Local loss and spatial homogenization of plant diversity reduce ecosystem multifunctionality
Résumé
Analysis of 65 grasslands worldwide from the Nutrient Network experiment reveals that plant communities with higher α- and β-diversity have higher levels of ecosystem multifunctionality, and that this effect is amplified across scales.
Auteurs, date et publication :
Auteurs Yann Hautier , Forest Isbell , Elizabeth T. Borer , Eric W. Seabloom , W. Stanley Harpole , Eric M. Lind , Andrew S. MacDougall , Carly J. Stevens , Peter B. Adler , Juan Alberti , Jonathan D. Bakker , Lars A. Brudvig , Yvonne M. Buckley , Marc Cadotte , Maria C. Caldeira , Enrique J. Chaneton , Chengjin Chu , Pedro Daleo , Christopher R. Dickman , John M. Dwyer
Publication : Nature Ecology & Evolution
Date : 2018
Volume : 2
Issue : 1
Pages : 50