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Land-use intensification causes multitrophic homogenization of grassland communities

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  • Martin M. Gossner

    (Terrestrial Ecology Research Group, School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technical University of Munich
    Institute of Ecology, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Dornburger Str 159, Jena D-07743, Germany
    Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL)

  • Thomas M. Lewinsohn

    (Terrestrial Ecology Research Group, School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technical University of Munich
    IB, UNICAMP—University of Campinas, Campinas)

  • Tiemo Kahl

    (Chair of Silviculture, Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Freiburg
    Biosphere Reserve Vessertal-Thuringian Forest)

  • Fabrice Grassein

    (Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern)

  • Steffen Boch

    (Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern)

  • Daniel Prati

    (Biosphere Reserve Vessertal-Thuringian Forest)

  • Klaus Birkhofer

    (Biodiversity and Conservation Science, Lund University
    Chair of Ecology, Faculty Environment and Natural Sciences, BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg)

  • Swen C. Renner

    (Institute of Zoology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences
    Institute of Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation Genomics, University of Ulm)

  • Johannes Sikorski

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

  • Tesfaye Wubet

    (UFZ-Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
    Institute of Biology, Leipzig University)

  • Hartmut Arndt

    (Biocentre, Institute for Zoology, General Ecology, University of Cologne)

  • Vanessa Baumgartner

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

  • Stefan Blaser

    (Biosphere Reserve Vessertal-Thuringian Forest)

  • Nico Blüthgen

    (Ecological Networks, Technische Universität Darmstadt)

  • Carmen Börschig

    (Biocentre, University of Würzburg)

  • Francois Buscot

    (UFZ-Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
    Institute of Biology, Leipzig University)

  • Tim Diekötter

    (Animal Ecology, Justus-Liebig-University
    Landscape Ecology, Institute for Natural Resource Conservation, Kiel University)

  • Leonardo Ré Jorge

    (IB, UNICAMP—University of Campinas, Campinas)

  • Kirsten Jung

    (Institute of Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation Genomics, University of Ulm)

  • Alexander C. Keyel

    (University of Göttingen)

  • Alexandra-Maria Klein

    (Chair of Nature Conservation and Landscape Ecology, Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Freiburg)

  • Sandra Klemmer

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

  • Jochen Krauss

    (Biocentre, University of Würzburg)

  • Markus Lange

    (Terrestrial Ecology Research Group, School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technical University of Munich
    Institute of Ecology, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Dornburger Str 159, Jena D-07743, Germany
    Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry)

  • Jörg Müller

    (Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam)

  • Jörg Overmann

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

  • Esther Pašalić

    (Terrestrial Ecology Research Group, School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technical University of Munich
    Institute of Ecology, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Dornburger Str 159, Jena D-07743, Germany)

  • Caterina Penone

    (Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern)

  • David J. Perović

    (Institute of Applied Ecology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University
    Agroecology, Georg-August-University Göttingen)

  • Oliver Purschke

    (German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig
    Martin Luther University
    Geobotany and Botanical Garden, Institute of Biology, Martin Luther University)

  • Peter Schall

    (University of Göttingen)

  • Stephanie A. Socher

    (Botanical Garden, University of Salzburg)

  • Ilja Sonnemann

    (Functional Biodiversity, Institute of Biology, Freie Universität Berlin)

  • Marco Tschapka

    (Institute of Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation Genomics, University of Ulm)

  • Teja Tscharntke

    (Agroecology, Georg-August-University Göttingen)

  • Manfred Türke

    (Terrestrial Ecology Research Group, School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technical University of Munich
    Institute of Ecology, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Dornburger Str 159, Jena D-07743, Germany
    Institute of Biology, Leipzig University
    German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig)

  • Paul Christiaan Venter

    (Biocentre, Institute for Zoology, General Ecology, University of Cologne)

  • Christiane N. Weiner

    (Ecological Networks, Technische Universität Darmstadt)

  • Michael Werner

    (Ecological Networks, Technische Universität Darmstadt)

  • Volkmar Wolters

    (Animal Ecology, Justus-Liebig-University)

  • Susanne Wurst

    (Functional Biodiversity, Institute of Biology, Freie Universität Berlin)

  • Catrin Westphal

    (Agroecology, Georg-August-University Göttingen)

  • Markus Fischer
  • Wolfgang W. Weisser

    (Terrestrial Ecology Research Group, School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technical University of Munich
    Institute of Ecology, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Dornburger Str 159, Jena D-07743, Germany)

  • Eric Allan

    (Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern
    Centre for Development and Environment, University of Bern)

Abstract

Analysis of a large grassland biodiversity dataset shows that increases in local land-use intensity cause biotic homogenization at landscape scale across microbial, plant and animal groups, both above- and belowground, that is largely independent of changes in local diversity.

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  • Martin M. Gossner & Thomas M. Lewinsohn & Tiemo Kahl & Fabrice Grassein & Steffen Boch & Daniel Prati & Klaus Birkhofer & Swen C. Renner & Johannes Sikorski & Tesfaye Wubet & Hartmut Arndt & Vanessa B, 2016. "Land-use intensification causes multitrophic homogenization of grassland communities," Nature, Nature, vol. 540(7632), pages 266-269, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:540:y:2016:i:7632:d:10.1038_nature20575
    DOI: 10.1038/nature20575
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