Mediterranean Region

Cambridge University Press eBooks, Год журнала: 2023, Номер unknown, С. 2233 - 2272

Опубликована: Июнь 22, 2023

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Язык: Английский

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The positive effect of plant diversity on soil carbon depends on climate

Nature Communications, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 14(1)

Опубликована: Окт. 19, 2023

Abstract Little is currently known about how climate modulates the relationship between plant diversity and soil organic carbon mechanisms involved. Yet, this knowledge of crucial importance in times change biodiversity loss. Here, we show that positively correlated with content carbon-to-nitrogen ratio across 84 grasslands on six continents span wide gradients. The relationships as well matter quality (carbon-to-nitrogen ratio) are particularly strong warm arid climates. While biomass carbon, not significantly diversity. Our results indicate influences storage via quantity (plant biomass) inputs to soil, but through matter. study implies ecosystem management restores likely enhances sequestration,

Язык: Английский

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Experimental impacts of grazing on grassland biodiversity and function are explained by aridity

Nature Communications, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 14(1)

Опубликована: Авг. 19, 2023

Grazing by domestic herbivores is the most widespread land use on planet, and also a major global change driver in grasslands. Yet, experimental evidence long-term impacts of livestock grazing biodiversity function largely lacking. Here, we report results from network 10 sites paired grazed ungrazed grasslands across an aridity gradient, including some largest remaining native planet. We show that partly explains responses multifunctionality to grazing. greatly reduced steppes with higher aridity, while had no effects relatively lower aridity. Moreover, found further changed capacity above- below-ground explain multifunctionality. Thus, plant diversity was positively correlated excluded livestock, soil Together, our cross-site experiment reveals depend levels, more arid experiencing negative ecosystem highlight fundamental importance conserving for protecting

Язык: Английский

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Structural diversity as a reliable and novel predictor for ecosystem productivity

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 21(1), С. 33 - 39

Опубликована: Фев. 1, 2023

The physical structure of vegetation is thought to be closely related ecosystem function, but little known its pertinence across geographic regions. Here, we used data from over three million trees in continental North America evaluate structural diversity – the volumetric capacity and arrangement biotic components ecosystems as a predictor productivity. We show that robust forest productivity consistently outperforms traditional measure species climate conditions America. Moreover, appears better surrogate niche occupancy because it captures variation size can realized space. Structural offers an easily measured metric direct restoration management decision making maximize carbon sequestration.

Язык: Английский

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A climate-induced tree species bottleneck for forest management in Europe

Nature Ecology & Evolution, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 8(6), С. 1109 - 1117

Опубликована: Апрель 29, 2024

Язык: Английский

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