Plant diversity maintains multiple soil functions in future environments
Biodiversity increases ecosystem functions underpinning a suite of services valued by society, including services provided by soils. To test whether, and how, future environments alter the relationship between biodiversity and multiple ecosystem functions, we measured grassland plant diversity effec...
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| author | Nico Eisenhauer Jes Hines Forest Isbell Fons van der Plas Sarah E Hobbie Clare E Kazanski Anika Lehmann Mengyun Liu Alfred Lochner Matthias C Rillig Anja Vogel Kally Worm Peter B Reich |
| author_facet | Nico Eisenhauer Jes Hines Forest Isbell Fons van der Plas Sarah E Hobbie Clare E Kazanski Anika Lehmann Mengyun Liu Alfred Lochner Matthias C Rillig Anja Vogel Kally Worm Peter B Reich |
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| description | Biodiversity increases ecosystem functions underpinning a suite of services valued by society, including services provided by soils. To test whether, and how, future environments alter the relationship between biodiversity and multiple ecosystem functions, we measured grassland plant diversity effects on single soil functions and ecosystem multifunctionality, and compared relationships in four environments: ambient conditions, elevated atmospheric CO2, enriched N supply, and elevated CO2 and N in combination. Our results showed that plant diversity increased three out of four soil functions and, consequently, ecosystem multifunctionality. Remarkably, biodiversity-ecosystem function relationships were similarly significant under current and future environmental conditions, yet weaker with enriched N supply. Structural equation models revealed that plant diversity enhanced ecosystem multifunctionality by increasing plant community functional diversity, and the even provision of multiple functions. Conserving local plant diversity is therefore a robust strategy to maintain multiple valuable ecosystem services in both present and future environmental conditions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-568945e707274e3199d757e34cb5a9872022-12-22T02:01:15ZengeLife Sciences Publications LtdeLife2050-084X2018-11-01710.7554/eLife.41228Plant diversity maintains multiple soil functions in future environmentsNico Eisenhauer0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0371-6720Jes Hines1Forest Isbell2Fons van der Plas3Sarah E Hobbie4Clare E Kazanski5https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7432-5666Anika Lehmann6Mengyun Liu7Alfred Lochner8Matthias C Rillig9Anja Vogel10Kally Worm11Peter B Reich12German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany; Institute of Biology, Leipzig University, Leipzig, GermanyGerman Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany; Institute of Biology, Leipzig University, Leipzig, GermanyDepartment of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota, St Paul, United StatesDepartment of Systematic Botany and Functional Biodiversity, Leipzig University, Leipzig, GermanyDepartment of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota, St Paul, United StatesDepartment of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota, St Paul, United StatesInstitute of Biology, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Berlin-Brandenburg Institute of Advanced Biodiversity Research, Berlin, GermanyGerman Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany; Institute of Biology, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany; Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Management of Degraded Ecosystems, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaGerman Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany; Institute of Biology, Leipzig University, Leipzig, GermanyInstitute of Biology, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Berlin-Brandenburg Institute of Advanced Biodiversity Research, Berlin, GermanyGerman Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany; Institute of Biology, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany; Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, GermanyDepartment of Forest Resources, University of Minnesota, St Paul, United StatesDepartment of Forest Resources, University of Minnesota, St Paul, United States; Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Sydney, AustraliaBiodiversity increases ecosystem functions underpinning a suite of services valued by society, including services provided by soils. To test whether, and how, future environments alter the relationship between biodiversity and multiple ecosystem functions, we measured grassland plant diversity effects on single soil functions and ecosystem multifunctionality, and compared relationships in four environments: ambient conditions, elevated atmospheric CO2, enriched N supply, and elevated CO2 and N in combination. Our results showed that plant diversity increased three out of four soil functions and, consequently, ecosystem multifunctionality. Remarkably, biodiversity-ecosystem function relationships were similarly significant under current and future environmental conditions, yet weaker with enriched N supply. Structural equation models revealed that plant diversity enhanced ecosystem multifunctionality by increasing plant community functional diversity, and the even provision of multiple functions. Conserving local plant diversity is therefore a robust strategy to maintain multiple valuable ecosystem services in both present and future environmental conditions.https://elifesciences.org/articles/41228biodiversity-ecosystem functionecosystem multifunctionalityecosystem servicesenvironmental changesoil processesfunctional diversity |
| spellingShingle | Nico Eisenhauer Jes Hines Forest Isbell Fons van der Plas Sarah E Hobbie Clare E Kazanski Anika Lehmann Mengyun Liu Alfred Lochner Matthias C Rillig Anja Vogel Kally Worm Peter B Reich Plant diversity maintains multiple soil functions in future environments eLife biodiversity-ecosystem function ecosystem multifunctionality ecosystem services environmental change soil processes functional diversity |
| title | Plant diversity maintains multiple soil functions in future environments |
| title_full | Plant diversity maintains multiple soil functions in future environments |
| title_fullStr | Plant diversity maintains multiple soil functions in future environments |
| title_full_unstemmed | Plant diversity maintains multiple soil functions in future environments |
| title_short | Plant diversity maintains multiple soil functions in future environments |
| title_sort | plant diversity maintains multiple soil functions in future environments |
| topic | biodiversity-ecosystem function ecosystem multifunctionality ecosystem services environmental change soil processes functional diversity |
| url | https://elifesciences.org/articles/41228 |
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