, Landcaster, UK
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- UK Center for Ecology and Hydrology, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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- Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Asian School for the Environment, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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Smith SW, Rahman NEB, Harrison ME, Shiodera S, Giesen W, Lampela M, Wardle DA, Chong KY, Agusti R, Wijedasa LS, Teo PY, Fatimah YA, Teng NT, Yeo JKQ, Alam MJ, Brugues Sintes P, Darusman T, Graham LLB, Katoppo DR, Kojima K, Kusin K, Lestari DP, Metali F, Morrogh‐Bernard HC, Nahor MB, Napitupulu RRP, Nasir D, Nath TK, Nilus R, Norisada M, Rachmanadi D, Rachmat HH, Ripoll Capilla B, Salahuddin, Santosa PB, Sukri RS, Tay B, Tuah W, Wedeux BMM, Yamanoshita T, Yokoyama EY, Yuwati TW, Lee JSH. Tree species that ‘live slow, die older’ enhance tropical peat swamp restoration: evidence from a systematic review. J Appl Ecol 2022. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.14232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Stuart W. Smith
- Asian School of Environment Nanyang Technological University Singapore
- Department of Physical Geography Stockholm University Sweden
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- Centre for Ecology and Conservation, College of Life and Environmental Sciences University of Exeter UK
- School of Geography, Geology and the Environment University of Leicester UK
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- Department of Global Liberal Studies, Faculty of Global Liberal Studies Nanzan University Japan
- Centre for Southeast Asian Studies Kyoto University Japan
- Research Institute for Humanity and Nature Japan
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- Euroconsult Mott MacDonald the Netherlands
- Naturalis Biodiversity Centre the Netherlands
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- Environmental Research Institute National University of Singapore Singapore
- Department of Forest Sciences University of Helsinki Finland
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- Asian School of Environment Nanyang Technological University Singapore
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- Singapore Botanic Gardens, National Parks Board Singapore
- Department of Biological Sciences National University of Singapore Singapore
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- Environmental Research Institute National University of Singapore Singapore
- Natural Kapital Indonesia Pontianak Indonesia
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- Environmental Research Institute National University of Singapore Singapore
- BirdLife International Cambridge UK
- ConservationLinks Pvt Ltd Singapore
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- Asian School of Environment Nanyang Technological University Singapore
- Future Cities Lab Global Singapore‐ETH Centre Singapore
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- Asian School of Environment Nanyang Technological University Singapore
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- Asian School of Environment Nanyang Technological University Singapore
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- School of Environmental and Geographical Sciences University of Nottingham Malaysia Malaysia
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- Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation Indonesia
- Tropical Forests and People Research Centre University of the Sunshine Coast Australia
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- Asian Research Center for Bioresource and Environmental Sciences, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences The University of Tokyo Japan
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- Centre for the International Cooperation in Sustainable Management of Tropical Peatlands University of Palangka Raya Indonesia
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- Faculty of Science, Universiti Brunei Darussalam Brunei Darussalam
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- Centre for Ecology and Conservation, College of Life and Environmental Sciences University of Exeter UK
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- Centre for the International Cooperation in Sustainable Management of Tropical Peatlands University of Palangka Raya Indonesia
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- School of Environmental and Geographical Sciences University of Nottingham Malaysia Malaysia
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- Asian Research Center for Bioresource and Environmental Sciences, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences The University of Tokyo Japan
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- Research Center of Ecology and Ethnobiology, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) Indonesia
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- Research Center of Ecology and Ethnobiology, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) Indonesia
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- Yayasan Borneo Nature Indonesia, Palangka Raya, Central Kalimantan Indonesia
- Centre for the International Cooperation in Sustainable Management of Tropical Peatlands University of Palangka Raya Indonesia
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- Research Center of Plant Conservation, Botanical Garden and Forestry, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) Indonesia
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- Institute for Biodiversity and Environmental Research Universiti Brunei Darussalam Brunei Darussalam
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- Institute for Biodiversity and Environmental Research Universiti Brunei Darussalam Brunei Darussalam
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- Department of Plant Sciences University of Cambridge Conservation Research Institute Cambridge UK
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- Asian Research Center for Bioresource and Environmental Sciences, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences The University of Tokyo Japan
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- Research Center of Ecology and Ethnobiology, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) Indonesia
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- Asian School of Environment Nanyang Technological University Singapore
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Spitzer CM, Sundqvist MK, Wardle DA, Gundale MJ, Kardol P. Root trait variation along a sub‐arctic tundra elevational gradient. OIKOS 2022. [DOI: 10.1111/oik.08903] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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- Clydecia M. Spitzer
- Dept of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish Univ. of Agricultural Sciences Umeå Sweden
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- Dept of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish Univ. of Agricultural Sciences Umeå Sweden
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- Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological Univ. Singapore Singapore
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- Dept of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish Univ. of Agricultural Sciences Umeå Sweden
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- Dept of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish Univ. of Agricultural Sciences Umeå Sweden
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Roos RE, Birkemoe T, Bokhorst S, Wardle DA, Asplund J. The importance of foundation species identity: a field experiment with lichens and their associated micro-arthropod communities. Basic Appl Ecol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2022.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Grau-Andrés R, Wardle DA, Kardol P. Bryosphere Loss Impairs Litter Decomposition Consistently Across Moss Species, Litter Types, and Micro-Arthropod Abundance. Ecosystems 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s10021-021-00731-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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AbstractThe bryosphere (that is, ground mosses and their associated biota) is a key driver of nutrient and carbon dynamics in many terrestrial ecosystems, in part because it regulates litter decomposition. However, we have a poor understanding of how litter decomposition responds to changes in the bryosphere, including changes in bryosphere cover, moss species, and bryosphere-associated biota. Specifically, the contribution of micro-arthropods to litter decomposition in the bryosphere is unclear. Here, we used a 16-month litterbag field experiment in two boreal forests to investigate bryosphere effects on litter decomposition rates among two moss species (Pleurozium schreberi and Hylocomium splendens), and two litter types (higher-quality Betula pendula litter and lower-quality P. schreberi litter). Additionally, we counted all micro-arthropods in the litterbags and identified them to functional groups. We found that bryosphere removal reduced litter decomposition rates by 28% and micro-arthropod abundance by 29% and led to a colder micro-climate. Litter decomposition rates and micro-arthropod abundance were uncorrelated overall, but were positively correlated in B. pendula litterbags. Bryosphere effects on litter decomposition rates were consistent across moss species, litter types, and micro-arthropod abundances and community compositions. These findings suggest that micro-arthropods play a minor role in litter decomposition in the boreal forest floor, suggesting that other factors (for example, micro-climate, nutrient availability) likely drive the positive effect of the bryosphere on decomposition rates. Our results point to a substantial and consistent impairment of litter decomposition in response to loss of moss cover, which could have important implications for nutrient and carbon cycling in moss-dominated ecosystems.
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Nuske SJ, Fajardo A, Nuñez MA, Pauchard A, Wardle DA, Nilsson MC, Kardol P, Smith JE, Peltzer DA, Moyano J, Gundale MJ. Soil biotic and abiotic effects on seedling growth exhibit context-dependent interactions: evidence from a multi-country experiment on Pinus contorta invasion. New Phytol 2021; 232:303-317. [PMID: 33966267 DOI: 10.1111/nph.17449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2020] [Accepted: 05/04/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The success of invasive plants is influenced by many interacting factors, but evaluating multiple possible mechanisms of invasion success and elucidating the relative importance of abiotic and biotic drivers is challenging, and therefore rarely achieved. We used live, sterile or inoculated soil from different soil origins (native range and introduced range plantation; and invaded plots spanning three different countries) in a fully factorial design to simultaneously examine the influence of soil origin and soil abiotic and biotic factors on the growth of invasive Pinus contorta. Our results displayed significant context dependency in that certain soil abiotic conditions in the introduced ranges (soil nitrogen, phosphorus or carbon content) influenced responses to inoculation treatments. Our findings do not support the enemy release hypothesis or the enhanced mutualism hypothesis, as biota from native and plantation ranges promoted growth similarly. Instead, our results support the missed mutualism hypothesis, as biota from invasive ranges were the least beneficial for seedling growth. Our study provides a novel perspective on how variation in soil abiotic factors can influence plant-soil feedbacks for an invasive tree across broad biogeographical contexts.
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- Susan J Nuske
- Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, 90183, Sweden
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- Instituto de Investigación Interdisciplinario (I3), Universidad de Talca, Campus Lircay, Talca, 3460000, Chile
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- Grupo de Ecología de Invasiones, INIBIOMA-UNComa, CONICET, Bariloche, 8400, Argentina
- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX, 77204, USA
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- Laboratorio de Invasiones Biológicas (LIB), Facultad de Ciencias Forestales, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile
- Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity (IEB), Santiago, Chile
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- Asian School of the Environment, College of Science, Nanyong Technological University, Singapore, 639798, Singapore
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- Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, 90183, Sweden
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- Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, 90183, Sweden
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- US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Corvallis, OR, 97331, USA
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- Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research, Lincoln, 7608, New Zealand
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- Grupo de Ecología de Invasiones, INIBIOMA-UNComa, CONICET, Bariloche, 8400, Argentina
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- Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, 90183, Sweden
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Kotze DJ, Ghosh S, Hui N, Jumpponen A, Lee BPYH, Lu C, Lum S, Pouyat R, Szlavecz K, Wardle DA, Yesilonis I, Zheng B, Setälä H. Urbanization minimizes the effects of plant traits on soil provisioned ecosystem services across climatic regions. Glob Chang Biol 2021; 27:4139-4153. [PMID: 34021965 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.15717] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2021] [Accepted: 04/19/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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An increasingly urbanized world is one of the most prominent examples of global environmental change. Across the globe, urban parks are designed and managed in a similar way, resulting in visually pleasing expansions of lawn interspersed with individually planted trees of varying appearances and functional traits. These large urban greenspaces have the capacity to provide various ecosystem services, including those associated with soil physicochemical properties. Our aim was to explore whether soil properties in urban parks diverge underneath vegetation producing labile or recalcitrant litter, and whether the impact is affected by climatic zone (from a boreal to temperate to tropical city). We also compared these properties to those in (semi)natural forests outside the cities to assess the influence of urbanization on plant-trait effects. We showed that vegetation type affected percentage soil organic matter (OM), total carbon (C) and total nitrogen (N), but inconsistently across climatic zones. Plant-trait effects were particularly weak in old parks in the boreal and temperate zones, whereas in young parks in these zones, soils underneath the two tree types accumulated significantly more OM, C and N compared to lawns. Within climatic zones, anthropogenic drivers dominated natural ones, with consistently lower values of organic-matter-related soil properties under trees producing labile or recalcitrant litter in parks compared to forests. The dominating effect of urbanization is also reflected in its ability to homogenize soil properties in parks across the three cities, especially in lawn soils and soils under trees irrespective of functional trait. Our study demonstrates that soil functions that relate to carbon and nitrogen dynamics-even in old urban greenspaces where plant-soil interactions have a long history-clearly diverged from those in natural ecosystems, implying a long-lasting influence of anthropogenic drivers on soil ecosystem services.
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- D Johan Kotze
- Ecosystems and Environment Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Lahti, Finland
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- Centre for Urban Greenery and Ecology, National Parks Board, Singapore, Singapore
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- Key Laboratory of Urban Agriculture, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, NY, USA
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- Wildlife Management Division, National Parks Board, Singapore, Singapore
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- Ecosystems and Environment Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Lahti, Finland
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- Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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- Emeritus USDA Forest Service, NRS, Affiliate Faculty Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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- USDA Forest Service, Baltimore Field Station, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Ecosystems and Environment Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Lahti, Finland
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- Ecosystems and Environment Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Lahti, Finland
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Fanin N, Lin D, Freschet GT, Keiser AD, Augusto L, Wardle DA, Veen GFC. Home-field advantage of litter decomposition: from the phyllosphere to the soil. New Phytol 2021; 231:1353-1358. [PMID: 34008201 DOI: 10.1111/nph.17475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2021] [Accepted: 05/03/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
Abstract
Plants often associate with specialized decomposer communities that increase plant litter breakdown, a phenomenon that is known as the 'home-field advantage' (HFA). Although the concept of HFA has long considered only the role of the soil microbial community, explicit consideration of the role of the microbial community on the foliage before litter fall (i.e. the phyllosphere community) may help us to better understand HFA. We investigated the occurrence of HFA in the presence vs absence of phyllosphere communities and found that HFA effects were smaller when phyllosphere communities were removed. We propose that priority effects and interactions between phyllosphere and soil organisms can help explain the positive effects of the phyllosphere at home, and suggest a path forward for further investigation.
