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Biodiversity–stability relationships strengthen over time in a long-term grassland experiment

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  • Cameron Wagg

    (University of Zürich
    Fredericton Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 95 Innovation Road)

  • Christiane Roscher

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

  • Alexandra Weigelt

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

  • Anja Vogel

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

  • Anne Ebeling

    (University of Jena)

  • Enrica Luca

    (University of Zürich)

  • Anna Roeder

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

  • Clemens Kleinspehn

    (University of Bern)

  • Vicky M. Temperton

    (Leuphana University)

  • Sebastian T. Meyer

    (Terrestrial Ecology Research Group, Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Management, Center for Food and Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technische Universitat Munchen, Hans-Carl-von-Carlowitz-Platz 2)

  • Michael Scherer-Lorenzen

    (University Freiburg)

  • Nina Buchmann

    (Institute of Agricultural Sciences, ETH Zurich)

  • Markus Fischer

    (University of Bern)

  • Wolfgang W. Weisser

    (Terrestrial Ecology Research Group, Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Management, Center for Food and Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technische Universitat Munchen, Hans-Carl-von-Carlowitz-Platz 2)

  • Nico Eisenhauer

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

  • Bernhard Schmid

    (University of Zürich)

Abstract

Numerous studies have demonstrated that biodiversity drives ecosystem functioning, yet how biodiversity loss alters ecosystems functioning and stability in the long-term lacks experimental evidence. We report temporal effects of species richness on community productivity, stability, species asynchrony, and complementarity, and how the relationships among them change over 17 years in a grassland biodiversity experiment. Productivity declined more rapidly in less diverse communities resulting in temporally strengthening positive effects of richness on productivity, complementarity, and stability. In later years asynchrony played a more important role in increasing community stability as the negative effect of richness on population stability diminished. Only during later years did species complementarity relate to species asynchrony. These results show that species complementarity and asynchrony can take more than a decade to develop strong stabilizing effects on ecosystem functioning in diverse plant communities. Thus, the mechanisms stabilizing ecosystem functioning change with community age.

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  • Cameron Wagg & Christiane Roscher & Alexandra Weigelt & Anja Vogel & Anne Ebeling & Enrica Luca & Anna Roeder & Clemens Kleinspehn & Vicky M. Temperton & Sebastian T. Meyer & Michael Scherer-Lorenzen , 2022. "Biodiversity–stability relationships strengthen over time in a long-term grassland experiment," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-11, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:13:y:2022:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-022-35189-2
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-35189-2
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