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Contrasting responses of above- and belowground diversity to multiple components of land-use intensity

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  • Gaëtane Le Provost

    (Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung)

  • Jan Thiele

    (Thünen Institute of Biodiversity)

  • Catrin Westphal

    (University of Göttingen)

  • Caterina Penone

    (University of Bern)

  • Eric Allan

    (University of Bern)

  • Margot Neyret

    (Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung)

  • Fons van der Plas

    (Leipzig University
    Wageningen University & Research)

  • Manfred Ayasse

    (University of Ulm)

  • Richard D. Bardgett

    (The University of Manchester)

  • Klaus Birkhofer

    (Brandenburg University of Technology)

  • Steffen Boch

    (WSL Swiss Federal Research Institute)

  • Michael Bonkowski

    (University of Cologne)

  • Francois Buscot

    (UFZ-Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Department of Soil Ecology
    German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig)

  • Heike Feldhaar

    (University of Bayreuth
    University of Bayreuth)

  • Rachel Gaulton

    (Newcastle University)

  • Kezia Goldmann

    (UFZ-Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Department of Soil Ecology)

  • Martin M. Gossner

    (Forest Entomology, WSL Swiss Federal Research Institute
    Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems, ETH Zürich, Universitätstr. 16)

  • Valentin H. Klaus

    (ETH Zürich, Universitätstr. 2)

  • Till Kleinebecker

    (Justus Liebig University Giessen)

  • Jochen Krauss

    (University of Würzburg)

  • Swen Renner

    (University of Ulm
    Ornithology, Natural History Museum Vienna)

  • Pascal Scherreiks

    (Thünen Institute of Biodiversity)

  • Johannes Sikorski

    (Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures)

  • Dennis Baulechner

    (Justus Liebig University Giessen)

  • Nico Blüthgen

    (Technische Universität Darmstadt)

  • Ralph Bolliger

    (University of Bern)

  • Carmen Börschig

    (Georg-August University of Göttingen)

  • Verena Busch

    (Justus Liebig University Giessen)

  • Melanie Chisté

    (Technische Universität Darmstadt)

  • Anna Maria Fiore-Donno

    (University of Cologne)

  • Markus Fischer

    (Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung
    University of Bern)

  • Hartmut Arndt

    (University of Cologne)

  • Norbert Hoelzel

    (University of Münster)

  • Katharina John

    (Technische Universität Darmstadt)

  • Kirsten Jung

    (The University of Manchester)

  • Markus Lange

    (Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
    Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena)

  • Carlo Marzini

    (Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures)

  • Jörg Overmann

    (Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures)

  • Esther Paŝalić

    (Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena)

  • David J. Perović

    (Australian Cotton Research Institute)

  • Daniel Prati

    (University of Bern)

  • Deborah Schäfer

    (University of Bern)

  • Ingo Schöning

    (Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry)

  • Marion Schrumpf

    (Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry)

  • Ilja Sonnemann

    (Freie Universität Berlin)

  • Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter

    (University of Würzburg)

  • Marco Tschapka

    (University of Ulm)

  • Manfred Türke

    (German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig)

  • Juliane Vogt

    (Technical University of Munich)

  • Katja Wehner

    (Technische Universität Darmstadt)

  • Christiane Weiner

    (Technische Universität Darmstadt)

  • Wolfgang Weisser

    (Technical University of Munich)

  • Konstans Wells

    (Swansea University)

  • Michael Werner

    (University of Würzburg)

  • Volkmar Wolters

    (Justus Liebig University Giessen)

  • Tesfaye Wubet

    (German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig
    UFZ-Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research)

  • Susanne Wurst

    (Freie Universität Berlin)

  • Andrey S. Zaitsev

    (Justus Liebig University Giessen
    Russian Academy of Sciences)

  • Peter Manning

    (Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung)

Abstract

Land-use intensification is a major driver of biodiversity loss. However, understanding how different components of land use drive biodiversity loss requires the investigation of multiple trophic levels across spatial scales. Using data from 150 agricultural grasslands in central Europe, we assess the influence of multiple components of local- and landscape-level land use on more than 4,000 above- and belowground taxa, spanning 20 trophic groups. Plot-level land-use intensity is strongly and negatively associated with aboveground trophic groups, but positively or not associated with belowground trophic groups. Meanwhile, both above- and belowground trophic groups respond to landscape-level land use, but to different drivers: aboveground diversity of grasslands is promoted by diverse surrounding land-cover, while belowground diversity is positively related to a high permanent forest cover in the surrounding landscape. These results highlight a role of landscape-level land use in shaping belowground communities, and suggest that revised agroecosystem management strategies are needed to conserve whole-ecosystem biodiversity.

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  • Gaëtane Le Provost & Jan Thiele & Catrin Westphal & Caterina Penone & Eric Allan & Margot Neyret & Fons van der Plas & Manfred Ayasse & Richard D. Bardgett & Klaus Birkhofer & Steffen Boch & Michael B, 2021. "Contrasting responses of above- and belowground diversity to multiple components of land-use intensity," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 12(1), pages 1-13, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:12:y:2021:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-021-23931-1
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-23931-1
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    1. Neyret, M. & Fischer, M. & Allan, E. & Hölzel, N. & Klaus, V.H. & Kleinebecker, T. & Krauss, J. & Le Provost, G. & Peter, S. & Schenk, N. & Simons, N.K. & van der Plas, F. & Binkenstein, J. & Börsch, 2021. "Assessing the impact of grassland management on landscape multifunctionality," Ecosystem Services, Elsevier, vol. 52(C).
    2. Margot Neyret & Gaëtane Provost & Andrea Larissa Boesing & Florian D. Schneider & Dennis Baulechner & Joana Bergmann & Franciska T. Vries & Anna Maria Fiore-Donno & Stefan Geisen & Kezia Goldmann & An, 2024. "A slow-fast trait continuum at the whole community level in relation to land-use intensification," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-23, December.
    3. Hsi-Cheng Ho & Jakob Brodersen & Martin M. Gossner & Catherine H. Graham & Silvana Kaeser & Merin Reji Chacko & Ole Seehausen & Niklaus E. Zimmermann & Loïc Pellissier & Florian Altermatt, 2022. "Blue and green food webs respond differently to elevation and land use," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-12, December.
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