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- Nicolas Fanin
- INRAE, UMR 1391 ISPA, Bordeaux Sciences Agro, 71 Avenue Edouard Bourlaux, CS 20032, Villenave-d'Ornon Cedex, F33882, France
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- Key Laboratory of the Three Gorges Reservoir Region's Eco-Environment, Ministry of Education, Chongqing University, 174th Shapingba Zhengjie Street, Shapingba District, Chongqing, 400045, China
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- Station d'Ecologie Théorique et Expérimentale, CNRS, 2 route du CNRS, Moulis, 09200, France
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- Stockbridge School of Agriculture, 311 Paige Laboratory, University of Massachusetts, 161 Holdsworth Way, Amherst, MA, 01003, USA
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- INRAE, UMR 1391 ISPA, Bordeaux Sciences Agro, 71 Avenue Edouard Bourlaux, CS 20032, Villenave-d'Ornon Cedex, F33882, France
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- Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore, 639798, Singapore
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- Department of Terrestrial Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Droevendaalstesteeg 10, Wageningen, 6708 PB, the Netherlands
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Ibáñez TS, Wardle DA, Gundale MJ, Nilsson MC. Effects of Soil Abiotic and Biotic Factors on Tree Seedling Regeneration Following a Boreal Forest Wildfire. Ecosystems 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s10021-021-00666-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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AbstractWildfire disturbance is important for tree regeneration in boreal ecosystems. A considerable amount of literature has been published on how wildfires affect boreal forest regeneration. However, we lack understanding about how soil-mediated effects of fire disturbance on seedlings occur via soil abiotic properties versus soil biota. We collected soil from stands with three different severities of burning (high, low and unburned) and conducted two greenhouse experiments to explore how seedlings of tree species (Betula pendula, Pinus sylvestris and Picea abies) performed in live soils and in sterilized soil inoculated by live soil from each of the three burning severities. Seedlings grown in live soil grew best in unburned soil. When sterilized soils were reinoculated with live soil, seedlings of P. abies and P. sylvestris grew better in soil from low burn severity stands than soil from either high severity or unburned stands, demonstrating that fire disturbance may favor post-fire regeneration of conifers in part due to the presence of soil biota that persists when fire severity is low or recovers quickly post-fire. Betula pendula did not respond to soil biota and was instead driven by changes in abiotic soil properties following fire. Our study provides strong evidence that high fire severity creates soil conditions that are adverse for seedling regeneration, but that low burn severity promotes soil biota that stimulates growth and potential regeneration of conifers. It also shows that species-specific responses to abiotic and biotic soil characteristics are altered by variation in fire severity. This has important implications for tree regeneration because it points to the role of plant–soil–microbial feedbacks in promoting successful establishment, and potentially successional trajectories and species dominance in boreal forests in the future as fire regimes become increasingly severe through climate change.
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Phillips HRP, Bach EM, Bartz MLC, Bennett JM, Beugnon R, Briones MJI, Brown GG, Ferlian O, Gongalsky KB, Guerra CA, König-Ries B, Krebs JJ, Orgiazzi A, Ramirez KS, Russell DJ, Schwarz B, Wall DH, Brose U, Decaëns T, Lavelle P, Loreau M, Mathieu J, Mulder C, van der Putten WH, Rillig MC, Thakur MP, de Vries FT, Wardle DA, Ammer C, Ammer S, Arai M, Ayuke FO, Baker GH, Baretta D, Barkusky D, Beauséjour R, Bedano JC, Birkhofer K, Blanchart E, Blossey B, Bolger T, Bradley RL, Brossard M, Burtis JC, Capowiez Y, Cavagnaro TR, Choi A, Clause J, Cluzeau D, Coors A, Crotty FV, Crumsey JM, Dávalos A, Cosín DJD, Dobson AM, Domínguez A, Duhour AE, van Eekeren N, Emmerling C, Falco LB, Fernández R, Fonte SJ, Fragoso C, Franco ALC, Fusilero A, Geraskina AP, Gholami S, González G, Gundale MJ, López MG, Hackenberger BK, Hackenberger DK, Hernández LM, Hirth JR, Hishi T, Holdsworth AR, Holmstrup M, Hopfensperger KN, Lwanga EH, Huhta V, Hurisso TT, Iannone BV, Iordache M, Irmler U, Ivask M, Jesús JB, Johnson-Maynard JL, Joschko M, Kaneko N, Kanianska R, Keith AM, Kernecker ML, Koné AW, Kooch Y, Kukkonen ST, Lalthanzara H, Lammel DR, Lebedev IM, Le Cadre E, Lincoln NK, López-Hernández D, Loss SR, Marichal R, Matula R, Minamiya Y, Moos JH, Moreno G, Morón-Ríos A, Motohiro H, Muys B, Neirynck J, Norgrove L, Novo M, Nuutinen V, Nuzzo V, Mujeeb Rahman P, Pansu J, Paudel S, Pérès G, Pérez-Camacho L, Ponge JF, Prietzel J, Rapoport IB, Rashid MI, Rebollo S, Rodríguez MÁ, Roth AM, Rousseau GX, Rozen A, Sayad E, van Schaik L, Scharenbroch B, Schirrmann M, Schmidt O, Schröder B, Seeber J, Shashkov MP, Singh J, Smith SM, Steinwandter M, Szlavecz K, Talavera JA, Trigo D, Tsukamoto J, Uribe-López S, de Valença AW, Virto I, Wackett AA, Warren MW, Webster ER, Wehr NH, Whalen JK, Wironen MB, Wolters V, Wu P, Zenkova IV, Zhang W, Cameron EK, Eisenhauer N. Global data on earthworm abundance, biomass, diversity and corresponding environmental properties. Sci Data 2021; 8:136. [PMID: 34021166 PMCID: PMC8140120 DOI: 10.1038/s41597-021-00912-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2020] [Accepted: 04/01/2021] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
Abstract
Earthworms are an important soil taxon as ecosystem engineers, providing a variety of crucial ecosystem functions and services. Little is known about their diversity and distribution at large spatial scales, despite the availability of considerable amounts of local-scale data. Earthworm diversity data, obtained from the primary literature or provided directly by authors, were collated with information on site locations, including coordinates, habitat cover, and soil properties. Datasets were required, at a minimum, to include abundance or biomass of earthworms at a site. Where possible, site-level species lists were included, as well as the abundance and biomass of individual species and ecological groups. This global dataset contains 10,840 sites, with 184 species, from 60 countries and all continents except Antarctica. The data were obtained from 182 published articles, published between 1973 and 2017, and 17 unpublished datasets. Amalgamating data into a single global database will assist researchers in investigating and answering a wide variety of pressing questions, for example, jointly assessing aboveground and belowground biodiversity distributions and drivers of biodiversity change.
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- Helen R P Phillips
- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Puschstrasse 4, 04103, Leipzig, Germany. .,Institute of Biology, Leipzig University, Puschstrasse 4, 04103, Leipzig, Germany. .,Department of Environmental Science, Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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- Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative and School of Global Environmental Sustainability, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, 80523, USA.,Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, 80523, USA
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- Universidade Positivo, Rua Prof. Pedro Viriato Parigot de Souza, 5300, Curitiba, PR, 81280-330, Brazil.,Center of Functional Ecology, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Calçada Martins de Freitas, 3000-456, Coimbra, Portugal
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Puschstrasse 4, 04103, Leipzig, Germany.,Institute of Biology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Am Kirchtor 1, 06108, Halle (Saale), Germany.,Centre for Applied Water Science, Institute for Applied Ecology, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Canberra, Canberra, Australia
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Puschstrasse 4, 04103, Leipzig, Germany.,Institute of Biology, Leipzig University, Puschstrasse 4, 04103, Leipzig, Germany
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- Departamento de Ecología y Biología Animal, Universidad de Vigo, 36310, Vigo, Spain
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- Embrapa Forestry, Estrada da Ribeira, km. 111, C.P. 231, Colombo, PR, 83411-000, Brazil
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Puschstrasse 4, 04103, Leipzig, Germany.,Institute of Biology, Leipzig University, Puschstrasse 4, 04103, Leipzig, Germany
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- A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky pr., 33, Moscow, 119071, Russia.,M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, 1, Moscow, 119991, Russia
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Puschstrasse 4, 04103, Leipzig, Germany.,Institute of Biology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Am Kirchtor 1, 06108, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Puschstrasse 4, 04103, Leipzig, Germany.,Institute of Computer Science, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Ernst-Abbe-Platz 2, 07743, Jena, Germany
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Puschstrasse 4, 04103, Leipzig, Germany.,Institute of Biology, Leipzig University, Puschstrasse 4, 04103, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Terrestrial Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), 6700, Wageningen, AB, The Netherlands
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- Senckenberg Museum for Natural History Görlitz, Department of Soil Zoology, 02826, Görlitz, Germany
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- Biometry and Environmental System Analysis, University of Freiburg, Tennenbacher Str. 4, 79106, Freiburg, Germany
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- Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative and School of Global Environmental Sustainability, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, 80523, USA.,Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, 80523, USA
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Puschstrasse 4, 04103, Leipzig, Germany.,Institute of Biodiversity, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Dornburger-Str. 159, 07743, Jena, Germany
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- CEFE, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, EPHE, IRD, Univ Paul Valéry Montpellier 3, Montpellier, France
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- Sorbonne Université, Institut d'Ecologie et des Sciences de l'Environnement, 75005, Paris, France
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- Centre for Biodiversity Theory and Modelling, Theoretical and Experimental Ecology Station, CNRS, 09200, Moulis, France
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- Sorbonne Université, Institute of Ecology and Environmental Sciences of Paris (UMR 7618 IEES-Paris, CNRS, INRA, UPMC, IRD, UPEC), 4 place Jussieu, 75000, Paris, France.,INRA, IRD, Institut d'Ecologie et des Sciences de l'Environnement de Paris, F-75005, Paris, France
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- Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Catania, Via Androne 81, 95124, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Terrestrial Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), 6700, Wageningen, AB, The Netherlands.,Laboratory of Nematology, Wageningen University, PO Box 8123, 6700, Wageningen, ES, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Biology, Freie Universität Berlin, 14195, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Terrestrial Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), 6700, Wageningen, AB, The Netherlands
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- Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 639798, Singapore
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- Centre of Biodiversity and Sustainable Landuse, University of Göttingen, Büsgenweg 1, Göttingen, Germany.,Silviculture and Forest Ecology of the Temperate Zones, University of Göttingen, Büsgenweg 1, Göttingen, Germany
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- Forest Sciences and Forest Ecology, University of Göttingen, Büsgenweg 1, Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, 3-1-3 Kan-nondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technology, University of Nairobi, Kapenguria Road, Off Naivasha Road, P.O Box 29053, Nairobi, Kenya.,Rwanda Institute for Conservation Agriculture, KG 541, Kigali, Rwanda
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- Health & Biosecurity, CSIRO, PO Box 1700, Canberra, Australia
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- Department of Animal Science, Santa Catarina State University, Chapecó, SC, 89815-630, Brazil
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- Experimental Infrastructure Platform (EIP), Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research, Eberswalder Str. 84, Müncheberg, Germany
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- Départment de biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
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- Geology Department, FCEFQyN, ICBIA-CONICET (National Scientific and Technical Research Council), National University of Rio Cuarto, Ruta 36 Km, 601, Río Cuarto, Argentina
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- Department of Ecology, Brandenburg University of Technology, Konrad-Wachsmann-Allee 6, Cottbus, Germany
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- Eco&Sols, Univ Montpellier, IRD, INRAE, CIRAD, Institut Agro, Montpellier, France
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- Natural Resources, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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- Earth Institute, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, 4, Ireland.,School of Biology and Environmental Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland
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- Départment de biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
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- Eco&Sols, Univ Montpellier, IRD, INRAE, CIRAD, Institut Agro, Montpellier, France
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- Department of Entomology, Cornell University, 3132, Comstock Hall, Ithaca, NY, USA
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- EMMAH, UMR 1114, INRA, Site Agroparc, Avignon, France
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- The School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, The Waite Research Institute, The University of Adelaide, PMB 1, Glen Osmond, Australia
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- Faculty of Forestry, University of Toronto, 33 Willcocks Street, Toronto, Canada
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- Laboratoire Écologie et Biologie des Interactions, équipe EES, UMR CNRS 7267, Université de Poitiers, 5 rue Albert Turpain, Poitiers, France
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- UMR ECOBIO (Ecosystems, Biodiversity, Evolution) CNRS-Université de Rennes, Station Biologique, 35380, Paimpont, France
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- ECT Oekotoxikologie GmbH, Boettgerstr. 2-14, Floersheim, Germany
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- Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth Universtiy, Plas Gogerddan, Aberystwyth, SY24 3EE, United Kingdom.,School for Agriculture, Food and the Environment, Royal Agricultural University, Stroud Road, Cirencester, GL7 6JS, United Kingdom
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- Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, 140 E Green Street, Athens, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciencies, SUNY Cortland, 1215 Bowers Hall, Cortland, USA
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- Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolution, Faculty of Biology, University Complutense of Madrid, José Antonio Novais, 12, Madrid, Spain
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- Yale School of the Environment, Yale University, 370 Prospect St, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Geology Department, FCEFQyN, ICBIA-CONICET (National Scientific and Technical Research Council), National University of Rio Cuarto, Ruta 36 Km, 601, Río Cuarto, Argentina
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- Departamento de Ciencias Básicas, Universidad Nacional de Luján, Argentina - INEDES (Universidad Nacional de Luján - CONICET), Luján, Argentina
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- Department of Soil Science, University of Trier, Campus II, Behringstraße 21, Trier, Germany
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- Departamento de Ciencias Básicas, Instituto de Ecología y Desarrollo Sustentable, Universidad Nacional de Luján, Av. Constitución y Ruta 5, Luján, Argentina
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- Animal Biodiversity and Evolution, Institute of Evolutionary Biology, Passeig Marítim de la Barceloneta 37, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Colorado State University, 1170 Campus Delivery, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- Biodiversity and Systematic Network, Institute of Ecology A.C., El Haya, Xalapa, Veracruz, 91070, Mexico
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- Department of Biology, Colorado State University, 200 West Lake Street, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences and Environmental Studies, University of the Philippines Mindanao, Tugbok District, Davao, Philippines.,Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology and Aquatic Ecology, Environmental Toxicology Unit - GhEnToxLab, Ghent University, Campus Coupure, Coupure Links 653, Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Forest Ecology and Productivity RAS, Profsoyuznaya st. 84/32 bldg. 14, Moscow, Russia
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- United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, International Institute of Tropical Forestry, 1201 Ceiba Street, San Juan, Puerto Rico
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- Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Skogsmarksgrand 17, 901 83, Umeå, Sweden
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- Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolution, Faculty of Biology, University Complutense of Madrid, José Antonio Novais, 12, Madrid, Spain
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- Agriculture engineering, Agroecology Postgraduate Program, Maranhão State University, Avenida Lourenço Vieira da Silva 1000, São Luis, Brazil
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- Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions, Agriculture Victoria, Chiltern Valley Road, Rutherglen, Australia
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, 394 Tsubakuro, Sasaguri, Fukuoka, 811-2415, Japan
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- Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Vejlsøvej 25, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Biological Science, Northern Kentucky University, 1 Nunn Drive, Highland Heights, KY, USA
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- Agricultura Sociedad y Ambiente, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, Av. Polígono s/n Cd. Industrial Lerma, Campeche, Campeche, Mexico.,Soil Physics and Land Management Group, Wageningen University & Research, Droevendaalsteeg 4, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Dept. of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Box 35, Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Colorado State University, 1170 Campus Delivery, Fort Collins, CO, USA.,College of Agriculture, Environmental and Human Sciences, Lincoln University of Missouri, Jefferson City, MO, 65101, USA
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- School of Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA
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- Sustainable Development and Environmental Engineering, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Banat "King Michael the 1st of Romania" from Timisoara, Calea Aradului 119, Timisoara, Romania
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- Institute for Ecosystem Research, University of Kiel, Olshausenstrasse 40, 24098, Kiel, Germany
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- Tartu College, Tallinn University of Technology, Puiestee 78, Tartu, Estonia
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- Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolution, Faculty of Biology, University Complutense of Madrid, José Antonio Novais, 12, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Soil and Water Systems, University of Idaho, 875 Perimeter Drive MS, 2340, Moscow, USA
