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1. The functional structure of plant communities drives soil functioning via changes in soil abiotic properties

Author

Czech Science Foundation, Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), European Commission, Comunidad de Madrid, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Estonian Research Council, Valencia, Enrique [0000-0003-3359-0759], Galland, Thomas [0000-0003-0883-8871], Carmona, Carlos P. [0000-0001-6935-4913], Goberna, Marta [0000-0001-5303-3429], Götzenberger, Lars [0000-0003-3040-2900], Lepš, J. [0000-0002-4822-7429], Verdú, Miguel [0000-0002-9778-7692, de Bello, Francesco [0000-0001-9202-8198], Valencia, Enrique, Galland, Thomas, Carmona, Carlos P., Goberna, M., Götzenberger, Lars, Lepš, J., Verdú, Miguel, Macek, Petr, de Bello, Francesco, Czech Science Foundation, Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), European Commission, Comunidad de Madrid, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Estonian Research Council, Valencia, Enrique [0000-0003-3359-0759], Galland, Thomas [0000-0003-0883-8871], Carmona, Carlos P. [0000-0001-6935-4913], Goberna, Marta [0000-0001-5303-3429], Götzenberger, Lars [0000-0003-3040-2900], Lepš, J. [0000-0002-4822-7429], Verdú, Miguel [0000-0002-9778-7692, de Bello, Francesco [0000-0001-9202-8198], Valencia, Enrique, Galland, Thomas, Carmona, Carlos P., Goberna, M., Götzenberger, Lars, Lepš, J., Verdú, Miguel, Macek, Petr, and de Bello, Francesco

Abstract

While biodiversity is expected to enhance multiple ecosystem functions (EFs), the different roles of multiple biodiversity dimensions remain difficult to disentangle without carefully designed experiments. We sowed plant communities with independent levels of functional (FD) and phylogenetic diversities (PD), combined with different levels of fertilization, to investigate their direct and indirect roles on multiple EFs, including plant-related EFs (plant biomass productivity, litter decomposability), soil fertility (organic carbon and nutrient pool variables), soil microbial activity (respiration and nutrient cycling), and an overall multifunctionality. We expected an increase in most EFs in communities with higher values of FD and/or PD via complementarity effects, but also the dominant plant types (using community weighted mean, CWM, independent of FD and PD) via selection effects on several EFs. The results showed strong direct effects of different dimensions of plant functional structure parameters on plant-related EFs, through either CWM or FD, with weak effects of PD. Fertilization had significant effects on one soil microbial activity and indirect effects on the other variables via changes in soil abiotic properties. Dominant plant types and FD showed only indirect effects on soil microbial activity, through litter decomposition and soil abiotic properties, highlighting the importance of cascading effects. This study shows the relevance of complementary dimensions of biodiversity for assessing both direct and cascading effects on multiple EFs.

Published
2022

2. Differences in trait–environment relationships: Implications for community weighted means tests

Author

Czech Science Foundation, Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España), Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), Lepš, J., de Bello, Francesco, Czech Science Foundation, Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España), Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), Lepš, J., and de Bello, Francesco

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One of J.P. Grime's greatest achievements was demonstrating the importance of the relationship between the environment and plant functional traits for understanding community assembly processes and the effects of biodiversity on ecosystem functioning. A popular approach assessing trait–environment relationships is the community weighted means (CWMs) method, which evaluates changes in communities' average trait values along gradients, with Grime being among its first practitioners. Today the CWM method is well-established but some scholars have criticized it for inflated Type I errors. That is, in some scenarios of compositional turnover along a gradient, CWM tests can provide significant results even for randomly generated traits. Null models have been proposed to correct for such effects by randomizing trait values across species (CWM-sp). We review different approaches relating traits to the environment within the framework of the accepted dichotomy between species-level (observations are species) versus community-level (observations are community parameters) analyses. Between these families of analyses and their combinations, a great variety of methods exist that test different trait–environment relationships, each with different null hypotheses and ecological questions. In classic CWM tests, the null hypothesis focuses on characteristics of trait distributions at the community level along gradients. The Type I error rate should not be a priori considered inflated when this test is used to identify changes in community trait structure affecting the functioning of communities. Trait changes observed with CWM tests may be accurate, but the interpretation that a specific trait drives turnover may be fallacious. Approaches like CWM-sp may be more appropriate for testing other ecological hypotheses, such as whether trait–environment relationships are widespread across species. In effect, this moves the ecological focus towards species-level analyses, that is on the ad

