In:
eLife, eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd, Vol. 7 ( 2018-11-28)
Kurzfassung:
Biodiversity increases ecosystem functions underpinning a suite of services valued by society, including services provided by soils. To test whether, and how, future environments alter the relationship between biodiversity and multiple ecosystem functions, we measured grassland plant diversity effects on single soil functions and ecosystem multifunctionality, and compared relationships in four environments: ambient conditions, elevated atmospheric CO2, enriched N supply, and elevated CO2 and N in combination. Our results showed that plant diversity increased three out of four soil functions and, consequently, ecosystem multifunctionality. Remarkably, biodiversity-ecosystem function relationships were similarly significant under current and future environmental conditions, yet weaker with enriched N supply. Structural equation models revealed that plant diversity enhanced ecosystem multifunctionality by increasing plant community functional diversity, and the even provision of multiple functions. Conserving local plant diversity is therefore a robust strategy to maintain multiple valuable ecosystem services in both present and future environmental conditions.
Materialart:
Online-Ressource
ISSN:
2050-084X
DOI:
10.7554/eLife.41228.001
DOI:
10.7554/eLife.41228.002
DOI:
10.7554/eLife.41228.003
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10.7554/eLife.41228.004
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10.7554/eLife.41228.005
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10.7554/eLife.41228.006
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10.7554/eLife.41228.007
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10.7554/eLife.41228.008
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10.7554/eLife.41228.009
DOI:
10.7554/eLife.41228.010
DOI:
10.7554/eLife.41228.011
DOI:
10.7554/eLife.41228.012
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10.7554/eLife.41228.013
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10.7554/eLife.41228.014
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10.7554/eLife.41228.015
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10.7554/eLife.41228.016
DOI:
10.7554/eLife.41228.017
DOI:
10.7554/eLife.41228.019
DOI:
10.7554/eLife.41228.020
Sprache:
Englisch
Verlag:
eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd
Publikationsdatum:
2018
ZDB Id:
2687154-3
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