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- Experimental Infrastructure Platform (EIP), Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research, Eberswalder Str. 84, Müncheberg, Germany
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- Faculty of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Fukushima University, Kanayagawa 1, Fukushima, Japan
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- Department of Environment, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Matej Bel University, Tajovského 40, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
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- UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Library Avenue, Bailrigg, Lancaster, United Kingdom
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- Land Use and Governance, Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research, Eberswalder Str. 84, Müncheberg, Germany
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- UFR Sciences de la Nature, UR Gestion Durable des Sols, Université Nangui Abrogoua, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
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- Faculty of Natural Resources and Marine Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, 46417-76489, Noor, Mazandaran, Iran
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- Production Systems, Natural Resources Institute Finland, Survontie 9 A, Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Department of Zoology, Pachhunga University College, Aizawl, Mizoram, India
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- Institute of Biology, Freie Universität Berlin, 14195, Berlin, Germany
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- A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky pr., 33, Moscow, 119071, Russia.,M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, 1, Moscow, 119991, Russia.,Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, 30-1 Bolshoy Boulevard, Moscow, 121205, Russia
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- Tropical Plant and Soil Sciences, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, 3190 Maile Way, St. John 102, Honolulu, USA
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- Ecologia Aplicada, Instituto de Zoologia y Ecologia Tropical, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Los Chaguaramos, Ciudad Universitaria, Caracas, Venezuela
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- Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management, Oklahoma State University, 008C, Ag Hall, Stillwater, USA
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- UPR Systèmes de Pérennes, CIRAD, Univ Montpellier, TA B-34/02 Avenue Agropolis, Montpellier, France
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- Department of Forest Ecology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Tochigi Prefectural Museum, 2-2 Mutsumi-cho, Utsunomiya, Japan
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- Thuenen-Institute of Biodiversity, Bundesallee 65, Braunschweig, Germany.,Thuenen-Institute of Organic Farming, Trenthorst 32, Westerau, Germany
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- Plant Biology, Ecology and Earth Science, INDEHESA, University of Extremadura, Plasencia, Spain
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- Conservación de la Biodiversidad, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, Av. Rancho, poligono 2 A, Cd. Industrial de Lerma, Campeche, Mexico
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- Department of Environmental Systems Science, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Doshisha University, Kyoto, 602-8580, Japan
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- Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Division of Forest, Nature and Landscape, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200E Box, 2411, Leuven, Belgium
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- Research Institute for Nature and Forest, Gaverstraat 35, 9500, Geraardsbergen, Belgium
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- School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences, Bern University of Applied Sciences, Länggasse 85, Zollikofen, Switzerland
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- Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolution, Faculty of Biology, University Complutense of Madrid, José Antonio Novais, 12, Madrid, Spain
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- Soil Ecosystems, Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), Tietotie 4, Jokioinen, Finland
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- Natural Area Consultants, 1 West Hill School Road, Richford, NY, USA
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- Department of Zoology, PSMO College, Tirurangadi, Malappuram, Kerala, India, Malappuram, India
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- CSIRO Ocean and Atmosphere, CSIRO, New Illawarra Road, Lucas Heights, NSW, Australia.,UMR7144 Adaptation et Diversité en Milieu Marin, Station Biologique de Roscoff, CNRS/Sorbonne Université, Place Georges Teissier, Roscoff, France
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- Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management, Oklahoma State University, 008C, Ag Hall, Stillwater, USA.,Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA
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- UMR ECOBIO (Ecosystems, Biodiversity, Evolution) CNRS-Université de Rennes, Station Biologique, 35380, Paimpont, France.,UMR SAS, INRAE, Institut Agro Agrocampus Ouest, 35000, Rennes, France
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- Forest Ecology and Restoration Group, Department of Life Sciences, University of Alcalá, 28805, Alcalá De Henares, Spain
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- Adaptations du Vivant, CNRS UMR 7179, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 4 Avenue du Petit Château, Brunoy, France
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- Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Management, Technical University of Munich, Emil-Ramann-Str. 2, 85354, Freising, Germany
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- Tembotov Institute of Ecology of Mountain Territories, Russian Academy of Sciences, I. Armand, 37a, Nalchik, Russia
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- Center of Excellence in Environmental Studies, King Abdulaziz University, P.O Box 80216, Jeddah, 21589, Saudi Arabia
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- Forest Ecology and Restoration Group, Department of Life Sciences, University of Alcalá, 28805, Alcalá De Henares, Spain
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- Global Change Ecology and Evolution Research Group (GloCEE), Department of Life Sciences, University of Alcalá, 28805, Alcalá De Henares, Spain
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- Department of Forest Resources, University of Minnesota, 1530, Cleveland Ave. N, St. Paul, USA.,Friends of the Mississippi River, 101 E 5th St. Suite 2000, St Paul, USA
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- Agriculture engineering, Agroecology Postgraduate Program, Maranhão State University, Avenida Lourenço Vieira da Silva 1000, São Luis, Brazil.,Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation Postgraduate Program, Federal University of Maranhão, Avenida dos Portugueses 1966, São Luis, Brazil
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- Institute of Environmental Sciences, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 7, Kraków, Poland
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- Soil Physics and Land Management Group, Wageningen University & Research, Droevendaalsteeg 4, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- College of Natural Resources, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, WI, 54481, USA.,The Morton Arboretum, 4100 Illinois Route 53, Lisle, IL, 60532, USA
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- Department Engineering for Crop Production, Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy (ATB), Max-Eyth-Allee 100, Potsdam, Germany
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- School of Agriculture and Food Science, University College Dublin, Agriculture and Food Science Centre, Dublin, Ireland.,UCD Earth Institute, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Landscape Ecology and Environmental Systems Analysis, Institute of Geoecology, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Langer Kamp 19c, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Department of Ecology, University of Innsbruck, Technikerstrasse 25, Innsbruck, Austria.,Institute for Alpine Environment, Eurac Research, Viale Druso 1, Bozen/Bolzano, Italy
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- Laboratory of Ecosystem Modelling, Institute of Physicochemical and Biological Problems in Soil Science of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Institutskaya str., 2, Pushchino, Russia.,Laboratory of Computational Ecology, Institute of Mathematical Problems of Biology RAS - the Branch of Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vitkevicha str., 1, Pushchino, Russia
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- Department of Zoology, Khalsa College Amritsar, Amritsar, Punjab, India
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- Faculty of Forestry, University of Toronto, 33 Willcocks Street, Toronto, Canada
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- Institute for Alpine Environment, Eurac Research, Viale Druso 1, Bozen/Bolzano, Italy
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, USA
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- Department of animal biology, edaphology and geology, Faculty of Sciences (Biology), University of La Laguna, La Laguna, Santa Cruz De Tenerife, Spain
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- Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolution, Faculty of Biology, University Complutense of Madrid, José Antonio Novais, 12, Madrid, Spain
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- Forest Science, Kochi University, Monobe Otsu 200, Nankoku, Japan
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- Juárez Autonomous University of Tabasco, Nanotechnology Engineering, Multidisciplinary Academic Division of Jalpa de Méndez, Carr. Estatal libre Villahermosa-Comalcalco, Km 27 S/N, C.P. 86205 Jalpa de Méndez, Tabasco, Mexico
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- Unit Food & Agriculture, WWF-Netherlands, Driebergseweg 10, Zeist, The Netherlands
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- Dpto. Ciencias, IS-FOOD, Universidad Pública de Navarra, Edificio Olivos - Campus Arrosadia, Pamplona, Spain
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- Department of Soil, Water and Climate, University of Minnesota, 1991 Upper Buford Circle, St Paul, USA
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- Earth Innovation Institute, 98 Battery Street Suite 250, San Francisco, USA
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- University of California Davis, 1 Shields Avenue, Davis, USA
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- Natural Resources & Environmental Management, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1910 East West Rd, Honolulu, USA
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- Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University, 21111 Lakeshore Road, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Canada
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- Animal Ecology, Justus Liebig University, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26, Giessen, Germany
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- Institute of Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, Southwest Minzu University, Chengdu, China
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- Laboratory of terrestrial ecosystems, Federal Research Centre "Kola Science Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences", Institute of North Industrial Ecology Problems (INEP KSC RAS), Akademgorodok, 14a, Apatity, Murmansk, Province, Russia
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- Key Laboratory of Geospatial Technology for the Middle and Lower Yellow River Regions (Henan University), Ministry of Education, College of Environment and Planning, Henan University, Kaifeng, China
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- Department of Environmental Science, Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.,Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Post Office Box 65, FI 00014, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Puschstrasse 4, 04103, Leipzig, Germany.,Institute of Biology, Leipzig University, Puschstrasse 4, 04103, Leipzig, Germany
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Mishra S, Page SE, Cobb AR, Lee JSH, Jovani‐Sancho AJ, Sjögersten S, Jaya A, Aswandi, Wardle DA. Degradation of Southeast Asian tropical peatlands and integrated strategies for their better management and restoration. J Appl Ecol 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.13905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Shailendra Mishra
- Asian School of the Environment Nanyang Technological University Singapore Singapore
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- School of Geography, Geology and the Environment University of Leicester Leicester UK
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- Singapore‐MIT Alliance for Research and TechnologyCenter for Environmental Sensing and Modeling Singapore Singapore
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- Asian School of the Environment Nanyang Technological University Singapore Singapore
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- Department of Agronomy University of Palangka Raya Palangka Raya Indonesia
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- Center for Environmental Studies (PSLH‐LPPM) University of Jambi Jambi Indonesia
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- Asian School of the Environment Nanyang Technological University Singapore Singapore
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Prager CM, Jing X, Henning JA, Read QD, Meidl P, Lavorel S, Sanders NJ, Sundqvist M, Wardle DA, Classen AT. Climate and multiple dimensions of plant diversity regulate ecosystem carbon exchange along an elevational gradient. Ecosphere 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.3472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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- Case M. Prager
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology University of Michigan Ann Arbor Michigan48109USA
- Center for Macroecology, Evolution, and Climate Natural History Museum of Denmark Copenhagen Denmark
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology University of Michigan Ann Arbor Michigan48109USA
- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences KU Leuven Celestijnenlaan 200E Leuven3001Belgium
- Gund Institute for Environment University of Vermont Burlington Vermont USA
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- Department of Biology University of South Alabama 5871 USA Drive N Mobile Alabama USA
- Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory Crested ButteColorado USA
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- Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory Crested ButteColorado USA
- National Socio‐Environmental Synthesis Center 1 Park Place Annapolis Maryland USA
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- Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory Crested ButteColorado USA
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- Laboratoire d’Ecologie Alpine CNRS – Université Grenoble Alpes – Université Savoie Mont Blanc Grenoble38000France
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology University of Michigan Ann Arbor Michigan48109USA
- Center for Macroecology, Evolution, and Climate Natural History Museum of Denmark Copenhagen Denmark
- Gund Institute for Environment University of Vermont Burlington Vermont USA
- Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory Crested ButteColorado USA
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- Center for Macroecology, Evolution, and Climate Natural History Museum of Denmark Copenhagen Denmark
- Department of Earth Sciences University of Gothenburg Gothenburg Sweden
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- Asian School of the Environment Nanyang Technological University Singapore
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology University of Michigan Ann Arbor Michigan48109USA
- Center for Macroecology, Evolution, and Climate Natural History Museum of Denmark Copenhagen Denmark
- Gund Institute for Environment University of Vermont Burlington Vermont USA
- Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory Crested ButteColorado USA
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Grau‐Andrés R, Wardle DA, Nilsson M, Kardol P. Precipitation regime controls bryosphere carbon cycling similarly across contrasting ecosystems. OIKOS 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/oik.07749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Roger Grau‐Andrés
- Dept of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish Univ. of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) Umeå Sweden
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- Dept of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish Univ. of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) Umeå Sweden
- Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological Univ. Singapore Singapore
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- Dept of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish Univ. of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) Umeå Sweden
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- Dept of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish Univ. of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) Umeå Sweden
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Hyodo F, Takebayashi Y, Makabe A, Wardle DA, Koba K. Changes in stable nitrogen isotopes of plants, bulk soil and soil dissolved N during ecosystem retrogression in boreal forest. Ecol Res 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/1440-1703.12208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Fujio Hyodo
- Research Core for Interdisciplinary Sciences Okayama University Tsushimanaka Okayama Japan
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- Faculty of Agriculture Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology Tokyo Japan
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- Faculty of Agriculture Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology Tokyo Japan
- Institute for Extra‐Cutting‐Edge Science and Technology Avant‐Garde Research (X‐Star) Yokosuka Japan
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- Faculty of Agriculture Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology Tokyo Japan
- Center for Ecological Research Kyoto University Otsu Shiga Japan
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Spitzer CM, Lindahl B, Wardle DA, Sundqvist MK, Gundale MJ, Fanin N, Kardol P. Root trait-microbial relationships across tundra plant species. New Phytol 2021; 229:1508-1520. [PMID: 33007155 PMCID: PMC7821200 DOI: 10.1111/nph.16982] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2020] [Accepted: 09/10/2020] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
Abstract
Fine roots, and their functional traits, influence associated rhizosphere microorganisms via root exudation and root litter quality. However, little information is known about their relationship with rhizosphere microbial taxa and functional guilds. We investigated the relationships of 11 fine root traits of 20 sub-arctic tundra meadow plant species and soil microbial community composition, using phospholipid fatty acids (PLFAs) and high-throughput sequencing. We primarily focused on the root economics spectrum, as it provides a useful framework to examine plant strategies by integrating the co-ordination of belowground root traits along a resource acquisition-conservation trade-off axis. We found that the chemical axis of the fine root economics spectrum was positively related to fungal to bacterial ratios, but negatively to Gram-positive to Gram-negative bacterial ratios. However, this spectrum was unrelated to the relative abundance of functional guilds of soil fungi. Nevertheless, the relative abundance of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi was positively correlated to root carbon content, but negatively to the numbers of root forks per root length. Our results suggest that the fine root economics spectrum is important for predicting broader groups of soil microorganisms (i.e. fungi and bacteria), while individual root traits may be more important for predicting soil microbial taxa and functional guilds.
