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Species richness stabilizes productivity via asynchrony and drought-tolerance diversity in a large-scale tree biodiversity experiment

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Species richness stabilizes productivity via asynchrony and drought-tolerance diversity in a large-scale tree biodiversity experiment. / Schnabel, Florian; Liu, Xiaojuan; Kunz, Matthias et al.
In: Science Advances, Vol. 7, No. 51, eabk1643, 17.12.2021.

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Schnabel, F, Liu, X, Kunz, M, Barry, K, Bongers, FJ, Bruelheide, H, Fichtner, A, Härdtle, W, Li, S, Pfaff, C-T, Schmid, B, Schwarz, JA, Tang, Z, Yang, B, Bauhus, J, von Oheimb, G, Ma, K & Wirth, C 2021, 'Species richness stabilizes productivity via asynchrony and drought-tolerance diversity in a large-scale tree biodiversity experiment', Science Advances, vol. 7, no. 51, eabk1643. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abk1643

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Schnabel, F., Liu, X., Kunz, M., Barry, K., Bongers, F. J., Bruelheide, H., Fichtner, A., Härdtle, W., Li, S., Pfaff, C.-T., Schmid, B., Schwarz, J. A., Tang, Z., Yang, B., Bauhus, J., von Oheimb, G., Ma, K., & Wirth, C. (2021). Species richness stabilizes productivity via asynchrony and drought-tolerance diversity in a large-scale tree biodiversity experiment. Science Advances, 7(51), Article eabk1643. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abk1643

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Schnabel F, Liu X, Kunz M, Barry K, Bongers FJ, Bruelheide H et al. Species richness stabilizes productivity via asynchrony and drought-tolerance diversity in a large-scale tree biodiversity experiment. Science Advances. 2021 Dec 17;7(51):eabk1643. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abk1643

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title = "Species richness stabilizes productivity via asynchrony and drought-tolerance diversity in a large-scale tree biodiversity experiment",
abstract = "Extreme climatic events threaten forests and their climate mitigation potential globally. Understanding the drivers promoting ecosystem stability is therefore considered crucial for mitigating adverse climate change effects on forests. Here, we use structural equation models to explain how tree species richness, asynchronous species dynamics, species-level population stability, and drought-tolerance traits relate to the stability of forest productivity along an experimentally manipulated species richness gradient ranging from 1 to 24 tree species. Tree species richness improved community stability by increasing asynchrony. That is, at higher species richness, interannual variation in productivity among tree species buffered the community against stress-related productivity declines. This effect was positively related to variation in stomatal control and resistance-acquisition strategies among species, but not to the community-weighted means of these trait syndromes. The identified mechanisms by which tree species richness stabilizes forest productivity emphasize the importance of diverse, mixed-species forests to adapt to climate change.",
keywords = "Ecosystems Research",
author = "Florian Schnabel and Xiaojuan Liu and Matthias Kunz and Kathryn Barry and Bongers, {Franca J.} and Helge Bruelheide and Andreas Fichtner and Werner H{\"a}rdtle and Shan Li and Claas-Thido Pfaff and Bernhard Schmid and Schwarz, {Julia A.} and Zhiyao Tang and Bo Yang and J{\"u}rgen Bauhus and {von Oheimb}, Goddert and Keping Ma and Christian Wirth",
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year = "2021",
month = dec,
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doi = "10.1126/sciadv.abk1643",
language = "English",
volume = "7",
journal = "Science Advances",
issn = "2375-2548",
publisher = "American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)",
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AU - Schnabel, Florian

AU - Liu, Xiaojuan

AU - Kunz, Matthias

AU - Barry, Kathryn

AU - Bongers, Franca J.

AU - Bruelheide, Helge

AU - Fichtner, Andreas

AU - Härdtle, Werner

AU - Li, Shan

AU - Pfaff, Claas-Thido

AU - Schmid, Bernhard

AU - Schwarz, Julia A.

AU - Tang, Zhiyao

AU - Yang, Bo

AU - Bauhus, Jürgen

AU - von Oheimb, Goddert

AU - Ma, Keping

AU - Wirth, Christian

N1 - Publisher Copyright: Copyright © 2021 The Authors, some rights reserved.

PY - 2021/12/17

Y1 - 2021/12/17

N2 - Extreme climatic events threaten forests and their climate mitigation potential globally. Understanding the drivers promoting ecosystem stability is therefore considered crucial for mitigating adverse climate change effects on forests. Here, we use structural equation models to explain how tree species richness, asynchronous species dynamics, species-level population stability, and drought-tolerance traits relate to the stability of forest productivity along an experimentally manipulated species richness gradient ranging from 1 to 24 tree species. Tree species richness improved community stability by increasing asynchrony. That is, at higher species richness, interannual variation in productivity among tree species buffered the community against stress-related productivity declines. This effect was positively related to variation in stomatal control and resistance-acquisition strategies among species, but not to the community-weighted means of these trait syndromes. The identified mechanisms by which tree species richness stabilizes forest productivity emphasize the importance of diverse, mixed-species forests to adapt to climate change.

AB - Extreme climatic events threaten forests and their climate mitigation potential globally. Understanding the drivers promoting ecosystem stability is therefore considered crucial for mitigating adverse climate change effects on forests. Here, we use structural equation models to explain how tree species richness, asynchronous species dynamics, species-level population stability, and drought-tolerance traits relate to the stability of forest productivity along an experimentally manipulated species richness gradient ranging from 1 to 24 tree species. Tree species richness improved community stability by increasing asynchrony. That is, at higher species richness, interannual variation in productivity among tree species buffered the community against stress-related productivity declines. This effect was positively related to variation in stomatal control and resistance-acquisition strategies among species, but not to the community-weighted means of these trait syndromes. The identified mechanisms by which tree species richness stabilizes forest productivity emphasize the importance of diverse, mixed-species forests to adapt to climate change.

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