Stressor richness intensifies productivity loss but mitigates biodiversity loss
Abstract Ecosystems are subject to a multitude of anthropogenic environmental changes. Experimental research in the field of multiple stressors has typically involved varying the number of stressors, here termed stressor richness, but without controlling for total stressor intensity. Mistaking stres...
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| author | Mark Holmes Jurg Werner Spaak Frederik De Laender |
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| description | Abstract Ecosystems are subject to a multitude of anthropogenic environmental changes. Experimental research in the field of multiple stressors has typically involved varying the number of stressors, here termed stressor richness, but without controlling for total stressor intensity. Mistaking stressor intensity effects for stressor richness effects can misinform management decisions when there is a trade‐off between mitigating these two factors. We incorporate multiple stressors into three community models and show that, at a fixed total stressor intensity, increasing stressor richness aggravates joint stressor effects on ecosystem functioning, but reduces effects on species persistence and composition. In addition, stressor richness weakens the positive selection and negative complementarity effects on ecosystem function. We identify the among‐species variation of stressor effects on traits as a key determinant of the resulting community‐level stressor effects. Taken together, our results unravel the mechanisms linking multiple environmental changes to biodiversity and ecosystem function. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5d88dfd9949f420d981f078b6f81c8f02022-12-21T19:09:02ZengWileyEcology and Evolution2045-77582021-11-011121149771498710.1002/ece3.8182Stressor richness intensifies productivity loss but mitigates biodiversity lossMark Holmes0Jurg Werner Spaak1Frederik De Laender2Research Unit in Environmental and Evolutionary Biology, Namur Institute of Complex Systems, and the Institute of Life, Earth, and Environment University of Namur Namur BelgiumResearch Unit in Environmental and Evolutionary Biology, Namur Institute of Complex Systems, and the Institute of Life, Earth, and Environment University of Namur Namur BelgiumResearch Unit in Environmental and Evolutionary Biology, Namur Institute of Complex Systems, and the Institute of Life, Earth, and Environment University of Namur Namur BelgiumAbstract Ecosystems are subject to a multitude of anthropogenic environmental changes. Experimental research in the field of multiple stressors has typically involved varying the number of stressors, here termed stressor richness, but without controlling for total stressor intensity. Mistaking stressor intensity effects for stressor richness effects can misinform management decisions when there is a trade‐off between mitigating these two factors. We incorporate multiple stressors into three community models and show that, at a fixed total stressor intensity, increasing stressor richness aggravates joint stressor effects on ecosystem functioning, but reduces effects on species persistence and composition. In addition, stressor richness weakens the positive selection and negative complementarity effects on ecosystem function. We identify the among‐species variation of stressor effects on traits as a key determinant of the resulting community‐level stressor effects. Taken together, our results unravel the mechanisms linking multiple environmental changes to biodiversity and ecosystem function.https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8182community ecologyecosystemsmultiple stressorstheoretical ecologytraits |
| spellingShingle | Mark Holmes Jurg Werner Spaak Frederik De Laender Stressor richness intensifies productivity loss but mitigates biodiversity loss Ecology and Evolution community ecology ecosystems multiple stressors theoretical ecology traits |
| title | Stressor richness intensifies productivity loss but mitigates biodiversity loss |
| title_full | Stressor richness intensifies productivity loss but mitigates biodiversity loss |
| title_fullStr | Stressor richness intensifies productivity loss but mitigates biodiversity loss |
| title_full_unstemmed | Stressor richness intensifies productivity loss but mitigates biodiversity loss |
| title_short | Stressor richness intensifies productivity loss but mitigates biodiversity loss |
| title_sort | stressor richness intensifies productivity loss but mitigates biodiversity loss |
| topic | community ecology ecosystems multiple stressors theoretical ecology traits |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8182 |
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