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- Clydecia M. Spitzer
- Department of Forest Ecology and ManagementSwedish University of Agricultural SciencesSkogsmarksgrändUmeå901 83Sweden
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- Department of Soil and EnvironmentSwedish University of Agricultural SciencesBox 7014Uppsala750 07Sweden
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- Asian School of the EnvironmentNanyang Technological University50 Nanyang AvenueSingapore639798Singapore
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- Department of Forest Ecology and ManagementSwedish University of Agricultural SciencesSkogsmarksgrändUmeå901 83Sweden
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- Department of Forest Ecology and ManagementSwedish University of Agricultural SciencesSkogsmarksgrändUmeå901 83Sweden
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- INRAEBordeaux Sciences AgroUMR 1391 ISPA71 Avenue Edouard BourlauxVillenave‐d’Ornon CedexCS20032, F33882France
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- Department of Forest Ecology and ManagementSwedish University of Agricultural SciencesSkogsmarksgrändUmeå901 83Sweden
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Asplund J, Zuijlen K, Roos RE, Birkemoe T, Klanderud K, Lang SI, Wardle DA, Nybakken L. Contrasting responses of plant and lichen carbon‐based secondary compounds across an elevational gradient. Funct Ecol 2020. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.13712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Johan Asplund
- Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management Norwegian University of Life Sciences Ås Norway
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- Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management Norwegian University of Life Sciences Ås Norway
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- Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management Norwegian University of Life Sciences Ås Norway
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- Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management Norwegian University of Life Sciences Ås Norway
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- Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management Norwegian University of Life Sciences Ås Norway
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- The University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS) Longyearbyen Norway
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- School of the Environment Nanyang Technological University Singapore Singapore
- Department of Forest Ecology and Management Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Umeå Sweden
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- Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management Norwegian University of Life Sciences Ås Norway
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Henneron L, Kardol P, Wardle DA, Cros C, Fontaine S. Rhizosphere control of soil nitrogen cycling: a key component of plant economic strategies. New Phytol 2020; 228:1269-1282. [PMID: 32562506 DOI: 10.1111/nph.16760] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2020] [Accepted: 06/11/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
Understanding how plant species influence soil nutrient cycling is a major theme in terrestrial ecosystem ecology. However, the prevailing paradigm has mostly focused on litter decomposition, while rhizosphere effects on soil organic matter (SOM) decomposition have attracted little attention. Using a dual 13 C/15 N labeling approach in a 'common garden' glasshouse experiment, we investigated how the economic strategies of 12 grassland plant species (graminoids, forbs and legumes) drive soil nitrogen (N) cycling via rhizosphere processes, and how this in turn affects plant N acquisition and growth. Acquisitive species with higher photosynthesis, carbon rhizodeposition and N uptake than conservative species induced a stronger acceleration of soil N cycling through rhizosphere priming of SOM decomposition. This allowed them to take up larger amounts of N and allocate it above ground to promote photosynthesis, thereby sustaining their faster growth. The N2 -fixation ability of legumes enhanced rhizosphere priming by promoting photosynthesis and rhizodeposition. Our study demonstrates that the economic strategies of plant species regulate a plant-soil carbon-nitrogen feedback operating through the rhizosphere. These findings provide novel mechanistic insights into how plant species with contrasting economic strategies sustain their nutrition and growth through regulating the cycling of nutrients by soil microbes in their rhizosphere.
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- Ludovic Henneron
- UREP - UMR Ecosystème Prairial, INRAE, VetAgro Sup, Université Clermont Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, 63000, France
- Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, 901 83, Sweden
- ECODIV, Normandie Univ, UNIROUEN, Rouen, 76000, France
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- Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, 901 83, Sweden
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- Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, 901 83, Sweden
- Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 639798, Singapore
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- UREP - UMR Ecosystème Prairial, INRAE, VetAgro Sup, Université Clermont Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, 63000, France
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- UREP - UMR Ecosystème Prairial, INRAE, VetAgro Sup, Université Clermont Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, 63000, France
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Grau-Andrés R, Wardle DA, Gundale MJ, Foster CN, Kardol P. Effects of plant functional group removal on CO 2 fluxes and belowground C stocks across contrasting ecosystems. Ecology 2020; 101:e03170. [PMID: 32846007 PMCID: PMC7757239 DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2020] [Accepted: 06/29/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
Abstract
Changes in plant communities can have large effects on ecosystem carbon (C) dynamics and long‐term C stocks. However, how these effects are mediated by environmental context or vary among ecosystems is not well understood. To study this, we used a long‐term plant removal experiment set up across 30 forested lake islands in northern Sweden that collectively represent a strong gradient of soil fertility and ecosystem productivity. We measured forest floor CO2 exchange and aboveground and belowground C stocks for a 22‐yr experiment involving factorial removal of the two dominant functional groups of the boreal forest understory, namely ericaceous dwarf shrubs and feather mosses, on each of the 30 islands. We found that long‐term shrub and moss removal increased forest floor net CO2 loss and decreased belowground C stocks consistently across the islands irrespective of their productivity or soil fertility. However, we did see context‐dependent responses of respiration to shrub removals because removals only increased respiration on islands of intermediate productivity. Both CO2 exchange and C stocks responded more strongly to shrub removal than to moss removal. Shrub removal reduced gross primary productivity of the forest floor consistently across the island gradient, but it had no effect on respiration, which suggests that loss of belowground C caused by the removals was driven by reduced litter inputs. Across the island gradient, shrub removal consistently depleted C stocks in the soil organic horizon by 0.8 kg C/m2. Our results show that the effect of plant functional group diversity on C dynamics can be relatively consistent across contrasting ecosystems that vary greatly in productivity and soil fertility. These findings underline the key role of understory vegetation in forest C cycling, and suggest that global change leading to changes in the relative abundance of both shrubs and mosses could impact on the capacity of boreal forests to store C.
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- Roger Grau-Andrés
- Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Umeå, Sweden.,Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Umeå, Sweden
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- Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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- Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Umeå, Sweden
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Lett S, Teuber LM, Krab EJ, Michelsen A, Olofsson J, Nilsson MC, Wardle DA, Dorrepaal E. Mosses modify effects of warmer and wetter conditions on tree seedlings at the alpine treeline. Glob Chang Biol 2020; 26:5754-5766. [PMID: 32715578 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.15256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2020] [Revised: 04/28/2020] [Accepted: 06/06/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
Climate warming enables tree seedling establishment beyond the current alpine treeline, but to achieve this, seedlings have to establish within existing tundra vegetation. In tundra, mosses are a prominent feature, known to regulate soil temperature and moisture through their physical structure and associated water retention capacity. Moss presence and species identity might therefore modify the impact of increases in temperature and precipitation on tree seedling establishment at the arctic-alpine treeline. We followed Betula pubescens and Pinus sylvestris seedling survival and growth during three growing seasons in the field. Tree seedlings were transplanted along a natural precipitation gradient at the subarctic-alpine treeline in northern Sweden, into plots dominated by each of three common moss species and exposed to combinations of moss removal and experimental warming by open-top chambers (OTCs). Independent of climate, the presence of feather moss, but not Sphagnum, strongly supressed survival of both tree species. Positive effects of warming and precipitation on survival and growth of B. pubescens seedlings occurred in the absence of mosses and as expected, this was partly dependent on moss species. P. sylvestris survival was greatest at high precipitation, and this effect was more pronounced in Sphagnum than in feather moss plots irrespective of whether the mosses had been removed or not. Moss presence did not reduce the effects of OTCs on soil temperature. Mosses therefore modified seedling response to climate through other mechanisms, such as altered competition or nutrient availability. We conclude that both moss presence and species identity pose a strong control on seedling establishment at the alpine treeline, and that in some cases mosses weaken climate-change effects on seedling establishment. Changes in moss abundance and species composition therefore have the potential to hamper treeline expansion induced by climate warming.
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- Signe Lett
- Climate Impacts Research Centre, Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå University, Abisko, Sweden
- Department of Biology, Terrestrial Ecology Section, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Climate Impacts Research Centre, Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå University, Abisko, Sweden
- Experimental Plant Ecology, Institute for Botany and Landscape Ecology, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Climate Impacts Research Centre, Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå University, Abisko, Sweden
- Department of Soil and Environment, Swedish Agricultural University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Biology, Terrestrial Ecology Section, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Center for Permafrost (CENPERM), University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Climate Impacts Research Centre, Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå University, Abisko, Sweden
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- Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden
- Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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- Climate Impacts Research Centre, Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå University, Abisko, Sweden
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Delgado-Baquerizo M, Reich PB, Bardgett RD, Eldridge DJ, Lambers H, Wardle DA, Reed SC, Plaza C, Png GK, Neuhauser S, Berhe AA, Hart SC, Hu HW, He JZ, Bastida F, Abades S, Alfaro FD, Cutler NA, Gallardo A, García-Velázquez L, Hayes PE, Hseu ZY, Pérez CA, Santos F, Siebe C, Trivedi P, Sullivan BW, Weber-Grullon L, Williams MA, Fierer N. The influence of soil age on ecosystem structure and function across biomes. Nat Commun 2020; 11:4721. [PMID: 32948775 PMCID: PMC7501311 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-18451-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2020] [Accepted: 08/20/2020] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
Abstract
The importance of soil age as an ecosystem driver across biomes remains largely unresolved. By combining a cross-biome global field survey, including data for 32 soil, plant, and microbial properties in 16 soil chronosequences, with a global meta-analysis, we show that soil age is a significant ecosystem driver, but only accounts for a relatively small proportion of the cross-biome variation in multiple ecosystem properties. Parent material, climate, vegetation and topography predict, collectively, 24 times more variation in ecosystem properties than soil age alone. Soil age is an important local-scale ecosystem driver; however, environmental context, rather than soil age, determines the rates and trajectories of ecosystem development in structure and function across biomes. Our work provides insights into the natural history of terrestrial ecosystems. We propose that, regardless of soil age, changes in the environmental context, such as those associated with global climatic and land-use changes, will have important long-term impacts on the structure and function of terrestrial ecosystems across biomes. Soil age is thought to be an important driver of ecosystem development. Here, the authors perform a global survey of soil chronosequences and meta-analysis to show that, contrary to expectations, soil age is a relatively minor ecosystem driver at the biome scale once other drivers such as parent material, climate, and vegetation type are accounted for.
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- Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo
- Departamento de Sistemas Físicos, Químicos y Naturales, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, 41013, Sevilla, Spain. .,Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80309, USA.
