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General destabilizing effects of eutrophication on grassland productivity at multiple spatial scales

الآثار العامة المزعزعة للاستقرار للإغناء بالمغذيات على إنتاجية الأراضي العشبية على نطاقات مكانية متعددة

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Other literature type , Journal 23 Oct 2020 Finland, Netherlands, France, Argentina, Portugal, France, Portugal, Argentina, United Kingdom, United Kingdom, France, United States Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Nature Communications, volume 11 (eissn: 2041-1723,

Authors: Elizabeth T. Borer; Andy Hector; Pablo Luis Peri; Peter B. Adler; Risto Virtanen; Anita C. Risch; Melinda D. Smith; +47 Authors

doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-19252-4 , 10.60692/ek9fr-2vy51 , 10.26181/5fa88c8b515f5 , 10.60692/75wsa-89s88

pmid: 33097736

pmc: PMC7585434

handle: 20.500.12123/8669 , 1959.7/uws:62577

General destabilizing effects of eutrophication on grassland productivity at multiple spatial scales

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AbstractEutrophication is a widespread environmental change that usually reduces the stabilizing effect of plant diversity on productivity in local communities. Whether this effect is scale dependent remains to be elucidated. Here, we determine the relationship between plant diversity and temporal stability of productivity for 243 plant communities from 42 grasslands across the globe and quantify the effect of chronic fertilization on these relationships. Unfertilized local communities with more plant species exhibit greater asynchronous dynamics among species in response to natural environmental fluctuations, resulting in greater local stability (alpha stability). Moreover, neighborhood communities that have greater spatial variation in plant species composition within sites (higher beta diversity) have greater spatial asynchrony of productivity among communities, resulting in greater stability at the larger scale (gamma stability). Importantly, fertilization consistently weakens the contribution of plant diversity to both of these stabilizing mechanisms, thus diminishing the positive effect of biodiversity on stability at differing spatial scales. Our findings suggest that preserving grassland functional stability requires conservation of plant diversity within and among ecological communities.

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Finland, Netherlands, France, Argentina, Portugal, France, Portugal, Argentina, United Kingdom, United Kingdom, France, United States

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Colorado State University
United States
German Center for Integrative Biodiversity Research
Germany
La Trobe University
Australia
University of Lisbon
Portugal
French National Centre for Scientific Research
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Grassland ecology, Economics, Macroeconomics, spatial variation, Functional Ecosystem Change, Plantas, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, [SDV.EE.ECO] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology, environment/Ecosystems, Biomass, biodiversity, Índices de Diversidad, Diversity Alpha, Global and Planetary Change, Statistics, spatial scales, Life Sciences, Phosphorus, Plants, Eutrophication, Pastizales, eutrophication, Abundancia, Grasslands, Nutrient cycles, EUTROPHICATION, Escalas de Análisis, Physical Sciences, Diversity Indices, Preservación de las Funcionalidades de los Pastizales, Alternative stable state, Eutrofización, Primary Productivity, 570, 330, Nitrogen, [SDE.MCG]Environmental Sciences/Global Changes, Science, Diversidad Biológica, CONSERVATION, 577, ECOLOGY, 333, Article, Environmental science, Productividad Primaria, XXXXXX - Unknown, FOS: Mathematics, Spatial ecology, PRESERVATION, Community ecology, Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecosystem, Nature and Landscape Conservation, 580, Estabilidad, PLANT DIVERSITY, destabilizing effects, ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE, [SDE.MCG] Environmental Sciences/Global Changes, Diversity Beta, FOS: Biological sciences, Environmental Science, Ciclo de nutrientes en ecosistemas, Fósforo, Species Richness, Cambios en las Funciones del Ecosistema, Fertilizer Application, Mathematics, Species richness, Nutrient, [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Spatial variability, Biodiversity Conservation and Ecosystem Management, Abundance, Abonos, Alpha diversity, Riqueza de Especies, Diversidad Beta, Uncategorized, Productivity, Praderas, LARGE SCALE STABILITY, grassland productive, Preserving Grassland Functional Stability, Ecology, Nitrógeno, Q, Biodiversity, chronic fertilization, Biota, Grassland, Ecological stability, Anticipating Critical Transitions in Ecosystems, Impact of Pollinator Decline on Ecosystems and Agriculture, Implicancias en la productividad, Habitat Fragmentation, environment/Ecosystems, Stability, Beta diversity, Diversidad Alfa, Plant community, ENVIRONMENTAL FLUCTUATIONS, Models, Biological, [SDV.EE.ECO]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology, environment/Ecosystems, Productividad de la Tierra, Ecosystem services, Spatial Scales, grassland productivity, Pastures, plant diversity, [SDE.BE] Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology, Fertilization, [SDV.EE.ECO]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology, [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology, COMMUNITIES

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