Carbon–biodiversity relationships in a highly diverse subtropical forest

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Authors

  • Andreas Schuldt
  • Xiaojuan Liu
  • François Buscot
  • Helge Bruelheide
  • Alexandra Erfmeier
  • Jin Sheng He
  • Alexandra Maria Klein
  • Keping Ma
  • Michael Scherer-Lorenzen
  • Bernhard Schmid
  • Thomas Scholten
  • Zhiyao Tang
  • Stefan Trogisch
  • Christian Wirth
  • Tesfaye Wubet
  • Michael Staab

Carbon-focused climate mitigation strategies are becoming increasingly important in forests. However, with ongoing biodiversity declines we require better knowledge of how much such strategies account for biodiversity. We particularly lack information across multiple trophic levels and on established forests, where the interplay between carbon stocks, stand age, and tree diversity might influence carbon–biodiversity relationships. Using a large dataset (>4600 heterotrophic species of 23 taxonomic groups) from secondary, subtropical forests, we tested how multitrophic diversity and diversity within trophic groups relate to aboveground, belowground, and total carbon stocks at different levels of tree species richness and stand age. Our study revealed that aboveground carbon, the key component of climate-based management, was largely unrelated to multitrophic diversity. By contrast, total carbon stocks—that is, including belowground carbon—emerged as a significant predictor of multitrophic diversity. Relationships were nonlinear and strongest for lower trophic levels, but nonsignificant for higher trophic level diversity. Tree species richness and stand age moderated these relationships, suggesting long-term regeneration of forests may be particularly effective in reconciling carbon and biodiversity targets. Our findings highlight that biodiversity benefits of climate-oriented management need to be evaluated carefully, and only maximizing aboveground carbon may fail to account for biodiversity conservation requirements.

OriginalspracheEnglisch
ZeitschriftGlobal Change Biology
Jahrgang29
Ausgabenummer18
Seiten (von - bis)5321-5333
Anzahl der Seiten13
ISSN1354-1013
DOIs
PublikationsstatusErschienen - 09.2023
Extern publiziertJa

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