Biotic homogenization can decrease landscape-scale forest multifunctionality
2016
van Der Plas, Fons | Manning, Pete | Soliveres, Santiago | Allan, Eric | Scherer-Lorenzen, Michael | Verheyen, Kris | Wirth, Christian | Zavala, Miguel A. | Ampoorter, Evy | Baeten, Lander | Barbaro, Luc | Bauhus, Jürgen | Benavides, Raquel | Benneter, Adam | Bonal, Damien | Bouriaud, Olivier | Bruelheide, Helge | Bussotti, Filippo | Carnol, Monique | Castagneyrol, Bastien | Charbonnier, Yohan | Coomes, David Anthony | Coppi, Andrea | Bastias, Cristina C. | Dawud, Seid Muhie | de Wandeler, Hans | Domisch, Timo | Finér, Leena | Gessler, Arthur | Granier, André | Grossiord, Charlotte | Guyot, Virginie | Hättenschwiler, Stephan | Jactel, Hervé | Jaroszewicz, Bogdan | Joly, François-Xavier | Jucker, Tommaso | Koricheva, Julia | Milligan, Harriet | Mueller, Sandra | Muys, Bart | Nguyen, Diem | Pollastrini, Martina | Ratcliffe, Sophia | Raulund-Rasmussen, Karsten | Selvi, Federico | Stenlid, Jan | Valladares, Fernando | Vesterdal, Lars | Zielínski, Dawid | Fischer, Markus | Universität Bern = University of Bern = Université de Berne (UNIBE) | Senckenberg biodiversität und klima forschungszentrum (BIK-F) ; Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg (SGN) | Faculty of Biology/Geobotany ; Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg = University of Freiburg | Dept Forest & Water Management, Lab Forestry ; Universiteit Gent = Ghent University = Université de Gand (UGENT) | Departamento de Ecología ; Universidad de Alcalá - University of Alcalá (UAH) | Universiteit Gent = Ghent University = Université de Gand (UGENT) | Department of Forest and Water Management, Forest & Nature Lab ; Universiteit Gent = Ghent University = Université de Gand (UGENT) | Department of Biology, Terrestrial Ecology Unit ; Universiteit Gent = Ghent University = Université de Gand (UGENT) | Biodiversité, Gènes & Communautés (BioGeCo) ; Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Université de Bordeaux (UB) | Chair of Silviculture, Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources | Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg = University of Freiburg | Ecologie et Ecophysiologie Forestières [devient SILVA en 2018] (EEF) ; Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Université de Lorraine (UL) | Universitatea Stefan cel Mare Suceava (USV) | Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft - German Research Foundation (DFG) | Institute of Biology/Geobotany and Botanical Garden ; Martin-Luther-Universität Halle Wittenberg - Martin-Luther-University Halle Wittenberg (MLU) | Dept Agri Food Prod & Environm Sci ; Università degli Studi di Firenze = University of Florence = Université de Florence (UniFI) | Lab Plant & Microbial Ecol, Inst Bot B22 ; Université de Liège = University of Liège = Universiteit van Luik = Universität Lüttich (ULiège) | Bretagne Vivante | University of Cambridge [UK] (CAM) | Università degli Studi di Firenze = University of Florence = Université de Florence (UniFI) | Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales [Madrid] (MNCN) ; Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas [España] = Spanish National Research Council [Spain] (CSIC) | Catholic University of Leuven = Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven) | Natural Resources Institute Finland (LUKE) | Finnish Forest Research Institute | Forest Dynam ; Swiss Federal Research Institute | Earth and Environmental Sciences Division [Los Alamos] (EES) ; Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) | Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive (CEFE) ; Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 (UPVM)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques (Montpellier SupAgro)-École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE) ; Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [Occitanie])-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro) | Uniwersytet Warszawski [Polska] = University of Warsaw [Poland] = Université de Varsovie [Pologne] (UW) | Centre de recherche sur l'Inflammation (CRI (UMR_S_1149 / ERL_8252 / U1149)) ; Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) | Service de Gastroentérologie [Hôpital Beaujon] ; Hôpital Beaujon [AP-HP] ; Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP) | Forest Ecology and Conservation Group, Department of Plant Sciences ; University of Cambridge [UK] (CAM) | Royal Holloway [University of London] (RHUL) | Division of Forest, Nature and Landscape ; Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences [Leuven] (EES) ; Catholic University of Leuven = Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven)-Catholic University of Leuven = Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven) | Institut für Spezielle Botanik und Funktionelle Biodiversität ; Leipzig University / Universität Leipzig | University of Copenhagen = Københavns Universitet (UCPH) | Department of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology ; Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences = Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet (SLU) | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas [España] = Spanish National Research Council [Spain] (CSIC) | Chemistry, University of Hamburg ; Institute of Food Chemistry ; Universität Hamburg = University of Hamburg (UHH)-Universität Hamburg = University of Hamburg (UHH) | The research leading to these results received funding from the European Union Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under Grant Agreement 265171.
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Show more [+] Less [-]English. Many experiments have shown that local biodiversity loss impairs the ability of ecosystems to maintain multiple ecosystem functions at high levels (multifunctionality). In contrast, the role of biodiversity in driving ecosystem multifunctionality at landscape scales remains unresolved. We used a comprehensive pan-European dataset, including 16 ecosystem functions measured in 209 forest plots across six European countries, and performed simulations to investigate how local plot-scale richness of tree species (alpha-diversity) and their turnover between plots (beta-diversity) are related to landscape-scale multifunctionality. After accounting for variation in environmental conditions, we found that relationships between alpha-diversity and landscape-scale multifunctionality varied from positive to negative depending on the multifunctionality metric used. In contrast, when significant, relationships between beta-diversity and landscape-scale multifunctionality were always positive, because a high spatial turnover in species composition was closely related to a high spatial turnover in functions that were supported at high levels. Our findings have major implications for forest management and indicate that biotic homogenization can have previously unrecognized and negative consequences for large-scale ecosystem multifunctionality.
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