Published
2023

3. Functional trait trade-offs define plant population stability across different biomes

Author

Czech Science Foundation, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España), Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), Scottish Government's Rural and Environment Science and Analytical Services, Estonian Research Council, European Commission, New Zealand Government, Comunidad de Madrid, Natural Environment Research Council (UK), Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (UK), Leverhulme Trust, National Science Foundation (US), Fundación Ramón Areces, Conti, Luisa, Valencia, Enrique, Galland, Thomas, Götzenberger, Lars, Lepš, J., E-Vojtkó, Anna, Carmona, Carlos P., Majekova, M., Danihelka, Jiří, Dengler, Jürgen, Eldridge, David J., Estiarte, Marc, García-González, Ricardo, Garnier, Eric, Gómez García, Daniel, Hadincová, Věra, Harrison, Susan P., Herben, Tomas, Ibáñez, Ricardo, Jentsch, Anke, Juergens, Norbert, Kertész, Miklós, Klumpp, Katja, Krahulec, František, Louault, Frédérique, Marrs, Rob H., Ónodi, Gábor, Pakeman, Robin J., Pärtel, Meelis, Peco, Begoña, Peñuelas, Josep, Rueda, Marta, Schmidt, Wolfgang, Schmiedel, Ute, Schuetz, Martin, Skalova, Hana, Šmilauer, Petr, Šmilauerová, Marie, Smit, Christian, Song, Ming‐Hua, Stock, Martin, Val, James, Vandvik, Vigdis, Ward, David, Wesche, Karsten, Wiser, Susan K., Woodcock, Ben A., Young, Truman P., Yu, Fei‐Hai, Zobel, Martin, de Bello, Francesco, Czech Science Foundation, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España), Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), Scottish Government's Rural and Environment Science and Analytical Services, Estonian Research Council, European Commission, New Zealand Government, Comunidad de Madrid, Natural Environment Research Council (UK), Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (UK), Leverhulme Trust, National Science Foundation (US), Fundación Ramón Areces, Conti, Luisa, Valencia, Enrique, Galland, Thomas, Götzenberger, Lars, Lepš, J., E-Vojtkó, Anna, Carmona, Carlos P., Majekova, M., Danihelka, Jiří, Dengler, Jürgen, Eldridge, David J., Estiarte, Marc, García-González, Ricardo, Garnier, Eric, Gómez García, Daniel, Hadincová, Věra, Harrison, Susan P., Herben, Tomas, Ibáñez, Ricardo, Jentsch, Anke, Juergens, Norbert, Kertész, Miklós, Klumpp, Katja, Krahulec, František, Louault, Frédérique, Marrs, Rob H., Ónodi, Gábor, Pakeman, Robin J., Pärtel, Meelis, Peco, Begoña, Peñuelas, Josep, Rueda, Marta, Schmidt, Wolfgang, Schmiedel, Ute, Schuetz, Martin, Skalova, Hana, Šmilauer, Petr, Šmilauerová, Marie, Smit, Christian, Song, Ming‐Hua, Stock, Martin, Val, James, Vandvik, Vigdis, Ward, David, Wesche, Karsten, Wiser, Susan K., Woodcock, Ben A., Young, Truman P., Yu, Fei‐Hai, Zobel, Martin, and de Bello, Francesco