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- Department of Forest Resources, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, 55108, USA.,Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Penrith, NSW, 2751, Australia
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Michael Smith Building, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK
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- Centre for Ecosystem Studies, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley (Perth), WA, 6009, Australia
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- Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang avenue, Singapore, 639798, Singapore
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- US Geological Survey, Southwest Biological Science Center, Moab, UT, USA
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- Instituto de Ciencias Agrarias, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Serrano 115 bis, 28006, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Michael Smith Building, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK.,Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang avenue, Singapore, 639798, Singapore
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- Institute of Microbiology, University of Innsbruck, Technikerstr. 25, Innsbruck, 6020, Austria
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- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences and Sierra Nevada Research Institute, University of California Merced, Merced, California, 95343, USA
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- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences and Sierra Nevada Research Institute, University of California Merced, Merced, California, 95343, USA
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- Key Laboratory for Humid Subtropical Eco-geographical Processes of the Ministry of Education, School of Geographical Science, Fujian Normal University, 350007, Fuzhou, China.,Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3010, Australia
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- Key Laboratory for Humid Subtropical Eco-geographical Processes of the Ministry of Education, School of Geographical Science, Fujian Normal University, 350007, Fuzhou, China.,Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3010, Australia
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- CEBAS-CSIC. Department of Soil and Water Conservation. Campus Universitario de Espinardo, 30100, Murcia, Spain
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- GEMA Center for Genomics, Ecology & Environment, Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies, Universidad Mayor, Camino La Pirámide, 5750, Huechuraba, Santiago, Chile
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- GEMA Center for Genomics, Ecology & Environment, Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies, Universidad Mayor, Camino La Pirámide, 5750, Huechuraba, Santiago, Chile.,Instituto de Ecología y Biodiversidad, Las Palmeras, 3425, Santiago, Chile
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- School of Geography, Politics and Sociology, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK
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- Departamento de Sistemas Físicos, Químicos y Naturales, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, 41013, Sevilla, Spain
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- Departamento de Sistemas Físicos, Químicos y Naturales, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, 41013, Sevilla, Spain
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley (Perth), WA, 6009, Australia.,Centre for Microscopy, Characterization and Analysis, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, 6009, Australia.,Crop, Livestock and Environment Division, Japan International Research Centre for Agricultural Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8656, Japan
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- Department of Agricultural Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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- Instituto de Ecología y Biodiversidad, Las Palmeras, 3425, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences and Sierra Nevada Research Institute, University of California Merced, Merced, California, 95343, USA
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- Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, México, D.F. CP 04510, Mexico
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- Microbiome Network and Department of Agricultural Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, 80523, CO, USA
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- Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Science, University of Nevada, Reno, NV, 89557, USA
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- Global Drylands Center, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.,School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.,School of Sustainability, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
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- School of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA
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- Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80309, USA.,Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80309, USA
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Agathokleous E, Feng Z, Oksanen E, Sicard P, Wang Q, Saitanis CJ, Araminiene V, Blande JD, Hayes F, Calatayud V, Domingos M, Veresoglou SD, Peñuelas J, Wardle DA, De Marco A, Li Z, Harmens H, Yuan X, Vitale M, Paoletti E. Ozone affects plant, insect, and soil microbial communities: A threat to terrestrial ecosystems and biodiversity. Sci Adv 2020; 6:eabc1176. [PMID: 32851188 PMCID: PMC7423369 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abc1176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2020] [Accepted: 06/29/2020] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
Abstract
Elevated tropospheric ozone concentrations induce adverse effects in plants. We reviewed how ozone affects (i) the composition and diversity of plant communities by affecting key physiological traits; (ii) foliar chemistry and the emission of volatiles, thereby affecting plant-plant competition, plant-insect interactions, and the composition of insect communities; and (iii) plant-soil-microbe interactions and the composition of soil communities by disrupting plant litterfall and altering root exudation, soil enzymatic activities, decomposition, and nutrient cycling. The community composition of soil microbes is consequently changed, and alpha diversity is often reduced. The effects depend on the environment and vary across space and time. We suggest that Atlantic islands in the Northern Hemisphere, the Mediterranean Basin, equatorial Africa, Ethiopia, the Indian coastline, the Himalayan region, southern Asia, and Japan have high endemic richness at high ozone risk by 2100.
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- Evgenios Agathokleous
- Key Laboratory of Agrometeorology of Jiangsu Province, Institute of Ecology, School of Applied Meteorology, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agrometeorology of Jiangsu Province, Institute of Ecology, School of Applied Meteorology, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China
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- Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, POB 111, 80101 Joensuu, Finland
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- ARGANS, 260 route du Pin Montard, 06410 Biot, France
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- Key Laboratory of Agrometeorology of Jiangsu Province, Institute of Ecology, School of Applied Meteorology, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China
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- Lab of Ecology and Environmental Science, Agricultural University of Athens, Iera Odos 75, Athens 11855, Greece
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- Institute of Forestry, Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry, Girionys 53101 Kaunas District, Lithuania
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- Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, P.O. Box 1627, FI-70211 Kuopio, Finland
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- UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Environment Centre Wales, Deiniol Road, Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 2UW, UK
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- Fundación CEAM, c/Charles R. Darwin 14, Parque Tecnológico, Paterna, Valencia 46980, Spain
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- Instituto de Botânica, Núcleo de Pesquisa em Ecologia, PO Box 68041, 04045-972 São Paulo, Brazil
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- Freie Universität Berlin-Institut für Biologie, Dahlem Center of Plant Sciences, Plant Ecology, Berlin, Germany
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- Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Global Ecology Unit CREAF-CSIC-UAB, Bellaterra, Catalonia E-08193, Spain
- CREAF, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Catalonia E-08193, Spain
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- Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, Singapore
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- Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and the Environment (ENEA), C.R. Casaccia, S. Maria di Galeria, Rome I-00123, Italy
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shuangqing Road 18, Haidian District, Beijing 100085, China
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- UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Environment Centre Wales, Deiniol Road, Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 2UW, UK
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shuangqing Road 18, Haidian District, Beijing 100085, China
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- Department of Environmental Biology, Sapienza University of Rome, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, Rome I-00185, Italy
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- Institute of Research on Terrestrial Ecosystems (IRET), National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Via Madonna del Piano 10, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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Sundqvist MK, Sanders NJ, Dorrepaal E, Lindén E, Metcalfe DB, Newman GS, Olofsson J, Wardle DA, Classen AT. Responses of tundra plant community carbon flux to experimental warming, dominant species removal and elevation. Funct Ecol 2020. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.13567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Maja K. Sundqvist
- Department of Earth Sciences University of Gothenburg Gothenburg Sweden
- Department of Forest Ecology and Management Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Umeå Sweden
- Climate Impacts Research Centre Department of Ecology and Environmental Science Umeå University Abisko Sweden
- The Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate The Natural History Museum of Denmark University of Copenhagen Copenhagen Denmark
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- The Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate The Natural History Museum of Denmark University of Copenhagen Copenhagen Denmark
- Environmental Program Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources University of Vermont Burlington VT USA
- Gund Institute for Environment University of Vermont Burlington VT USA
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- Climate Impacts Research Centre Department of Ecology and Environmental Science Umeå University Abisko Sweden
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- Department of Ecology and Environmental Science Umeå University Umeå Sweden
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- Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science Lund University Lund Sweden
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- The Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate The Natural History Museum of Denmark University of Copenhagen Copenhagen Denmark
- Oklahoma Biological Survey The University of Oklahoma Norman Oklahoma USA
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- Department of Ecology and Environmental Science Umeå University Umeå Sweden
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- Asian School of the Environment Nanyang Technological University Singapore
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- The Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate The Natural History Museum of Denmark University of Copenhagen Copenhagen Denmark
- Gund Institute for Environment University of Vermont Burlington VT USA
- Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources University of Vermont Burlington VT USA
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van Zuijlen K, Roos RE, Klanderud K, Lang SI, Wardle DA, Asplund J. Decomposability of lichens and bryophytes from across an elevational gradient under standardized conditions. OIKOS 2020. [DOI: 10.1111/oik.07257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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- Kristel van Zuijlen
- Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management, Norwegian Univ. of Life Sciences PO Box 5003 NO‐1432 Ås Norway
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- Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management, Norwegian Univ. of Life Sciences PO Box 5003 NO‐1432 Ås Norway
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- Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management, Norwegian Univ. of Life Sciences PO Box 5003 NO‐1432 Ås Norway
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- School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological Univ. Singapore
- Dept of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish Univ. of Agricultural Sciences Umeå Sweden
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- Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management, Norwegian Univ. of Life Sciences PO Box 5003 NO‐1432 Ås Norway
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Thakur MP, Phillips HRP, Brose U, De Vries FT, Lavelle P, Loreau M, Mathieu J, Mulder C, Van der Putten WH, Rillig MC, Wardle DA, Bach EM, Bartz MLC, Bennett JM, Briones MJI, Brown G, Decaëns T, Eisenhauer N, Ferlian O, Guerra CA, König‐Ries B, Orgiazzi A, Ramirez KS, Russell DJ, Rutgers M, Wall DH, Cameron EK. Towards an integrative understanding of soil biodiversity. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 2020; 95:350-364. [PMID: 31729831 PMCID: PMC7078968 DOI: 10.1111/brv.12567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2019] [Revised: 10/07/2019] [Accepted: 10/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
Abstract
Soil is one of the most biodiverse terrestrial habitats. Yet, we lack an integrative conceptual framework for understanding the patterns and mechanisms driving soil biodiversity. One of the underlying reasons for our poor understanding of soil biodiversity patterns relates to whether key biodiversity theories (historically developed for aboveground and aquatic organisms) are applicable to patterns of soil biodiversity. Here, we present a systematic literature review to investigate whether and how key biodiversity theories (species-energy relationship, theory of island biogeography, metacommunity theory, niche theory and neutral theory) can explain observed patterns of soil biodiversity. We then discuss two spatial compartments nested within soil at which biodiversity theories can be applied to acknowledge the scale-dependent nature of soil biodiversity.
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- Madhav P. Thakur
- Department of Terrestrial EcologyNetherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO‐KNAW)WageningenGelderland, The Netherlands
- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Halle‐Jena‐LeipzigLeipzigSaxony, Germany
- Institute of Biology, Leipzig UniversityLeipzigSaxony, Germany
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Halle‐Jena‐LeipzigLeipzigSaxony, Germany
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Halle‐Jena‐LeipzigLeipzigSaxony, Germany
- Institute of Biodiversity, Friedrich Schiller University JenaJenaThuringia, Germany
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- School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of ManchesterManchesterNorth West England, UK
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- Centre for Biodiversity Theory and Modelling, Theoretical and Experimental Ecology Station, CNRS and Paul Sabatier UniversityMoulisOccitanie, France
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, UPECParisÎle-de-France, France
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- Department BiologicalGeological and Environmental Sciences, University of CataniaCataniaSicily, Italy
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- Department of Terrestrial EcologyNetherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO‐KNAW)WageningenGelderland, The Netherlands
- Laboratory of NematologyWageningen UniversityWageningenGelderland, The Netherlands
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- Freie Universität Berlin, Institute of BiologyBerlinGermany
- Berlin‐Brandenburg Institute of Advanced Biodiversity Research (BBIB)BerlinGermany
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- Asian School for the Environment, Nanyang Technological UniversitySingaporeSingapore
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- Department of Biology and School of Global Environmental SustainabilityColorado State UniversityFort CollinsCOUSA
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- Center of Functional Ecology, Department of Life SciencesUniversity of CoimbraCoimbraCentro, Portugal
- Universidade Positivo, Rua Professor Pedro Viriato Parigot de SouzaCuritiba Paraná, Brazil
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Halle‐Jena‐LeipzigLeipzigSaxony, Germany
- Institute of Biology, Martin Luther University Halle‐WittenbergHalle (Saale)Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
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- Departamento de Ecología y Biología AnimalUniversidad de VigoVigoGalicien, Spain
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- Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive (CEFE UMR 5175, CNRS–Université de Montpellier–Université Paul‐Valéry Montpellier–EPHE)MontpellierOccitanie, France
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Halle‐Jena‐LeipzigLeipzigSaxony, Germany
- Institute of Biology, Leipzig UniversityLeipzigSaxony, Germany
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Halle‐Jena‐LeipzigLeipzigSaxony, Germany
- Institute of Biology, Leipzig UniversityLeipzigSaxony, Germany
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Halle‐Jena‐LeipzigLeipzigSaxony, Germany
- Institute of Biology, Martin Luther University Halle‐WittenbergHalle (Saale)Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Halle‐Jena‐LeipzigLeipzigSaxony, Germany
- Institute of Computer Science, Friedrich Schiller University JenaJenaThuringia, Germany
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- European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Sustainable Resources DirectorateIspraVareseItaly
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- Department of Terrestrial EcologyNetherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO‐KNAW)WageningenGelderland, The Netherlands
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- Senckenberg Museum of Natural History GörlitzGoerlitzSaxony, Germany
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- National Institute for Public Health and the EnvironmentBilthovenUtrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biology and School of Global Environmental SustainabilityColorado State UniversityFort CollinsCOUSA
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- Faculty of Biological and Environmental SciencesUniversity of HelsinkiHelsinki, Uusimaa, Finland
- Department of Environmental ScienceSaint Mary's UniversityHalifaxNova ScotiaCanada
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van den Hoogen J, Geisen S, Wall DH, Wardle DA, Traunspurger W, de Goede RGM, Adams BJ, Ahmad W, Ferris H, Bardgett RD, Bonkowski M, Campos-Herrera R, Cares JE, Caruso T, de Brito Caixeta L, Chen X, Costa SR, Creamer R, da Cunha E Castro JM, Dam M, Djigal D, Escuer M, Griffiths BS, Gutiérrez C, Hohberg K, Kalinkina D, Kardol P, Kergunteuil A, Korthals G, Krashevska V, Kudrin AA, Li Q, Liang W, Magilton M, Marais M, Martín JAR, Matveeva E, Mayad EH, Mzough E, Mulder C, Mullin P, Neilson R, Nguyen TAD, Nielsen UN, Okada H, Rius JEP, Pan K, Peneva V, Pellissier L, da Silva JCP, Pitteloud C, Powers TO, Powers K, Quist CW, Rasmann S, Moreno SS, Scheu S, Setälä H, Sushchuk A, Tiunov AV, Trap J, Vestergård M, Villenave C, Waeyenberge L, Wilschut RA, Wright DG, Keith AM, Yang JI, Schmidt O, Bouharroud R, Ferji Z, van der Putten WH, Routh D, Crowther TW. A global database of soil nematode abundance and functional group composition. Sci Data 2020; 7:103. [PMID: 32218461 PMCID: PMC7099023 DOI: 10.1038/s41597-020-0437-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2019] [Accepted: 03/02/2020] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Abstract
As the most abundant animals on earth, nematodes are a dominant component of the soil community. They play critical roles in regulating biogeochemical cycles and vegetation dynamics within and across landscapes and are an indicator of soil biological activity. Here, we present a comprehensive global dataset of soil nematode abundance and functional group composition. This dataset includes 6,825 georeferenced soil samples from all continents and biomes. For geospatial mapping purposes these samples are aggregated into 1,933 unique 1-km pixels, each of which is linked to 73 global environmental covariate data layers. Altogether, this dataset can help to gain insight into the spatial distribution patterns of soil nematode abundance and community composition, and the environmental drivers shaping these patterns.
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- Johan van den Hoogen
- Department of Environmental Systems Science, Institute of Integrative Biology, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.
