Nitrogen uptake by grassland communities: Contribution of N2 fixation, facilitation, complementarity, and species dominance

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Nitrogen uptake by grassland communities: Contribution of N2 fixation, facilitation, complementarity, and species dominance. / Bessler, Holger; Oelmann, Yvonne; Roscher, Christiane et al.
in: Plant and Soil, Jahrgang 358, Nr. 1-2, 09.2012, S. 301-322.

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Bessler, H, Oelmann, Y, Roscher, C, Buchmann, N, Scherer-Lorenzen, M, Schulze, ED, Temperton, VM, Wilcke, W & Engels, C 2012, 'Nitrogen uptake by grassland communities: Contribution of N2 fixation, facilitation, complementarity, and species dominance', Plant and Soil, Jg. 358, Nr. 1-2, S. 301-322. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-012-1181-z

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Bessler, H., Oelmann, Y., Roscher, C., Buchmann, N., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Schulze, E. D., Temperton, V. M., Wilcke, W., & Engels, C. (2012). Nitrogen uptake by grassland communities: Contribution of N2 fixation, facilitation, complementarity, and species dominance. Plant and Soil, 358(1-2), 301-322. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-012-1181-z

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Bessler H, Oelmann Y, Roscher C, Buchmann N, Scherer-Lorenzen M, Schulze ED et al. Nitrogen uptake by grassland communities: Contribution of N2 fixation, facilitation, complementarity, and species dominance. Plant and Soil. 2012 Sep;358(1-2):301-322. doi: 10.1007/s11104-012-1181-z

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title = "Nitrogen uptake by grassland communities: Contribution of N2 fixation, facilitation, complementarity, and species dominance",
abstract = "Aims: This study aimed to measure the effect of plant diversity on N uptake in grasslands and to assess the mechanisms contributing to diversity effects. Methods: Annual N uptake into above- and belowground organs and soil nitrate pools were measured in the Jena experiment on a floodplain soil with mixtures of 2-16 species and 1-4 functional groups, and monocultures. In mixtures, the deviation of measured data from data expected from monoculture performance was calculated to assess the contribution of complementarity/facilitation and selection. Results: N uptake varied from <1 to 45 g N m-2 yr-1, and was higher in grasslands with than without legumes. On average, N uptake was higher in mixtures (21 ± 1 g N m-2 yr-1) than monocultures (13 ± 1 g N m-2 yr-1), and increased with species richness in mixtures. However, compared to N uptake expected from biomass proportions of species in mixtures, N uptake of mixtures was only slightly higher and a significant surplus N uptake was confined to mixtures containing legumes and non-legumes. Conclusions: In our study, high N uptake of species rich mixtures was mainly due to dominance of productive species and facilitation by legumes whereas complementarity among non-legumes was of minor relevance.",
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author = "Holger Bessler and Yvonne Oelmann and Christiane Roscher and Nina Buchmann and Michael Scherer-Lorenzen and Schulze, {Ernst Detlef} and Temperton, {Victoria Martine} and Wolfgang Wilcke and Christof Engels",
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T1 - Nitrogen uptake by grassland communities

T2 - Contribution of N2 fixation, facilitation, complementarity, and species dominance

AU - Bessler, Holger

AU - Oelmann, Yvonne

AU - Roscher, Christiane

AU - Buchmann, Nina

AU - Scherer-Lorenzen, Michael

AU - Schulze, Ernst Detlef

AU - Temperton, Victoria Martine

AU - Wilcke, Wolfgang

AU - Engels, Christof

PY - 2012/9

Y1 - 2012/9

N2 - Aims: This study aimed to measure the effect of plant diversity on N uptake in grasslands and to assess the mechanisms contributing to diversity effects. Methods: Annual N uptake into above- and belowground organs and soil nitrate pools were measured in the Jena experiment on a floodplain soil with mixtures of 2-16 species and 1-4 functional groups, and monocultures. In mixtures, the deviation of measured data from data expected from monoculture performance was calculated to assess the contribution of complementarity/facilitation and selection. Results: N uptake varied from <1 to 45 g N m-2 yr-1, and was higher in grasslands with than without legumes. On average, N uptake was higher in mixtures (21 ± 1 g N m-2 yr-1) than monocultures (13 ± 1 g N m-2 yr-1), and increased with species richness in mixtures. However, compared to N uptake expected from biomass proportions of species in mixtures, N uptake of mixtures was only slightly higher and a significant surplus N uptake was confined to mixtures containing legumes and non-legumes. Conclusions: In our study, high N uptake of species rich mixtures was mainly due to dominance of productive species and facilitation by legumes whereas complementarity among non-legumes was of minor relevance.

AB - Aims: This study aimed to measure the effect of plant diversity on N uptake in grasslands and to assess the mechanisms contributing to diversity effects. Methods: Annual N uptake into above- and belowground organs and soil nitrate pools were measured in the Jena experiment on a floodplain soil with mixtures of 2-16 species and 1-4 functional groups, and monocultures. In mixtures, the deviation of measured data from data expected from monoculture performance was calculated to assess the contribution of complementarity/facilitation and selection. Results: N uptake varied from <1 to 45 g N m-2 yr-1, and was higher in grasslands with than without legumes. On average, N uptake was higher in mixtures (21 ± 1 g N m-2 yr-1) than monocultures (13 ± 1 g N m-2 yr-1), and increased with species richness in mixtures. However, compared to N uptake expected from biomass proportions of species in mixtures, N uptake of mixtures was only slightly higher and a significant surplus N uptake was confined to mixtures containing legumes and non-legumes. Conclusions: In our study, high N uptake of species rich mixtures was mainly due to dominance of productive species and facilitation by legumes whereas complementarity among non-legumes was of minor relevance.

KW - Biodiversity

KW - Complementarity

KW - Facilitation

KW - Grassland

KW - Jena experiment

KW - Legumes

KW - Nitrogen uptake

KW - Selection

KW - Biodiversität

KW - Komplementarität

KW - Grasland

KW - Jena Experiment

KW - Hülsenfrüchte

KW - Nitrogen uptake

KW - Auswahlverfahren

KW - Biology

KW - Ecosystems Research

KW - Sustainability Science

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DO - 10.1007/s11104-012-1181-z

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VL - 358

SP - 301

EP - 322

JO - Plant and Soil

JF - Plant and Soil

SN - 0032-079X

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