Plant diversity enhances ecosystem multifunctionality via multitrophic diversity
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In: Nature Ecology and Evolution, Vol. 8, No. 11, 11.2024, p. 2037-2047.
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T1 - Plant diversity enhances ecosystem multifunctionality via multitrophic diversity
AU - Li, Yi
AU - Schuldt, Andreas
AU - Ebeling, Anne
AU - Eisenhauer, Nico
AU - Huang, Yuanyuan
AU - Albert, Georg
AU - Albracht, Cynthia
AU - Amyntas, Angelos
AU - Bonkowski, Michael
AU - Bruelheide, Helge
AU - Bröcher, Maximilian
AU - Chesters, Douglas
AU - Chen, Jun
AU - Chen, Yannan
AU - Chen, Jing Ting
AU - Ciobanu, Marcel
AU - Deng, Xianglu
AU - Fornoff, Felix
AU - Gleixner, Gerd
AU - Guo, Liangdong
AU - Guo, Peng Fei
AU - Heintz-Buschart, Anna
AU - Klein, Alexandra Maria
AU - Lange, Markus
AU - Li, Shan
AU - Li, Qi
AU - Li, Yingbin
AU - Luo, Arong
AU - Meyer, Sebastian T.
AU - von Oheimb, Goddert
AU - Rutten, Gemma
AU - Scholten, Thomas
AU - Solbach, Marcel D.
AU - Staab, Michael
AU - Wang, Ming Qiang
AU - Zhang, Naili
AU - Zhu, Chao Dong
AU - Schmid, Bernhard
AU - Ma, Keping
AU - Liu, Xiaojuan
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited 2024. Springer Nature or its licensor (e.g., a society or other partner) holds exclusive rights to this article under a publishing agreement with the author(s) or other rightsholder(s); author self-archiving of the accepted manuscript version of this article is solely governed by the terms of such publishing agreement and applicable law.
PY - 2024/11
Y1 - 2024/11
N2 - Ecosystem functioning depends on biodiversity at multiple trophic levels, yet relationships between multitrophic diversity and ecosystem multifunctionality have been poorly explored, with studies often focusing on individual trophic levels and functions and on specific ecosystem types. Here, we show that plant diversity can affect ecosystem functioning both directly and by affecting other trophic levels. Using data on 13 trophic groups and 13 ecosystem functions from two large biodiversity experiments—one representing temperate grasslands and the other subtropical forests—we found that plant diversity increases multifunctionality through elevated multitrophic diversity. Across both experiments, the association between multitrophic diversity and multifunctionality was stronger than the relationship between the diversity of individual trophic groups and multifunctionality. Our results also suggest that the role of multitrophic diversity is greater in forests than in grasslands. These findings imply that, to promote sustained ecosystem multifunctionality, conservation planning must consider the diversity of both plants and higher trophic levels.
AB - Ecosystem functioning depends on biodiversity at multiple trophic levels, yet relationships between multitrophic diversity and ecosystem multifunctionality have been poorly explored, with studies often focusing on individual trophic levels and functions and on specific ecosystem types. Here, we show that plant diversity can affect ecosystem functioning both directly and by affecting other trophic levels. Using data on 13 trophic groups and 13 ecosystem functions from two large biodiversity experiments—one representing temperate grasslands and the other subtropical forests—we found that plant diversity increases multifunctionality through elevated multitrophic diversity. Across both experiments, the association between multitrophic diversity and multifunctionality was stronger than the relationship between the diversity of individual trophic groups and multifunctionality. Our results also suggest that the role of multitrophic diversity is greater in forests than in grasslands. These findings imply that, to promote sustained ecosystem multifunctionality, conservation planning must consider the diversity of both plants and higher trophic levels.
KW - Biology
KW - Ecosystems Research
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85202624389&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1038/s41559-024-02517-2
DO - 10.1038/s41559-024-02517-2
M3 - Journal articles
C2 - 39209981
AN - SCOPUS:85202624389
VL - 8
SP - 2037
EP - 2047
JO - Nature Ecology and Evolution
JF - Nature Ecology and Evolution
SN - 2397-334X
IS - 11
ER -