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- Department of Terrestrial Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Biology and School of Global Environmental Sustainability, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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- Soil Biology Group, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biology, Evolutionary Ecology Laboratories, Monte L. Bean Museum, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA
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- Nematode Biodiversity Research Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India
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- Department of Entomology & Nematology, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Institute of Zoology, Terrestrial Ecology, University of Cologne and Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences (CEPLAS), Cologne, Germany
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- Instituto de Ciencias de la Vid y del Vino (Universidad de La Rioja, CSIC, Gobierno de La Rioja), Logroño, Spain
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- Department of Phytopathology, Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Brasília, Brasília, Brazil
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- School of Biology and Environmental Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- Department of Phytopathology, Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Brasília, Brasília, Brazil
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- Soil Ecology Laboratory, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Centre of Molecular and Environmental Biology, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
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- Soil Biology Group, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Embrapa), Centro de Pesquisa Agropecuária do Trópico Semiárido, Petrolina, Brazil
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- Zealand Institute of Business and Technology, Slagelse, Denmark
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- Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles/CDH, Dakar, Senegal
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- Senckenberg Museum of Natural History Görlitz, Görlitz, Germany
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- Institute of Biology of Karelian Research Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences, Petrozavodsk, Russia
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- Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden
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- Laboratory of Functional Ecology, Institute of Biology, University of Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
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- Department of Terrestrial Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- J. F. Blumenbach Institute of Zoology and Anthropology, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Biology of the Komi Scientific Centre, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Syktyvkar, Russia
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- Erguna Forest-Steppe Ecotone Research Station, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China
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- Erguna Forest-Steppe Ecotone Research Station, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China
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- School of Biological Sciences, Institute for Global Food Security, Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, UK
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- Nematology Unit, Agricultural Research Council, Plant Health and Protection, Pretoria, South Africa
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- Institute of Biology of Karelian Research Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences, Petrozavodsk, Russia
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- Laboratory of Biotechnology and Valorization of Natural Resources, Faculty of Science Agadir, Ibn Zohr University, Agadir, Morocco
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- Laboratory of Biotechnology and Valorization of Natural Resources, Faculty of Science Agadir, Ibn Zohr University, Agadir, Morocco
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- Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA
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- Ecological Sciences, The James Hutton Institute, Dundee, UK
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- Institute of Zoology, Terrestrial Ecology, University of Cologne and Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences (CEPLAS), Cologne, Germany
- Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Penrith, New South Wales, Australia
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- Nematode Management Group, Division of Applied Entomology and Zoology, Central Region Agricultural Research Center, NARO, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Ecological Processes and Biodiversity, Center for Ecological Studies, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China
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- Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Landscape Ecology, Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems, Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
- Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Landscape Ecology, Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems, Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA
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- Biosystematics Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Laboratory of Nematology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Biology, University of Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
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- Plant Protection Products Unit, Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria, Madrid, Spain
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- J. F. Blumenbach Institute of Zoology and Anthropology, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
- Centre of Biodiversity and Sustainable Land Use, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Ecosystems and Environment Research Programme, University of Helsinki, Lahti, Finland
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- Institute of Biology of Karelian Research Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences, Petrozavodsk, Russia
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- A. N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Eco&Sols, University of Montpellier, CIRAD, INRA, IRD, Montpellier SupAgro, Montpellier, France
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- Department of Agroecology, AU-Flakkebjerg, Aarhus University, Slagelse, Denmark
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- Eco&Sols, University of Montpellier, CIRAD, INRA, IRD, Montpellier SupAgro, Montpellier, France
- ELISOL Environnement, Congénies, France
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- Plant Sciences Unit, Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Merelbeke, Belgium
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- Department of Terrestrial Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster, UK
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- UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster, UK
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- Research Unit of Integrated Crop Production, Centre Regional de la Recherche Agronomique d'Agadir, Agadir, Morocco
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- Institut Agronomique et Vétérinaire Hassan II, Campus d'Agadir, Département de Protection des Plantes, Agadir, Morocco
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- Department of Terrestrial Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Laboratory of Nematology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Environmental Systems Science, Institute of Integrative Biology, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Environmental Systems Science, Institute of Integrative Biology, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.
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Sapsford SJ, Brandt AJ, Davis KT, Peralta G, Dickie IA, Gibson RD, Green JL, Hulme PE, Nuñez MA, Orwin KH, Pauchard A, Wardle DA, Peltzer DA. Towards a framework for understanding the context dependence of impacts of non‐native tree species. Funct Ecol 2020. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.13544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Sarah J. Sapsford
- School of Biological Sciences University of Canterbury Christchurch New Zealand
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- Department of Ecosystem and Conservation Sciences University of Montana Missoula MT USA
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- School of Biological Sciences University of Canterbury Christchurch New Zealand
- Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research Lincoln New Zealand
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- School of Biological Sciences University of Canterbury Christchurch New Zealand
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- Bio‐Protection Research Centre Lincoln University Lincoln New Zealand
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- School of Biological Sciences University of Canterbury Christchurch New Zealand
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- Bio‐Protection Research Centre Lincoln University Lincoln New Zealand
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- Grupo de Ecología de Invasiones INIBIOMA CONICET‐Universidad Nacional del Comahue Bariloche Argentina
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- Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research Lincoln New Zealand
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- Laboratorio de Invasiones Biológicas (LIB) Facultad de Ciencias Forestales Universidad de Concepción Concepción Chile
- Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity (IEB) Santiago Chile
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- Asian School of the Environment Nanyang Technological University Singapore
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Pugnaire FI, Morillo JA, Peñuelas J, Reich PB, Bardgett RD, Gaxiola A, Wardle DA, van der Putten WH. Climate change effects on plant-soil feedbacks and consequences for biodiversity and functioning of terrestrial ecosystems. Sci Adv 2019; 5:eaaz1834. [PMID: 31807715 PMCID: PMC6881159 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aaz1834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2019] [Accepted: 10/28/2019] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
Abstract
Plant-soil feedbacks (PSFs) are interactions among plants, soil organisms, and abiotic soil conditions that influence plant performance, plant species diversity, and community structure, ultimately driving ecosystem processes. We review how climate change will alter PSFs and their potential consequences for ecosystem functioning. Climate change influences PSFs through the performance of interacting species and altered community composition resulting from changes in species distributions. Climate change thus affects plant inputs into the soil subsystem via litter and rhizodeposits and alters the composition of the living plant roots with which mutualistic symbionts, decomposers, and their natural enemies interact. Many of these plant-soil interactions are species-specific and are greatly affected by temperature, moisture, and other climate-related factors. We make a number of predictions concerning climate change effects on PSFs and consequences for vegetation-soil-climate feedbacks while acknowledging that they may be context-dependent, spatially heterogeneous, and temporally variable.
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- Francisco I. Pugnaire
- Estación Experimental de Zonas Áridas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Carretera de Sacramento s/n, La Cañada de San Urbano, E-04120 Almería, Spain
- Laboratorio Internacional en Cambio Global (LINCGlobal)
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- Estación Experimental de Zonas Áridas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Carretera de Sacramento s/n, La Cañada de San Urbano, E-04120 Almería, Spain
- Laboratorio Internacional en Cambio Global (LINCGlobal)
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- Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Global Ecology Unit CREAF-CSIC-UAB, Bellaterra, Catalonia E-08193, Spain
- CREAF, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Catalonia E-08193, Spain
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- Department of Forest Resources, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA
- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Penrith, NSW 2753, Australia
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Manchester, Michael Smith Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, UK
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- Laboratorio Internacional en Cambio Global (LINCGlobal)
- Departamento de Ecología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Alameda 340, Santiago, Chile
- Instituto de Ecología y Biodiversidad, Las Palmeras 3425, Santiago, Chile
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- Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, 639798, Singapore
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- Department of Terrestrial Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Post Office Box 50, 6700 AB Wageningen, Netherlands
- Department of Nematology, Wageningen University, 6708 PB Wageningen, Netherlands
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Phillips HRP, Guerra CA, Bartz MLC, Briones MJI, Brown G, Crowther TW, Ferlian O, Gongalsky KB, van den Hoogen J, Krebs J, Orgiazzi A, Routh D, Schwarz B, Bach EM, Bennett J, Brose U, Decaëns T, König-Ries B, Loreau M, Mathieu J, Mulder C, van der Putten WH, Ramirez KS, Rillig MC, Russell D, Rutgers M, Thakur MP, de Vries FT, Wall DH, Wardle DA, Arai M, Ayuke FO, Baker GH, Beauséjour R, Bedano JC, Birkhofer K, Blanchart E, Blossey B, Bolger T, Bradley RL, Callaham MA, Capowiez Y, Caulfield ME, Choi A, Crotty FV, Dávalos A, Cosin DJD, Dominguez A, Duhour AE, van Eekeren N, Emmerling C, Falco LB, Fernández R, Fonte SJ, Fragoso C, Franco ALC, Fugère M, Fusilero AT, Gholami S, Gundale MJ, López MG, Hackenberger DK, Hernández LM, Hishi T, Holdsworth AR, Holmstrup M, Hopfensperger KN, Lwanga EH, Huhta V, Hurisso TT, Iannone BV, Iordache M, Joschko M, Kaneko N, Kanianska R, Keith AM, Kelly CA, Kernecker ML, Klaminder J, Koné AW, Kooch Y, Kukkonen ST, Lalthanzara H, Lammel DR, Lebedev IM, Li Y, Lidon JBJ, Lincoln NK, Loss SR, Marichal R, Matula R, Moos JH, Moreno G, Morón-Ríos A, Muys B, Neirynck J, Norgrove L, Novo M, Nuutinen V, Nuzzo V, Rahman P M, Pansu J, Paudel S, Pérès G, Pérez-Camacho L, Piñeiro R, Ponge JF, Rashid MI, Rebollo S, Rodeiro-Iglesias J, Rodríguez MÁ, Roth AM, Rousseau GX, Rozen A, Sayad E, van Schaik L, Scharenbroch BC, Schirrmann M, Schmidt O, Schröder B, Seeber J, Shashkov MP, Singh J, Smith SM, Steinwandter M, Talavera JA, Trigo D, Tsukamoto J, de Valença AW, Vanek SJ, Virto I, Wackett AA, Warren MW, Wehr NH, Whalen JK, Wironen MB, Wolters V, Zenkova IV, Zhang W, Cameron EK, Eisenhauer N. Global distribution of earthworm diversity. Science 2019; 366:480-485. [PMID: 31649197 PMCID: PMC7335308 DOI: 10.1126/science.aax4851] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2019] [Accepted: 09/10/2019] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
Abstract
Soil organisms, including earthworms, are a key component of terrestrial ecosystems. However, little is known about their diversity, their distribution, and the threats affecting them. We compiled a global dataset of sampled earthworm communities from 6928 sites in 57 countries as a basis for predicting patterns in earthworm diversity, abundance, and biomass. We found that local species richness and abundance typically peaked at higher latitudes, displaying patterns opposite to those observed in aboveground organisms. However, high species dissimilarity across tropical locations may cause diversity across the entirety of the tropics to be higher than elsewhere. Climate variables were found to be more important in shaping earthworm communities than soil properties or habitat cover. These findings suggest that climate change may have serious implications for earthworm communities and for the functions they provide.
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- Helen R P Phillips
- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.