Abstract

Ecological theory posits that temporal stability patterns in plant populations are associated with differences in species' ecological strategies. However, empirical evidence is lacking about which traits, or trade-offs, underlie species stability, especially across different biomes. We compiled a worldwide collection of long-term permanent vegetation records (greater than 7000 plots from 78 datasets) from a large range of habitats which we combined with existing trait databases. We tested whether the observed inter-annual variability in species abundance (coefficient of variation) was related to multiple individual traits. We found that populations with greater leaf dry matter content and seed mass were more stable over time. Despite the variability explained by these traits being low, their effect was consistent across different datasets. Other traits played a significant, albeit weaker, role in species stability, and the inclusion of multi-variate axes or phylogeny did not substantially modify nor improve predictions. These results provide empirical evidence and highlight the relevance of specific ecological trade-offs, i.e. in different resource-use and dispersal strategies, for plant populations stability across multiple biomes. Further research is, however, necessary to integrate and evaluate the role of other specific traits, often not available in databases, and intraspecific trait variability in modulating species stability.

Published
2023

4. Effects of functional and phylogenetic diversity on the temporal dynamics of soil N availability

Author

British Ecological Society, Comunidad de Madrid, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Czech Science Foundation, Estonian Research Council, Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Portugal), Valencia, Enrique, de Bello, Francesco, Galland, Thomas, Götzenberger, Lars, Lepš, J., Durán, Jorge, Carmona, Carlos P., British Ecological Society, Comunidad de Madrid, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Czech Science Foundation, Estonian Research Council, Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Portugal), Valencia, Enrique, de Bello, Francesco, Galland, Thomas, Götzenberger, Lars, Lepš, J., Durán, Jorge, and Carmona, Carlos P.

Abstract

[Purpose]: Plant species diversity is expected to affect multiple ecosystem functions, such as soil nitrogen (N) availability. However, this effect may be related to the ecological differentiation between coexisting species, often expressed as either functional diversity (FD; diversity in traits) or phylogenetic diversity (PD; diversity in phylogenetic ancestry) within plant communities. Evidence for the independent and combined role of FD and PD on ecosystem functions is generally missing, as measures of FD and PD are usually confounded in empirical studies. [Methods]: To solve this challenge we used an ad-hoc designed biodiversity experiment, with sown meadow plant communities forming independent combinations of FD and PD (low/low, low/high, high/low, high/high values, plus monocultures) and used ion-exchange membranes to monitor changes in soil N (i.e. NH4+-N and NO3−-N) availability through time (four sampling times per year; i.e. seasonality). [Results]: Our results showed a positive diversity effect for soil NH4+-N, with mixture communities yielding higher levels of NH4+-N than the corresponding monocultures. Within mixtures, communities with combinations of both high FD and PD showed the highest NH4+-N availability. Most importantly, although seasonality strongly affected soil N availability, diversity effects were generally consistent through time in the case of NH4+-N. In addition to these diversity effects, communities with higher proportion of nitrogen-fixing species also showed higher soil N availability. [Conclusions]: Plant communities composed of species with larger ecological differences can sustain high levels of available NH4+-N throughout the year, suggesting a stimulation of decomposition processes via the coexistence of plants with multiple strategies.

