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Species loss due to nutrient addition increases with spatial scale in global grasslands

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Species loss due to nutrient addition increases with spatial scale in global grasslands. / Seabloom, Eric W.; Batzer, Evan; Chase, Jonathan M. et al.
In: Ecology Letters, Vol. 24, No. 10, 01.10.2021, p. 2100-2112.

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Harvard

Seabloom, EW, Batzer, E, Chase, JM, Stanley Harpole, W, Adler, PB, Bagchi, S, Bakker, JD, Barrio, IC, Biederman, L, Boughton, EH, Bugalho, MN, Caldeira, MC, Catford, JA, Daleo, P, Eisenhauer, N, Eskelinen, A, Haider, S, Hallett, LM, Svala Jónsdóttir, I, Kimmel, K, Kuhlman, M, MacDougall, A, Molina, CD, Moore, JL, Morgan, JW, Muthukrishnan, R, Ohlert, T, Risch, AC, Roscher, C, Schütz, M, Sonnier, G, Tognetti, PM, Virtanen, R, Wilfahrt, PA & Borer, ET 2021, 'Species loss due to nutrient addition increases with spatial scale in global grasslands', Ecology Letters, vol. 24, no. 10, pp. 2100-2112. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13838

APA

Seabloom, E. W., Batzer, E., Chase, J. M., Stanley Harpole, W., Adler, P. B., Bagchi, S., Bakker, J. D., Barrio, I. C., Biederman, L., Boughton, E. H., Bugalho, M. N., Caldeira, M. C., Catford, J. A., Daleo, P., Eisenhauer, N., Eskelinen, A., Haider, S., Hallett, L. M., Svala Jónsdóttir, I., ... Borer, E. T. (2021). Species loss due to nutrient addition increases with spatial scale in global grasslands. Ecology Letters, 24(10), 2100-2112. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13838

Vancouver

Seabloom EW, Batzer E, Chase JM, Stanley Harpole W, Adler PB, Bagchi S et al. Species loss due to nutrient addition increases with spatial scale in global grasslands. Ecology Letters. 2021 Oct 1;24(10):2100-2112. doi: 10.1111/ele.13838

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@article{9402528b0d364b6694ab0a027bef766c,
title = "Species loss due to nutrient addition increases with spatial scale in global grasslands",
abstract = "The effects of altered nutrient supplies and herbivore density on species diversity vary with spatial scale, because coexistence mechanisms are scale dependent. This scale dependence may alter the shape of the species–area relationship (SAR), which can be described by changes in species richness (S) as a power function of the sample area (A): S = cAz, where c and z are constants. We analysed the effects of experimental manipulations of nutrient supply and herbivore density on species richness across a range of scales (0.01–75 m2) at 30 grasslands in 10 countries. We found that nutrient addition reduced the number of species that could co-occur locally, indicated by the SAR intercepts (log c), but did not affect the SAR slopes (z). As a result, proportional species loss due to nutrient enrichment was largely unchanged across sampling scales, whereas total species loss increased over threefold across our range of sampling scales.",
keywords = "Biology, biodiversity, community ecology, grasslands, herbivores, nutrients",
author = "Seabloom, {Eric W.} and Evan Batzer and Chase, {Jonathan M.} and {Stanley Harpole}, W. and Adler, {Peter B.} and Sumanta Bagchi and Bakker, {Jonathan D.} and Barrio, {Isabel C.} and Lori Biederman and Boughton, {Elizabeth H.} and Bugalho, {Miguel N.} and Caldeira, {Maria C.} and Catford, {Jane A.} and Pedro Daleo and Nico Eisenhauer and Anu Eskelinen and Sylvia Haider and Hallett, {Lauren M.} and {Svala J{\'o}nsd{\'o}ttir}, Ingibj{\"o}rg and Kaitlin Kimmel and Marirose Kuhlman and Andrew MacDougall and Molina, {Cecilia D.} and Moore, {Joslin L.} and Morgan, {John W.} and Ranjan Muthukrishnan and Timothy Ohlert and Risch, {Anita C.} and Christiane Roscher and Martin Sch{\"u}tz and Gr{\'e}gory Sonnier and Tognetti, {Pedro M.} and Risto Virtanen and Wilfahrt, {Peter A.} and Borer, {Elizabeth T.}",
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year = "2021",
month = oct,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1111/ele.13838",
language = "English",
volume = "24",
pages = "2100--2112",
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RIS

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T1 - Species loss due to nutrient addition increases with spatial scale in global grasslands

AU - Seabloom, Eric W.

AU - Batzer, Evan

AU - Chase, Jonathan M.

AU - Stanley Harpole, W.

AU - Adler, Peter B.

AU - Bagchi, Sumanta

AU - Bakker, Jonathan D.

AU - Barrio, Isabel C.

AU - Biederman, Lori

AU - Boughton, Elizabeth H.

AU - Bugalho, Miguel N.

AU - Caldeira, Maria C.

AU - Catford, Jane A.

AU - Daleo, Pedro

AU - Eisenhauer, Nico

AU - Eskelinen, Anu

AU - Haider, Sylvia

AU - Hallett, Lauren M.

AU - Svala Jónsdóttir, Ingibjörg

AU - Kimmel, Kaitlin

AU - Kuhlman, Marirose

AU - MacDougall, Andrew

AU - Molina, Cecilia D.

AU - Moore, Joslin L.

AU - Morgan, John W.

AU - Muthukrishnan, Ranjan

AU - Ohlert, Timothy

AU - Risch, Anita C.

AU - Roscher, Christiane

AU - Schütz, Martin

AU - Sonnier, Grégory

AU - Tognetti, Pedro M.

AU - Virtanen, Risto

AU - Wilfahrt, Peter A.

AU - Borer, Elizabeth T.

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2021 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

PY - 2021/10/1

Y1 - 2021/10/1

N2 - The effects of altered nutrient supplies and herbivore density on species diversity vary with spatial scale, because coexistence mechanisms are scale dependent. This scale dependence may alter the shape of the species–area relationship (SAR), which can be described by changes in species richness (S) as a power function of the sample area (A): S = cAz, where c and z are constants. We analysed the effects of experimental manipulations of nutrient supply and herbivore density on species richness across a range of scales (0.01–75 m2) at 30 grasslands in 10 countries. We found that nutrient addition reduced the number of species that could co-occur locally, indicated by the SAR intercepts (log c), but did not affect the SAR slopes (z). As a result, proportional species loss due to nutrient enrichment was largely unchanged across sampling scales, whereas total species loss increased over threefold across our range of sampling scales.

AB - The effects of altered nutrient supplies and herbivore density on species diversity vary with spatial scale, because coexistence mechanisms are scale dependent. This scale dependence may alter the shape of the species–area relationship (SAR), which can be described by changes in species richness (S) as a power function of the sample area (A): S = cAz, where c and z are constants. We analysed the effects of experimental manipulations of nutrient supply and herbivore density on species richness across a range of scales (0.01–75 m2) at 30 grasslands in 10 countries. We found that nutrient addition reduced the number of species that could co-occur locally, indicated by the SAR intercepts (log c), but did not affect the SAR slopes (z). As a result, proportional species loss due to nutrient enrichment was largely unchanged across sampling scales, whereas total species loss increased over threefold across our range of sampling scales.

KW - Biology

KW - biodiversity

KW - community ecology

KW - grasslands

KW - herbivores

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