- Institute of Biology, Leipzig University, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
- Institute of Biology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, 06108 Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Departamento de Ecología y Biología Animal, Universidad de Vigo, 36310 Vigo, Spain
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- Crowther Lab, Department of Environmental Systems Science, Institute of Integrative Biology, ETH Zürich, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
- Institute of Biology, Leipzig University, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- A. N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119071, Russia
- M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Crowther Lab, Department of Environmental Systems Science, Institute of Integrative Biology, ETH Zürich, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
- Institute of Biology, Leipzig University, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- Crowther Lab, Department of Environmental Systems Science, Institute of Integrative Biology, ETH Zürich, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Biometry and Environmental System Analysis, University of Freiburg, 79106 Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
- Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative and School of Global Environmental Sustainability, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
- Institute of Biology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, 06108 Halle (Saale), Germany
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
- Institute of Biodiversity, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- CEFE, UMR 5175, CNRS-Univ Montpellier-Univ Paul-Valéry-EPHE-SupAgro Montpellier-INRA-IRD, 34293 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
- Institute of Computer Science, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- Centre for Biodiversity Theory and Modeling, Theoretical and Experimental Ecology Station, CNRS, 09200 Moulis, France
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, UPEC, Paris 7, INRA, IRD, Institut d'Ecologie et des Sciences de l'Environnement de Paris, F-75005 Paris, France
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- Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Catania, 95124 Catania, Italy
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- Department of Terrestrial Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), 6700 AB Wageningen, Netherlands
- Laboratory of Nematology, Department of Plant Sciences, Wageningen University and Research, 6708 PB Wageningen, Netherlands
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- Department of Terrestrial Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), 6700 AB Wageningen, Netherlands
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- Berlin-Brandenburg Institute of Advanced Biodiversity Research (BBIB), 14195 Berlin, Germany
- Institute of Biology, Freie Universität Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Soil Zoology, Senckenberg Museum for Natural History Görlitz, 02826 Görlitz, Germany
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- National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, Netherlands
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- Department of Terrestrial Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), 6700 AB Wageningen, Netherlands
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- Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, 1012 WX Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
- Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative and School of Global Environmental Sustainability, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
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- Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University, 639798 Singapore
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- Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Tsukuba 305-8604, Japan
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- Department of Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technology (LARMAT), College of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences, University of Nairobi, Nairobi 00625, Kenya
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- CSIRO Health and Biosecurity, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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- Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke J1K 2R1, Canada
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- Geology Department, FCEFQyN, ICBIA-CONICET (National Scientific and Technical Research Council), National University of Río Cuarto, X5804 BYA Río Cuarto, Argentina
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- Department of Ecology, Brandenburg University of Technology, 03046 Cottbus, Germany
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- Eco&Sols, University of Montpellier, IRD, CIRAD, INRA, Montpellier SupAgro, 34060 Montpellier, France
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- Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- School of Biology and Environmental Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
- UCD Earth Institute, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke J1K 2R1, Canada
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- USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Athens, GA 30602, USA
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- UMR 1114 "EMMAH," INRA, Site Agroparc, 84914 Avignon, France
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- Farming Systems Ecology, Wageningen University and Research, 6700 AK Wageningen, Netherlands
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- Faculty of Forestry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3B3, Canada
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- Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth SY23 3EE, UK
- School of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Royal Agricultural University, Cirencester GL7 6JS, UK
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- Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
- Department of Biological Sciences, SUNY Cortland, Cortland, NY 13045, USA
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- Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolution, Faculty of Biology, Complutense University of Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Geology Department, FCEFQyN, ICBIA-CONICET (National Scientific and Technical Research Council), National University of Río Cuarto, X5804 BYA Río Cuarto, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Ecología, Instituto de Ecología y Desarrollo Sustentable, Universidad Nacional de Luján, 6700 Luján, Argentina
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- Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Regional and Environmental Sciences, University of Trier, Campus II, 54286 Trier, Germany
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- Ciencias Básicas, Instituto de Ecología y Desarrollo Sustentable-INEDES, Universidad Nacional de Luján, 6700 Luján, Argentina
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- Institute of Evolutionary Biology (CSIC-Universitat Pompeu Fabra), 08003 Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
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- Biodiversity and Systematic Network, Instituto de Ecología A.C., Xalapa 91070, Mexico
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- Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
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- Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke J1K 2R1, Canada
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- Department of Biological Science and Environmental Studies, University of the Philippines-Mindanao, Barangay Mintal, 8000 Davao City, Philippines
- Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology and Aquatic Ecology, Environmental Toxicology Unit (GhEnToxLab), Ghent University (UGent), Campus Coupure, Ghent, Belgium
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- Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 90183 Umeå, Sweden
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- Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolution, Faculty of Biology, Complutense University of Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Agricultural Engineering, Postgraduate Program in Agroecology, Maranhão State University, 65055-310 São Luís, Brazil
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, 949 Ohkawauchi, Shiiba 883-0402, Japan
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- Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, 8600 Silkeborg, Denmark
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- Agricultura Sociedad y Ambiente, Colegio de la Frontera Sur, Ciudad Industrial, Lerma, Campeche 24500, Mexico
- Soil Physics and Land Management Degradation, Wageningen University and Research, 6708 PB Wageningen, Netherlands
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Jyväskylä, 40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
- College of Agriculture, Environmental and Human Sciences, Lincoln University of Missouri, Jefferson City, MO 65101, USA
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- School of Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
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- Sustainable Development and Environment Engineering, Banat's University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine "King Michael the 1st of Romania," 300645 Timisoara, Romania
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- Experimental Infrastructure Platform, Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), 15374 Müncheberg, Germany
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- Faculty of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Fukushima University, Kanayagawa 1, Fukushima City, Japan
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- Department of Environmental Management, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Matej Bel University, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
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- Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Bailrigg, Lancaster LA1 4AP, UK
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- Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
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- Land Use and Governance, Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), 15374 Müncheberg, Germany
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- Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Climate Impacts Research Centre, Umeå University, 90187 Umeå, Sweden
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- UR Gestion Durable des Sols, UFR Sciences de la Nature, Université Nangui Abrogoua, 02 BP 801 Abidjan 02, Côte d'Ivoire
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- Faculty of Natural Resources and Marine Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, 46417-76489, Noor, Mazandaran, Iran
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- Production Systems, Horticulture Technologies, Natural Resources Institute Finland, 40500 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Department of Zoology, Pachhunga University College, Aizawl 796001, India
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- Institute of Biology, Freie Universität Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany
- Soil Science, ESALQ-USP, Universidade de São Paulo, Piracicaba 13418, Brazil
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- A. N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119071, Russia
- M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- College of Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resource Management, University of Hawai'i, Hilo, HI 96720, USA
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- Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolution, Faculty of Biology, Complutense University of Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Tropical Plant and Soil Sciences, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
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- Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA
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- UR Systèmes de pérennes, CIRAD, Univ Montpellier, 34398 Montpellier, France
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- Department of Forest Ecology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, 165 21 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Soil and Environment, Forest Research Institute of Baden-Wuerttemberg, 79100 Freiburg, Germany
- Thuenen-Institute of Organic Farming, 23847 Westerau, Germany
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- Forestry School-INDEHESA, University of Extremadura, 10600 Plasencia, Spain
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- Conservación de la Biodiversidad, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, 24500 Campeche, Mexico
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, KU Leuven, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Research Institute for Nature and Forest, 9500 Geraardsbergen, Belgium
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- School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences, Bern University of Applied Sciences, 3052 Zollikofen, Switzerland
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- Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolution, Faculty of Biology, Complutense University of Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Soil Ecosystems, Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), 31600 Jokioinen, Finland
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- Natural Area Consultants, 1 West Hill School Road, Richford, NY 13835, USA
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- Department of Zoology, Pocker Sahib Memorial Orphanage College, Tirurangadi, Malappuram, Kerala, India
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- CSIRO Ocean and Atmosphere, Lucas Heights, NSW 2234, Australia
- UMR7144 Adaptation et Diversité en Milieu Marin, Station Biologique de Roscoff, CNRS-Sorbonne Université, 29688 Roscoff, France
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- Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA
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- UMR SAS, INRA, Agrocampus Ouest, 35000 Rennes, France
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- Ecology and Forest Restoration Group, Department of Life Sciences, University of Alcalá, 28801 Alcalá De Henares, Spain
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- Computing, ESEI, Vigo, Edf. Politécnico-Campus As Lagoas, 32004 Ourense, Spain
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- Adaptations du Vivant, CNRS UMR 7179, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 91800 Brunoy, France
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- Centre of Excellence in Environmental Studies, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
- Environmental Sciences, COMSATS University Islamabad, Sub-campus Vehari, Vehari 61100, Pakistan
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- Ecology and Forest Restoration Group, Department of Life Sciences, University of Alcalá, 28801 Alcalá De Henares, Spain
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- Departamento de Informática, Escuela Superior de Ingeniería Informática, Universidad de Vigo, 36310 Vigo, Spain
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- Group of Global Change Ecology and Evolution (GloCEE), Department of Life Sciences, University of Alcalá, 28805 Alcalá de Henares, Spain
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- Department of Forest Resources, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55101, USA
- Friends of the Mississippi River, 101 East Fifth Street, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA
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- Agricultural Engineering, Postgraduate Program in Agroecology, Maranhão State University, 65055-310 São Luís, Brazil
- Postgraduate Program in Biodiversity and Conservation, Federal University of Maranhão, 65080-805 São Luís, Brazil
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- Institute of Environmental Sciences, Jagiellonian University, 30-087 Kraków, Poland
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- Institute of Ecology, Technical University of Berlin, 10587 Berlin, Germany
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- Engineering for Crop Production, Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy (ATB), 14469 Potsdam, Germany
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- UCD Earth Institute, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
- UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Ireland
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- Berlin-Brandenburg Institute of Advanced Biodiversity Research (BBIB), 14195 Berlin, Germany
- Landscape Ecology and Environmental Systems Analysis, Institute of Geoecology, Technische Universität Braunschweig, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Department of Ecology, University of Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
- Institute for Alpine Environment, Eurac Research, 39100 Bozen/Bolzano, Italy
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- Laboratory of Ecosystem Modeling, Institute of Physicochemical and Biological Problems in Soil Sciences, Russian Academy of Science, Pushchino 142290, Russia
- Laboratory of Computational Ecology, Institute of Mathematical Problems of Biology-Branch of Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics of Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino 142290, Russia
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- Post Graduate Department of Zoology, Khalsa College Amritsar, Amritsar 143002, India
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- John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3B3, Canada
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- Department of Animal Biology, University of La Laguna, 38200 La Laguna, Spain
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- Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolution, Faculty of Biology, Complutense University of Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Kochi University, Monobe Otsu 200, Nankoku 783-8502, Japan
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- Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
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- Dpto. Ciencias, IS-FOOD, Universidad Pública de Navarra, Edificio Olivos-Campus Arrosadia, 31006 Pamplona, Spain
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- Soil, Water and Climate, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA
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- Earth Innovation Institute, 98 Battery Street, San Francisco, CA 94111, USA
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- Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
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- Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue H9X 3V9, Canada
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- Department of Animal Ecology, Justus Liebig University, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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- Laboratory of Terrestrial Ecosystems, Kola Science Centre, Institute of the North Industrial Ecology Problems, Apatity 184211, Russia
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- Key Laboratory of Geospatial Technology for the Middle and Lower Yellow River Regions (Henan University), Ministry of Education, College of Environment and Planning, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China
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- Department of Environmental Science, Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, FI 00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
- Institute of Biology, Leipzig University, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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Roos RE, Zuijlen K, Birkemoe T, Klanderud K, Lang SI, Bokhorst S, Wardle DA, Asplund J. Contrasting drivers of community‐level trait variation for vascular plants, lichens and bryophytes across an elevational gradient. Funct Ecol 2019. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.13454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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- Ruben E. Roos
- Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management Norwegian University of Life Sciences Ås Norway
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- Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management Norwegian University of Life Sciences Ås Norway
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- Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management Norwegian University of Life Sciences Ås Norway
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- Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management Norwegian University of Life Sciences Ås Norway
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- The University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS) Longyearbyen Norway
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- Department of Ecological Sciences VU University Amsterdam Amsterdam The Netherlands
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- School of the Environment Nanyang Technological University Singapore City Singapore
- Department of Forest Ecology and Management Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Umeå Sweden
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- Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management Norwegian University of Life Sciences Ås Norway
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Eisenhauer N, Schielzeth H, Barnes AD, Barry K, Bonn A, Brose U, Bruelheide H, Buchmann N, Buscot F, Ebeling A, Ferlian O, Freschet GT, Giling DP, Hättenschwiler S, Hillebrand H, Hines J, Isbell F, Koller-France E, König-Ries B, de Kroon H, Meyer ST, Milcu A, Müller J, Nock CA, Petermann JS, Roscher C, Scherber C, Scherer-Lorenzen M, Schmid B, Schnitzer SA, Schuldt A, Tscharntke T, Türke M, van Dam NM, van der Plas F, Vogel A, Wagg C, Wardle DA, Weigelt A, Weisser WW, Wirth C, Jochum M. A multitrophic perspective on biodiversity-ecosystem functioning research. ADV ECOL RES 2019; 61:1-54. [PMID: 31908360 PMCID: PMC6944504 DOI: 10.1016/bs.aecr.2019.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
Abstract
Concern about the functional consequences of unprecedented loss in biodiversity has prompted biodiversity-ecosystem functioning (BEF) research to become one of the most active fields of ecological research in the past 25 years. Hundreds of experiments have manipulated biodiversity as an independent variable and found compelling support that the functioning of ecosystems increases with the diversity of their ecological communities. This research has also identified some of the mechanisms underlying BEF relationships, some context-dependencies of the strength of relationships, as well as implications for various ecosystem services that mankind depends upon. In this paper, we argue that a multitrophic perspective of biotic interactions in random and non-random biodiversity change scenarios is key to advance future BEF research and to address some of its most important remaining challenges. We discuss that the study and the quantification of multitrophic interactions in space and time facilitates scaling up from small-scale biodiversity manipulations and ecosystem function assessments to management-relevant spatial scales across ecosystem boundaries. We specifically consider multitrophic conceptual frameworks to understand and predict the context-dependency of BEF relationships. Moreover, we highlight the importance of the eco-evolutionary underpinnings of multitrophic BEF relationships. We outline that FAIR data (meeting the standards of findability, accessibility, interoperability, and reusability) and reproducible processing will be key to advance this field of research by making it more integrative. Finally, we show how these BEF insights may be implemented for ecosystem management, society, and policy. Given that human well-being critically depends on the multiple services provided by diverse, multitrophic communities, integrating the approaches of evolutionary ecology, community ecology, and ecosystem ecology in future BEF research will be key to refine conservation targets and develop sustainable management strategies.