Published
2022

5. LOTVS: A global collection of permanent vegetation plots

Author

Royal Society of New Zealand, Czech Science Foundation, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (France), Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Germany), Oberfranken Stiftung, Agence Nationale de la Recherche (France), Scottish Government's Rural and Environment Science and Analytical Services, Estonian Research Council, European Commission, Fundación Ramón Areces, Generalitat de Catalunya, European Research Council, Dresden University of Technology, Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment (New Zealand), Natural Environment Research Council (UK), Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (UK), Comunidad de Madrid, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, National Science Foundation (US), Gaia Sperandii, Marta, de Bello, Francesco, Valencia, Enrique, Götzenberger, Lars, Bazzichetto, Manuele, Galland, Thomas, E-Vojtkó, Anna, Conti, Luisa, Adler, Peter B., Buckley, Hannah, Danihelka, Jiří, Day, Nicola J., Dengler, Jürgen, Eldridge, David J., Estiarte, Marc, García-González, Ricardo, Garnier, Eric, Gómez García, Daniel, Hallett, Lauren, Harrison, Susan P., Herben, Tomas, Ibáñez, Ricardo, Jentsch, Anke, Juergens, Norbert, Kertész, Miklós, Kimuyu, Duncan M., Klumpp, Katja, Le Duc, Mike, Louault, Frédérique, Marrs, Rob H., Ónodi, Gábor, Pakeman, Robin J., Pärtel, Meelis, Peco, Begoña, Peñuelas, Josep, Rueda, Marta, Schmidt, Wolfgang, Schmiedel, Ute, Schuetz, Martin, Skalova, Hana, Šmilauer, Petr, Šmilauerová, Marie, Smit, Christian, Song, Ming‐Hua, Stock, Martin, Val, James, Vandvik, Vigdis, Wesche, Karsten, Wiser, Susan K., Woodcock, Ben A., Young, Truman P., Yu, Fei‐Hai, Wolf, Amelia A., Zobel, Martin, Lepš, J., Royal Society of New Zealand, Czech Science Foundation, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (France), Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Germany), Oberfranken Stiftung, Agence Nationale de la Recherche (France), Scottish Government's Rural and Environment Science and Analytical Services, Estonian Research Council, European Commission, Fundación Ramón Areces, Generalitat de Catalunya, European Research Council, Dresden University of Technology, Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment (New Zealand), Natural Environment Research Council (UK), Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (UK), Comunidad de Madrid, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, National Science Foundation (US), Gaia Sperandii, Marta, de Bello, Francesco, Valencia, Enrique, Götzenberger, Lars, Bazzichetto, Manuele, Galland, Thomas, E-Vojtkó, Anna, Conti, Luisa, Adler, Peter B., Buckley, Hannah, Danihelka, Jiří, Day, Nicola J., Dengler, Jürgen, Eldridge, David J., Estiarte, Marc, García-González, Ricardo, Garnier, Eric, Gómez García, Daniel, Hallett, Lauren, Harrison, Susan P., Herben, Tomas, Ibáñez, Ricardo, Jentsch, Anke, Juergens, Norbert, Kertész, Miklós, Kimuyu, Duncan M., Klumpp, Katja, Le Duc, Mike, Louault, Frédérique, Marrs, Rob H., Ónodi, Gábor, Pakeman, Robin J., Pärtel, Meelis, Peco, Begoña, Peñuelas, Josep, Rueda, Marta, Schmidt, Wolfgang, Schmiedel, Ute, Schuetz, Martin, Skalova, Hana, Šmilauer, Petr, Šmilauerová, Marie, Smit, Christian, Song, Ming‐Hua, Stock, Martin, Val, James, Vandvik, Vigdis, Wesche, Karsten, Wiser, Susan K., Woodcock, Ben A., Young, Truman P., Yu, Fei‐Hai, Wolf, Amelia A., Zobel, Martin, and Lepš, J.

Abstract

Analysing temporal patterns in plant communities is extremely important to quantify the extent and the consequences of ecological changes, especially considering the current biodiversity crisis. Long-term data collected through the regular sampling of permanent plots represent the most accurate resource to study ecological succession, analyse the stability of a community over time and understand the mechanisms driving vegetation change. We hereby present the LOng-Term Vegetation Sampling (LOTVS) initiative, a global collection of vegetation time-series derived from the regular monitoring of plant species in permanent plots. With 79 data sets from five continents and 7,789 vegetation time-series monitored for at least 6 years and mostly on an annual basis, LOTVS possibly represents the largest collection of temporally fine-grained vegetation time-series derived from permanent plots and made accessible to the research community. As such, it has an outstanding potential to support innovative research in the fields of vegetation science, plant ecology and temporal ecology.

Published
2022

6. Closely related species differ in their traits, but competition induces high intra-specific variability.

Author

Janíková E, Konečná M, Lisner A, Applová M, Blažek P, E-Vojtkó A, Götzenberger L, and Lepš J

