Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning relations in European forests depend on environmental context

The importance of biodiversity in supporting ecosystem functioning is generally well accepted. However, most evidence comes from small‐scale studies, and scaling‐up patterns of biodiversity–ecosystem functioning (B‐EF) remains challenging, in part because the importance of environmental factors in s...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Ecology letters Jg. 20; H. 11; S. 1414 - 1426
Hauptverfasser:	Ratcliffe, Sophia, Wirth, Christian, Jucker, Tommaso, der Plas, Fons, Scherer‐Lorenzen, Michael, Verheyen, Kris, Allan, Eric, Benavides, Raquel, Bruelheide, Helge, Ohse, Bettina, Paquette, Alain, Ampoorter, Evy, Bastias, Cristina C., Bauhus, Jürgen, Bonal, Damien, Bouriaud, Olivier, Bussotti, Filippo, Carnol, Monique, Castagneyrol, Bastien, Chećko, Ewa, Dawud, Seid Muhie, Wandeler, Hans De, Domisch, Timo, Finér, Leena, Fischer, Markus, Fotelli, Mariangela, Gessler, Arthur, Granier, André, Grossiord, Charlotte, Guyot, Virginie, Haase, Josephine, Hättenschwiler, Stephan, Jactel, Hervé, Jaroszewicz, Bogdan, Joly, François‐Xavier, Kambach, Stephan, Kolb, Simon, Koricheva, Julia, Liebersgesell, Mario, Milligan, Harriet, Müller, Sandra, Muys, Bart, Nguyen, Diem, Nock, Charles, Pollastrini, Martina, Purschke, Oliver, Radoglou, Kalliopi, Raulund‐Rasmussen, Karsten, Roger, Fabian, Ruiz‐Benito, Paloma, Seidl, Rupert, Selvi, Federico, Seiferling, Ian, Stenlid, Jan, Valladares, Fernando, Vesterdal, Lars, Baeten, Lander, Bardgett, Richard
Format:	Journal Article
Sprache:	Englisch
Veröffentlicht:	England Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.11.2017 Wiley
Schlagworte:	BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES Biodiversity Biologie végétale (sciences végétales, sylviculture, mycologie...) Climate Climate Change community crown plasticity drought Ecological function Ecology Ecosystem Ecosystems Ekologi Environmental factors Environmental Sciences Environmental sciences & ecology Europe Forestry research Forests Functional diversity FunDivEUROPE GEOSCIENCES Growing season growing season length increase Life Sciences litter decomposition Miljövetenskap multifunctionality Phytobiology (plant sciences, forestry, mycology...) Plant species productivity resistance resource resource heterogeneity Scaling Sciences de l’environnement & écologie Sciences du vivant species diversity Species richness stands tree species-diversity trees Water availability Europe resource heterogeneity species richness growing season length FunDivEUROPE Functional diversity multifunctionality water availability
ISSN:	1461-023X, 1461-0248, 1461-0248
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Zusammenfassung:	The importance of biodiversity in supporting ecosystem functioning is generally well accepted. However, most evidence comes from small‐scale studies, and scaling‐up patterns of biodiversity–ecosystem functioning (B‐EF) remains challenging, in part because the importance of environmental factors in shaping B‐EF relations is poorly understood. Using a forest research platform in which 26 ecosystem functions were measured along gradients of tree species richness in six regions across Europe, we investigated the extent and the potential drivers of context dependency of B‐EF relations. Despite considerable variation in species richness effects across the continent, we found a tendency for stronger B‐EF relations in drier climates as well as in areas with longer growing seasons and more functionally diverse tree species. The importance of water availability in driving context dependency suggests that as water limitation increases under climate change, biodiversity may become even more important to support high levels of functioning in European forests.
Bibliographie:	ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 14 content type line 23 scopus-id:2-s2.0-85031504227 info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/265171 USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program AC52-06NA25396 LA-UR-17-28670
ISSN:	1461-023X 1461-0248 1461-0248
DOI:	10.1111/ele.12849