Connecting the Green and Brown Worlds: Allometric and Stoichiometric Predictability of Above- and Below-Ground Networks
We examine the potential of trait-based parameters of taxa for linking above- and below-ground ecological networks (hereafter 'green' and 'brown' worlds) to understand and predict community dynamics. This synthesis considers carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus-related traits, the abu...
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| author | Mulder, C Ahrestani, F Bahn, M Bohan, D Bonkowski, M Griffiths, B Guicharnaud, R Kattge, J Krogh, P Lavorel, S Lewis, O Mancinelli, G Naeem, S Penuelas, J Poorter, H Reich, P Rossi, L Rusch, G Sardans, J Wright, I |
| author_facet | Mulder, C Ahrestani, F Bahn, M Bohan, D Bonkowski, M Griffiths, B Guicharnaud, R Kattge, J Krogh, P Lavorel, S Lewis, O Mancinelli, G Naeem, S Penuelas, J Poorter, H Reich, P Rossi, L Rusch, G Sardans, J Wright, I |
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| description | We examine the potential of trait-based parameters of taxa for linking above- and below-ground ecological networks (hereafter 'green' and 'brown' worlds) to understand and predict community dynamics. This synthesis considers carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus-related traits, the abundance of component species and their size distribution across trophic levels under different forms of management. We have analysed existing and novel databases on plants, microbes and invertebrates that combine physico-chemical and biological information from (agro)ecosystems spanning the globe. We found (1) evidence that traits from above- and below-ground systems may be integrated in the same model and (2) a much greater than expected stoichiometric plasticity of plants and microbes which has implications for the entire food-web mass-abundance scaling. Nitrogen and phosphorus are primary basal resources (hence, drivers) and more retranslocation of P than of N from leaves will lead to higher N:P in the litter and soil organic matter. Thus, under nutrient-rich conditions, higher foliar concentrations of N and P are reflected by lower N:P in the brown litter, suggesting less P retranslocated than N. This apparent stoichiometric dichotomy between green and brown could result in shifts in threshold elemental ratios critical for ecosystem functioning. It has important implications for a general food-web model, given that resource C:N:P ratios are generally assumed to reflect environmental C:N:P ratios. We also provide the first evidence for large-scale allometric changes according to the stoichiometry of agroecosystems. Finally, we discuss insights that can be gained from integrating carbon and nitrogen isotope data into trait-based approaches, and address the origin of changes in δ13C and δ15N fractionation values in relation to consumer-resource body-mass ratios. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:aed8999c-254d-4021-92b2-58fe0e3652622022-03-27T03:45:26ZConnecting the Green and Brown Worlds: Allometric and Stoichiometric Predictability of Above- and Below-Ground NetworksJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:aed8999c-254d-4021-92b2-58fe0e365262Symplectic Elements at Oxford2013Mulder, CAhrestani, FBahn, MBohan, DBonkowski, MGriffiths, BGuicharnaud, RKattge, JKrogh, PLavorel, SLewis, OMancinelli, GNaeem, SPenuelas, JPoorter, HReich, PRossi, LRusch, GSardans, JWright, IWe examine the potential of trait-based parameters of taxa for linking above- and below-ground ecological networks (hereafter 'green' and 'brown' worlds) to understand and predict community dynamics. This synthesis considers carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus-related traits, the abundance of component species and their size distribution across trophic levels under different forms of management. We have analysed existing and novel databases on plants, microbes and invertebrates that combine physico-chemical and biological information from (agro)ecosystems spanning the globe. We found (1) evidence that traits from above- and below-ground systems may be integrated in the same model and (2) a much greater than expected stoichiometric plasticity of plants and microbes which has implications for the entire food-web mass-abundance scaling. Nitrogen and phosphorus are primary basal resources (hence, drivers) and more retranslocation of P than of N from leaves will lead to higher N:P in the litter and soil organic matter. Thus, under nutrient-rich conditions, higher foliar concentrations of N and P are reflected by lower N:P in the brown litter, suggesting less P retranslocated than N. This apparent stoichiometric dichotomy between green and brown could result in shifts in threshold elemental ratios critical for ecosystem functioning. It has important implications for a general food-web model, given that resource C:N:P ratios are generally assumed to reflect environmental C:N:P ratios. We also provide the first evidence for large-scale allometric changes according to the stoichiometry of agroecosystems. Finally, we discuss insights that can be gained from integrating carbon and nitrogen isotope data into trait-based approaches, and address the origin of changes in δ13C and δ15N fractionation values in relation to consumer-resource body-mass ratios. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd. |
| spellingShingle | Mulder, C Ahrestani, F Bahn, M Bohan, D Bonkowski, M Griffiths, B Guicharnaud, R Kattge, J Krogh, P Lavorel, S Lewis, O Mancinelli, G Naeem, S Penuelas, J Poorter, H Reich, P Rossi, L Rusch, G Sardans, J Wright, I Connecting the Green and Brown Worlds: Allometric and Stoichiometric Predictability of Above- and Below-Ground Networks |
| title | Connecting the Green and Brown Worlds: Allometric and Stoichiometric Predictability of Above- and Below-Ground Networks |
| title_full | Connecting the Green and Brown Worlds: Allometric and Stoichiometric Predictability of Above- and Below-Ground Networks |
| title_fullStr | Connecting the Green and Brown Worlds: Allometric and Stoichiometric Predictability of Above- and Below-Ground Networks |
| title_full_unstemmed | Connecting the Green and Brown Worlds: Allometric and Stoichiometric Predictability of Above- and Below-Ground Networks |
| title_short | Connecting the Green and Brown Worlds: Allometric and Stoichiometric Predictability of Above- and Below-Ground Networks |
| title_sort | connecting the green and brown worlds allometric and stoichiometric predictability of above and below ground networks |
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