Abstract

Theories explaining community assembly assume that biotic and abiotic filters sort species into communities based on the values of their traits and are thus based on between-species trait variability (BTV). Nevertheless, these filters act on individuals rather than on species. Consequently, the selection is also influenced by intraspecific trait variability (ITV) and its drivers. These drivers may be abiotic (e.g., water availability) or biotic (e.g., competition). Although closely related species should have similar traits, many of them coexist. We investigated the relative magnitudes of BTV and ITV in coexisting closely related species and how their individual traits differ under different drivers of ITV. We manipulated conditions in a greenhouse pot experiment with four common Carex species, where individuals of each species originated from four source localities. Individuals were grown in factorial combinations of two moisture levels, with and without a competitor (grass species Holcus lanatus, a frequent competitor). We analyzed the variability of six morphological traits on individuals in the greenhouse and three morphological traits in the source localities. Species identity was the main determinant of differences in most traits. Competition exerted a greater effect than water availability. For leaf dry matter content (LDMC) and vegetative height, competition's effect even exceeded the variability among species. On the contrary, for specific leaf area (SLA) and clonal spread, the interspecific differences exceeded ITV induced by experimental treatments. SLA measured in the greenhouse closely correlated with values measured in field populations, while LDMC did not. The variability caused by source locality of ramets in the greenhouse was small, although sometimes significant. Closely related species differ in their traits, but for some traits, ITV can exceed BTV. We can expect that ITV can modify the processes of community assembly, particularly among coexisting closely related species., Competing Interests: The authors declare no conflict of interest., (© 2024 The Author(s). Ecology and Evolution published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.)

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2024
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7. Cumulative nitrogen enrichment alters the drivers of grassland overyielding.

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He M, Barry KE, Soons MB, Allan E, Cappelli SL, Craven D, Doležal J, Isbell F, Lanta V, Lepš J, Liang M, Mason N, Palmborg C, Pichon NA, da Silveira Pontes L, Reich PB, Roscher C, and Hautier Y

Subjects
Nitrogen, Biodiversity, Plants, Ecosystem, Grassland
Abstract

Effects of plant diversity on grassland productivity, or overyielding, are found to be robust to nutrient enrichment. However, the impact of cumulative nitrogen (N) addition (total N added over time) on overyielding and its drivers are underexplored. Synthesizing data from 15 multi-year grassland biodiversity experiments with N addition, we found that N addition decreases complementarity effects and increases selection effects proportionately, resulting in no overall change in overyielding regardless of N addition rate. However, we observed a convex relationship between overyielding and cumulative N addition, driven by a shift from complementarity to selection effects. This shift suggests diminishing positive interactions and an increasing contribution of a few dominant species with increasing N accumulation. Recognizing the importance of cumulative N addition is vital for understanding its impacts on grassland overyielding, contributing essential insights for biodiversity conservation and ecosystem resilience in the face of increasing N deposition., (© 2024. The Author(s).)

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2024
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8. Evaluation of seed-dispersal services by ants at a temperate pasture: Results of direct observations in an ant suppression experiment.

Author

Konečná M, Lisner A, Blažek P, Pech P, and Lepš J

Abstract

Ants disperse seeds of many plant species adapted to myrmecochory. While advantages of this ant-plant mutualism for myrmecochorous plants (myrmecochores) have been previously studied in temperate region mostly in forests, our study system was a pasture. Moreover, we used a unique combination of observing the effect of ant-activity suppression on ant dispersal and comparison of the contribution of ant and unassisted dispersal to the distance from mother plant. We established plots without and with ant-activity suppression (enclosures). We offered diaspores of a myrmecochorous ( Knautia arvensis ), and a non-myrmecochorous ( Plantago lanceolata ) species in a choice test and followed ants carrying diaspores during days and nights (focus of previous studies was on diurnal dispersal). We measured frequency and distances of ant dispersal and compared them with unassisted dispersal recorded using sticky trap method. The dispersal frequency was lower in enclosures (3.16 times). Ants strongly preferred diaspores of the myrmecochore to non-myrmecochore with 586 and 42 dispersal events, respectively (out of 6400 diaspores of each species offered). Ant dispersal resulted in more even and on average longer distances (maximum almost tenfold longer, 994 cm) in comparison to unassisted dispersal. Ant dispersal altered the distribution of distances of the myrmecochore from roughly symmetric for unassisted dispersal to positively skewed. Ants dispersed heavier diaspores farther. Ants dropped the majority of diaspores during the dispersal (which reduces clustering of seeds), while several (11%) were carried into anthills. Anthills are disturbed microsites presumably favorable for germination in competitive habitats. Ants provided non-negligible dispersal services to myrmecochorous K. arvensis but also, to a lesser extent, of non-myrmecochorous P. lanceolata ., Competing Interests: None., (© 2023 The Authors. Ecology and Evolution published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.)

