Global patterns and abiotic drivers of ecosystem multifunctionality in dominant natural ecosystems
The potential patterns and processes of ecosystem multifunctionality (EMF) across global ecosystems are largely unknown, which limits our understanding of how ecosystems respond to drivers. Here we compile a global dataset that consists of 973 unique sites across the forest, grassland, and shrub eco...
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| author | Yi Wang Biying Liu Jingjing Zhao Chongchong Ye Lan Wei Jian Sun Chengjin Chu Tien Ming Lee |
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| description | The potential patterns and processes of ecosystem multifunctionality (EMF) across global ecosystems are largely unknown, which limits our understanding of how ecosystems respond to drivers. Here we compile a global dataset that consists of 973 unique sites across the forest, grassland, and shrub ecosystems. We identify a critical global pattern of hump-shaped EMF relationship with mean annual precipitation at a threshold of ∼671 mm, where low and high precipitation patterns are discriminated. We find that climatic and soil factors jointly drive the EMF in low precipitation areas, and climatic factors dominate the EMF in high precipitation regions. However, when comparing across the three dominant ecosystems and precipitation regions, the key driver in EMF differs substantially. Specifically, climatic and soil factors dominate the EMF of low and high precipitation regions across forest ecosystems, respectively. Climatic drivers dominate the EMF under different precipitation conditions across grassland and shrub ecosystems. Overall, our findings highlight the importance of climatic and soil drivers on EMF, which should be considered in ecosystem stability models in response to global climate and land-use change scenarios. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c07a476b6ac54faabf5ac8b91af9621d2022-12-22T03:12:29ZengElsevierEnvironment International0160-41202022-10-01168107480Global patterns and abiotic drivers of ecosystem multifunctionality in dominant natural ecosystemsYi Wang0Biying Liu1Jingjing Zhao2Chongchong Ye3Lan Wei4Jian Sun5Chengjin Chu6Tien Ming Lee7School of Life Sciences and State Key Laboratory of Biological Control, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China; Corresponding authors.School of Life Sciences and State Key Laboratory of Biological Control, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, ChinaSchool of Life Sciences and State Key Laboratory of Biological Control, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, ChinaCenter for Dynamic Supervision for Usage of Fangchenggang City Sea Area, Fangchenggang, 538001, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Tibetan Plateau Earth System, Resources and Environment (TPESRE), Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, ChinaSchool of Ecology and State Key Laboratory of Biological Control, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, ChinaSchool of Life Sciences and State Key Laboratory of Biological Control, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China; School of Ecology and State Key Laboratory of Biological Control, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China; Corresponding authors.The potential patterns and processes of ecosystem multifunctionality (EMF) across global ecosystems are largely unknown, which limits our understanding of how ecosystems respond to drivers. Here we compile a global dataset that consists of 973 unique sites across the forest, grassland, and shrub ecosystems. We identify a critical global pattern of hump-shaped EMF relationship with mean annual precipitation at a threshold of ∼671 mm, where low and high precipitation patterns are discriminated. We find that climatic and soil factors jointly drive the EMF in low precipitation areas, and climatic factors dominate the EMF in high precipitation regions. However, when comparing across the three dominant ecosystems and precipitation regions, the key driver in EMF differs substantially. Specifically, climatic and soil factors dominate the EMF of low and high precipitation regions across forest ecosystems, respectively. Climatic drivers dominate the EMF under different precipitation conditions across grassland and shrub ecosystems. Overall, our findings highlight the importance of climatic and soil drivers on EMF, which should be considered in ecosystem stability models in response to global climate and land-use change scenarios.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016041202200407XClimatic factorSoil propertiesPrecipitation thresholdEcosystem functionEcosystem type |
| spellingShingle | Yi Wang Biying Liu Jingjing Zhao Chongchong Ye Lan Wei Jian Sun Chengjin Chu Tien Ming Lee Global patterns and abiotic drivers of ecosystem multifunctionality in dominant natural ecosystems Environment International Climatic factor Soil properties Precipitation threshold Ecosystem function Ecosystem type |
| title | Global patterns and abiotic drivers of ecosystem multifunctionality in dominant natural ecosystems |
| title_full | Global patterns and abiotic drivers of ecosystem multifunctionality in dominant natural ecosystems |
| title_fullStr | Global patterns and abiotic drivers of ecosystem multifunctionality in dominant natural ecosystems |
| title_full_unstemmed | Global patterns and abiotic drivers of ecosystem multifunctionality in dominant natural ecosystems |
| title_short | Global patterns and abiotic drivers of ecosystem multifunctionality in dominant natural ecosystems |
| title_sort | global patterns and abiotic drivers of ecosystem multifunctionality in dominant natural ecosystems |
| topic | Climatic factor Soil properties Precipitation threshold Ecosystem function Ecosystem type |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016041202200407X |
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