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- Nico Eisenhauer
- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5e, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
- Institute of Biology, Leipzig University, Deutscher Platz 5e, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Population Ecology, Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5e, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
- Institute of Biology, Leipzig University, Deutscher Platz 5e, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5e, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
- Institute of Biology, Leipzig University, Johannisallee 21-23, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5e, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5e, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
- EcoNetLab, Institute of Biodiversity, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Dornburger-Str. 159, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5e, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
- Institute of Biology / Geobotany and Botanical Garden, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Am Kirchtor 1, 06108 Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Institute of Agricultural Sciences, ETH Zurich, Universitätstr. 2, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5e, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
- UFZ - Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Soil Ecology Department, Theodor-Lieser-Straße 4, 06120 Halle Saale, Germany
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- Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Dornburger Str. 159, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5e, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
- Institute of Biology, Leipzig University, Deutscher Platz 5e, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, UMR 5175 (CNRS - Université de Montpellier - Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier - EPHE), 1919 Route de Mende, Montpellier 34293, France
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5e, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
- Institute of Biology, Leipzig University, Deutscher Platz 5e, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
- Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Dornburger Straße 159, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, UMR 5175 (CNRS - Université de Montpellier - Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier - EPHE), 1919 Route de Mende, Montpellier 34293, France
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5e, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
- Institute for Chemistry and Biology of Marine Environments [ICBM], Carl-von-Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Schleusenstrasse 1, 26382 Wilhelmshaven, Germany
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5e, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
- Institute of Biology, Leipzig University, Deutscher Platz 5e, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota, 1479 Gortner Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA
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- Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), Institut für Geographie und Geoökologie, Reinhard-Baumeister-Platz 1, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5e, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
- Institute of Computer Science, Friedrich Schiller Universität Jena, Ernst-Abbe-Platz 2, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- Radboud University, Institute for Water and Wetland Research, Animal Ecology and Physiology & Experimental Plant Ecology, PO Box 9100, 6500 GL Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Terrestrial Ecology Research Group, Technical University of Munich, School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Hans-Carl-von-Carlowitz-Platz 2, 85354 Freising, Germany
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- Ecotron Européen de Montpellier, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Unité Propre de Service 3248, Campus Baillarguet, Montferrier-sur-Lez, France
- Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, UMR 5175 (CNRS - Université de Montpellier - Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier - EPHE), 1919 Route de Mende, Montpellier 34293, France
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- Field Station Fabrikschleichach, Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Glashüttenstraße 5, 96181 Rauhenebrach, Germany
- Bavarian Forest National Park, Freyunger Str. 2, 94481 Grafenau, Germany
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- Geobotany, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, Schaenzlestrasse 1, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
- Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, 751 General Services Building, Edmonton, Canada, T6G 2H1
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- Department of Biosciences, University of Salzburg, Hellbrunner Str. 34, 5020 Salzburg, Austria
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5e, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
- UFZ - Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Department Physiological Diversity, Permoserstrasse 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute of Landscape Ecology, University of Münster, Heisenbergstr. 2, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Geobotany, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, Schaenzlestrasse 1, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Geography, University of Zürich, 190 Winterthurerstrasse, 8057, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Forest Nature Conservation, Faculty of Forest Sciences and Forest Ecology, University of Göttingen, Buesgenweg 3, 37077 Goettingen, Germany
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- Agroecology, Dept. of Crop Sciences, University of Göttingen, Germany
- Centre of Biodiversity and Sustainable Land Use (CBL), University of Göttingen, Germany
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5e, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
- Institute of Biology, Leipzig University, Deutscher Platz 5e, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
- Institute of Biological and Medical Imaging (IBMI), Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU) - German Research Center for Environmental Health, Ingolstädter Landstr. 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5e, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
- Institute of Biodiversity, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Dornburger-Str. 159, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- Institute of Biology, Leipzig University, Deutscher Platz 5e, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5e, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
- Institute of Biology, Leipzig University, Deutscher Platz 5e, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
- Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Dornburger Straße 159, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- Fredericton Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 850 Lincoln Road, E3B 8B7, Fredericton, Canada
- Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zürich, 190 Winterthurerstrasse, 8057, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5e, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
- Institute of Biology, Leipzig University, Johannisallee 21-23, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- Terrestrial Ecology Research Group, Technical University of Munich, School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Hans-Carl-von-Carlowitz-Platz 2, 85354 Freising, Germany
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5e, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
- Institute of Biology, Leipzig University, Johannisallee 21-23, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5e, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
- Institute of Biology, Leipzig University, Deutscher Platz 5e, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
- Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Altenbergrain 21, 3013 Bern, Switzerland
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Veen GF(C, Snoek BL, Bakx‐Schotman T, Wardle DA, Putten WH. Relationships between fungal community composition in decomposing leaf litter and home‐field advantage effects. Funct Ecol 2019. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.13351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- G. F. (Ciska) Veen
- Department of Terrestrial Ecology Netherlands Institute of Ecology Wageningen The Netherlands
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- Department of Terrestrial Ecology Netherlands Institute of Ecology Wageningen The Netherlands
- Theoretical Biology and Bioinformatics Utrecht University Utrecht The Netherlands
- Laboratory of Nematology Wageningen University Wageningen The Netherlands
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- Department of Terrestrial Ecology Netherlands Institute of Ecology Wageningen The Netherlands
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- Asian School of the Environment Nanyang Technological University Singapore Singapore
- Department of Forest Ecology and Management Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Umeå Sweden
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- Department of Terrestrial Ecology Netherlands Institute of Ecology Wageningen The Netherlands
- Laboratory of Nematology Wageningen University Wageningen The Netherlands
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Fanin N, Kardol P, Farrell M, Kempel A, Ciobanu M, Nilsson MC, Gundale MJ, Wardle DA. Effects of plant functional group removal on structure and function of soil communities across contrasting ecosystems. Ecol Lett 2019; 22:1095-1103. [PMID: 30957419 DOI: 10.1111/ele.13266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2018] [Revised: 01/10/2019] [Accepted: 03/15/2019] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
Abstract
Loss of plant diversity has an impact on ecosystems worldwide, but we lack a mechanistic understanding of how this loss may influence below-ground biota and ecosystem functions across contrasting ecosystems in the long term. We used the longest running biodiversity manipulation experiment across contrasting ecosystems in existence to explore the below-ground consequences of 19 years of plant functional group removals for each of 30 contrasting forested lake islands in northern Sweden. We found that, against expectations, the effects of plant removals on the communities of key groups of soil organisms (bacteria, fungi and nematodes), and organic matter quality and soil ecosystem functioning (decomposition and microbial activity) were relatively similar among islands that varied greatly in productivity and soil fertility. This highlights that, in contrast to what has been shown for plant productivity, plant biodiversity loss effects on below-ground functions can be relatively insensitive to environmental context or variation among widely contrasting ecosystems.
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- Nicolas Fanin
- Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 901-83, Umeå, Sweden.,INRA, UMR 1391 ISPA, Bordeaux Sciences Agro, 71 avenue Edouard Bourlaux, CS, 20032, F33882, Villenave-d'Ornon cedex, France
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- Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 901-83, Umeå, Sweden
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- CSIRO Agriculture & Food, Locked bag 2, Glen Osmond, SA, 5064, Australia
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- Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 901-83, Umeå, Sweden.,University of Bern, Institute of Plant Sciences, Altenbergrain 21, 3013, Bern, Switzerland
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- Institute of Biological Research, Branch of the National Institute of Research and Development for Biological Sciences, Str. Republicii 48, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 901-83, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 901-83, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 901-83, Umeå, Sweden.,Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore, 639798
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Adair KL, Lindgreen S, Poole AM, Young LM, Bernard-Verdier M, Wardle DA, Tylianakis JM. Above and belowground community strategies respond to different global change drivers. Sci Rep 2019; 9:2540. [PMID: 30796259 PMCID: PMC6385336 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-39033-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2018] [Accepted: 01/11/2019] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
Abstract
Environmental changes alter the diversity and structure of communities. By shifting the range of species traits that will be successful under new conditions, environmental drivers can also dramatically impact ecosystem functioning and resilience. Above and belowground communities jointly regulate whole-ecosystem processes and responses to change, yet they are frequently studied separately. To determine whether these communities respond similarly to environmental changes, we measured taxonomic and trait-based responses of plant and soil microbial communities to four years of experimental warming and nitrogen deposition in a temperate grassland. Plant diversity responded strongly to N addition, whereas soil microbial communities responded primarily to warming, likely via an associated decrease in soil moisture. These above and belowground changes were associated with selection for more resource-conservative plant and microbe growth strategies, which reduced community functional diversity. Functional characteristics of plant and soil microbial communities were weakly correlated (P = 0.07) under control conditions, but not when above or belowground communities were altered by either global change driver. These results highlight the potential for global change drivers operating simultaneously to have asynchronous impacts on above and belowground components of ecosystems. Assessment of a single ecosystem component may therefore greatly underestimate the whole-system impact of global environmental changes.
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- Karen L Adair
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, 8140, New Zealand. .,Department of Entomology, Comstock Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, 14853, NY, USA.
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, 8140, New Zealand.,H. Lundbeck A/S, Ottiliavej 9, 2500, Valby, Denmark
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, 8140, New Zealand.,School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, 1142, New Zealand
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, 8140, New Zealand
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- Bio-Protection Research Centre, Lincoln University, PO Box 85084, Lincoln, 7647, Canterbury, New Zealand.,Freie Universität Berlin, Institut für Biologie, Königin-Luise-Str. 1-3, 14195, Berlin-Dahlem, Germany
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- Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE901-83, Umea, Sweden.,Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore, 639798, Singapore
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, 8140, New Zealand. .,Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Silwood Park Campus, Buckhurst Road, Ascot, Berkshire, SL5 7PY, United Kingdom.
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Teste FP, Kardol P, Turner BL, Wardle DA, Zemunik G, Renton M, Laliberté E. Toward more robust plant–soil feedback research: Comment. Ecology 2019; 100:e02590. [DOI: 10.1002/ecy.2590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2018] [Revised: 10/03/2018] [Accepted: 11/13/2018] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- François P. Teste
- Grupo de Estudios Ambientales IMASL‐CONICET & Universidad Nacional de San Luis Avenida Ejercito de los Andes 950 (5700) San Luis Argentina
- School of Biological Sciences The University of Western Australia 35 Stirling Highway Crawley (Perth) Western Australia 6009 Australia
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- Department of Forest Ecology and Management Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Umeå SE‐901 83 Sweden
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- School of Biological Sciences The University of Western Australia 35 Stirling Highway Crawley (Perth) Western Australia 6009 Australia
- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Apartado 0843‐03092 Balboa Republic of Panama
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- Department of Forest Ecology and Management Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Umeå SE‐901 83 Sweden
- Asian School of the Environment Nanyang Technological University 50 Nanyang Avenue Singapore 639798 Singapore
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- School of Biological Sciences The University of Western Australia 35 Stirling Highway Crawley (Perth) Western Australia 6009 Australia
- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Apartado 0843‐03092 Balboa Republic of Panama
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- School of Biological Sciences The University of Western Australia 35 Stirling Highway Crawley (Perth) Western Australia 6009 Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences The University of Western Australia 35 Stirling Highway Crawley (Perth) Western Australia 6009 Australia
- Centre sur la Biodiversité Département de Sciences Biologiques Institut de Recherche en Biologie Végétale Université de Montréal 4101 Sherbrooke Est Montréal Quebec H1X 2B2 Canada
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Gundale MJ, Wardle DA, Kardol P, Nilsson MC. Comparison of plant-soil feedback experimental approaches for testing soil biotic interactions among ecosystems. New Phytol 2019; 221:577-587. [PMID: 30067296 DOI: 10.1111/nph.15367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2018] [Accepted: 06/27/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
Abstract
The study of interactions and feedbacks between plants and soils is a rapidly expanding research area, and a primary tool used in this field is to perform glasshouse experiments where soil biota are manipulated. Recently, there has been vigorous debate regarding the correctness of methods for carrying out these types of experiment, and specifically whether it is legitimate to mix soils from different sites or plots (mixed soil sampling, MSS) or not (independent soil sampling, ISS) to create either soil inoculum treatments or subjects. We performed the first empirical comparison of MSS vs ISS approaches by comparing growth of two boreal tree species (Picea abies and Pinus sylvestris) in soils originating from 10 sites near the boreal forest limit in northern Sweden, and 10 sites in the subarctic region where boreal forests may potentially expand as a result of climate change. We found no consistent differences in the conclusions that we reached whether we used MSS or ISS approaches. We propose that researchers should not choose a soil handling method based on arguments that one method is inherently more correct than the other, but rather that method choice should be based on correct alignment with specific research questions and goals.
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- Michael J Gundale
- Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 901-83, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 901-83, Umeå, Sweden
- Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore, 639798, Singapore
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- Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 901-83, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 901-83, Umeå, Sweden
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Veen GF(C, Keiser AD, van der Putten WH, Wardle DA. Variation in home‐field advantage and ability in leaf litter decomposition across successional gradients. Funct Ecol 2018. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.13107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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- G. F. (Ciska) Veen
- Department of Forest Ecology and ManagementSwedish University of Agricultural Sciences Umeå Sweden
- Department of Terrestrial EcologyNetherlands Institute of Ecology Wageningen The Netherlands
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal BiologyIowa State University Ames Iowa
- Institute on the EnvironmentUniversity of Minnesota St. Paul Minnesota
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- Department of Terrestrial EcologyNetherlands Institute of Ecology Wageningen The Netherlands
- Laboratory of NematologyWageningen University Wageningen The Netherlands
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- Department of Forest Ecology and ManagementSwedish University of Agricultural Sciences Umeå Sweden
- Asian School of the EnvironmentNanyang Technological University Singapore City Singapore
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Fanin N, Gundale MJ, Farrell M, Ciobanu M, Baldock JA, Nilsson MC, Kardol P, Wardle DA. Consistent effects of biodiversity loss on multifunctionality across contrasting ecosystems. Nat Ecol Evol 2017; 2:269-278. [PMID: 29255299 DOI: 10.1038/s41559-017-0415-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2017] [Accepted: 11/15/2017] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
Abstract
Understanding how loss of biodiversity affects ecosystem functioning, and thus the delivery of ecosystem goods and services, has become increasingly necessary in a changing world. Considerable recent attention has focused on predicting how biodiversity loss simultaneously impacts multiple ecosystem functions (that is, ecosystem multifunctionality), but the ways in which these effects vary across ecosystems remain unclear. Here, we report the results of two 19-year plant diversity manipulation experiments, each established across a strong environmental gradient. Although the effects of plant and associated fungal diversity loss on individual functions frequently differed among ecosystems, the consequences of biodiversity loss for multifunctionality were relatively invariant. However, the context-dependency of biodiversity effects also worked in opposing directions for different individual functions, meaning that similar multifunctionality values across contrasting ecosystems could potentially mask important differences in the effects of biodiversity on functioning among ecosystems. Our findings highlight that an understanding of the relative contribution of species or functional groups to individual ecosystem functions among contrasting ecosystems and their interactions (that is, complementarity versus competition) is critical for guiding management efforts aimed at maintaining ecosystem multifunctionality and the delivery of multiple ecosystem services.
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- Nicolas Fanin
- Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden. .,Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, UMR 1391 Interaction Soil Plant Atmosphere, Bordeaux Sciences Agro, 71 Avenue Edouard Bourlaux, Villenave-d'Ornon, France.
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- Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden
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- CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Locked Bag 2, Glen Osmond, South Australia, Australia
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- Institute of Biological Research, Republicii Street 48, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Locked Bag 2, Glen Osmond, South Australia, Australia
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- Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden.,Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore
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