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2023
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9. Functional trait trade-offs define plant population stability across different biomes.

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Conti L, Valencia E, Galland T, Götzenberger L, Lepš J, E-Vojtkó A, Carmona CP, Májeková M, Danihelka J, Dengler J, Eldridge DJ, Estiarte M, García-González R, Garnier E, Gómez D, Hadincová V, Harrison SP, Herben T, Ibáñez R, Jentsch A, Juergens N, Kertész M, Klumpp K, Krahulec F, Louault F, Marrs RH, Ónodi G, Pakeman RJ, Pärtel M, Peco B, Peñuelas J, Rueda M, Schmidt W, Schmiedel U, Schuetz M, Skalova H, Šmilauer P, Šmilauerová M, Smit C, Song M, Stock M, Val J, Vandvik V, Ward D, Wesche K, Wiser SK, Woodcock BA, Young TP, Yu FH, Zobel M, and de Bello F

Subjects
Phylogeny, Seeds, Phenotype, Plant Leaves, Ecosystem, Plants
Abstract

Ecological theory posits that temporal stability patterns in plant populations are associated with differences in species' ecological strategies. However, empirical evidence is lacking about which traits, or trade-offs, underlie species stability, especially across different biomes. We compiled a worldwide collection of long-term permanent vegetation records (greater than 7000 plots from 78 datasets) from a large range of habitats which we combined with existing trait databases. We tested whether the observed inter-annual variability in species abundance (coefficient of variation) was related to multiple individual traits. We found that populations with greater leaf dry matter content and seed mass were more stable over time. Despite the variability explained by these traits being low, their effect was consistent across different datasets. Other traits played a significant, albeit weaker, role in species stability, and the inclusion of multi-variate axes or phylogeny did not substantially modify nor improve predictions. These results provide empirical evidence and highlight the relevance of specific ecological trade-offs, i.e. in different resource-use and dispersal strategies, for plant populations stability across multiple biomes. Further research is, however, necessary to integrate and evaluate the role of other specific traits, often not available in databases, and intraspecific trait variability in modulating species stability.

Published
2023
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10. The functional structure of plant communities drives soil functioning via changes in soil abiotic properties.

Author

Valencia E, Galland T, Carmona CP, Goberna M, Götzenberger L, Lepš J, Verdú M, Macek P, and de Bello F

Subjects
Phylogeny, Plants, Biodiversity, Soil Microbiology, Soil chemistry, Ecosystem
Abstract

While biodiversity is expected to enhance multiple ecosystem functions (EFs), the different roles of multiple biodiversity dimensions remain difficult to disentangle without carefully designed experiments. We sowed plant communities with independent levels of functional (FD) and phylogenetic diversities (PD), combined with different levels of fertilization, to investigate their direct and indirect roles on multiple EFs, including plant-related EFs (plant biomass productivity, litter decomposability), soil fertility (organic carbon and nutrient pool variables), soil microbial activity (respiration and nutrient cycling), and an overall multifunctionality. We expected an increase in most EFs in communities with higher values of FD and/or PD via complementarity effects, but also the dominant plant types (using community weighted mean, CWM, independent of FD and PD) via selection effects on several EFs. The results showed strong direct effects of different dimensions of plant functional structure parameters on plant-related EFs, through either CWM or FD, with weak effects of PD. Fertilization had significant effects on one soil microbial activity and indirect effects on the other variables via changes in soil abiotic properties. Dominant plant types and FD showed only indirect effects on soil microbial activity, through litter decomposition and soil abiotic properties, highlighting the importance of cascading effects. This study shows the relevance of complementary dimensions of biodiversity for assessing both direct and cascading effects on multiple EFs., (© 2022 The Ecological Society of America.)

Published
2022
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