Tree species and genetic diversity increase productivity via functional diversity and trophic feedbacks
Addressing global biodiversity loss requires an expanded focus on multiple dimensions of biodiversity. While most studies have focused on the consequences of plant interspecific diversity, our mechanistic understanding of how genetic diversity within plant species affects plant productivity remains...
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| author | Ting Tang Naili Zhang Franca J Bongers Michael Staab Andreas Schuldt Felix Fornoff Hong Lin Jeannine Cavender-Bares Andrew L Hipp Shan Li Yu Liang Baocai Han Alexandra-Maria Klein Helge Bruelheide Walter Durka Bernhard Schmid Keping Ma Xiaojuan Liu |
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| description | Addressing global biodiversity loss requires an expanded focus on multiple dimensions of biodiversity. While most studies have focused on the consequences of plant interspecific diversity, our mechanistic understanding of how genetic diversity within plant species affects plant productivity remains limited. Here, we use a tree species × genetic diversity experiment to disentangle the effects of species diversity and genetic diversity on tree productivity, and how they are related to tree functional diversity and trophic feedbacks. We found that tree species diversity increased tree productivity via increased tree functional diversity, reduced soil fungal diversity, and marginally reduced herbivory. The effects of tree genetic diversity on productivity via functional diversity and soil fungal diversity were negative in monocultures but positive in the mixture of the four tree species tested. Given the complexity of interactions between species and genetic diversity, tree functional diversity and trophic feedbacks on productivity, we suggest that both tree species and genetic diversity should be considered in afforestation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4071a2bf0e1a4520b159438f0c8cca442022-12-22T04:41:48ZengeLife Sciences Publications LtdeLife2050-084X2022-11-011110.7554/eLife.78703Tree species and genetic diversity increase productivity via functional diversity and trophic feedbacksTing Tang0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1145-0723Naili Zhang1Franca J Bongers2Michael Staab3Andreas Schuldt4Felix Fornoff5https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0446-7153Hong Lin6Jeannine Cavender-Bares7Andrew L Hipp8Shan Li9Yu Liang10https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4259-6028Baocai Han11Alexandra-Maria Klein12Helge Bruelheide13Walter Durka14Bernhard Schmid15Keping Ma16Xiaojuan Liu17https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9292-4432State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaCollege of Forestry, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaEcological Networks, Technical University Darmstadt, Darmstadt, GermanyForest Nature Conservation, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Göttingen, GermanyNature Conservation and Landscape Ecology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, GermanyInstitute of Applied Ecology, School of Food Science, Nanjing Xiaozhuang University, Nanjing, ChinaDepartment of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, United StatesThe Morton Arboretum, Lisle, United StatesState Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaChair of Nature Conservation and Landscape Ecology, Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, GermanyInstitute of Biology/Geobotany and Botanical Garden, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany; German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, GermanyGerman Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany; Department of Community Ecology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research–UFZ, Halle, GermanyDepartment of Geography, University of Zurich, Zurich, SwitzerlandState Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaAddressing global biodiversity loss requires an expanded focus on multiple dimensions of biodiversity. While most studies have focused on the consequences of plant interspecific diversity, our mechanistic understanding of how genetic diversity within plant species affects plant productivity remains limited. Here, we use a tree species × genetic diversity experiment to disentangle the effects of species diversity and genetic diversity on tree productivity, and how they are related to tree functional diversity and trophic feedbacks. We found that tree species diversity increased tree productivity via increased tree functional diversity, reduced soil fungal diversity, and marginally reduced herbivory. The effects of tree genetic diversity on productivity via functional diversity and soil fungal diversity were negative in monocultures but positive in the mixture of the four tree species tested. Given the complexity of interactions between species and genetic diversity, tree functional diversity and trophic feedbacks on productivity, we suggest that both tree species and genetic diversity should be considered in afforestation.https://elifesciences.org/articles/78703BEFfunctional diversitygenetic diversityproductivitytrophic feedbacks |
| spellingShingle | Ting Tang Naili Zhang Franca J Bongers Michael Staab Andreas Schuldt Felix Fornoff Hong Lin Jeannine Cavender-Bares Andrew L Hipp Shan Li Yu Liang Baocai Han Alexandra-Maria Klein Helge Bruelheide Walter Durka Bernhard Schmid Keping Ma Xiaojuan Liu Tree species and genetic diversity increase productivity via functional diversity and trophic feedbacks eLife BEF functional diversity genetic diversity productivity trophic feedbacks |
| title | Tree species and genetic diversity increase productivity via functional diversity and trophic feedbacks |
| title_full | Tree species and genetic diversity increase productivity via functional diversity and trophic feedbacks |
| title_fullStr | Tree species and genetic diversity increase productivity via functional diversity and trophic feedbacks |
| title_full_unstemmed | Tree species and genetic diversity increase productivity via functional diversity and trophic feedbacks |
| title_short | Tree species and genetic diversity increase productivity via functional diversity and trophic feedbacks |
| title_sort | tree species and genetic diversity increase productivity via functional diversity and trophic feedbacks |
| topic | BEF functional diversity genetic diversity productivity trophic feedbacks |
| url | https://elifesciences.org/articles/78703 |
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