The links between ecosystem multifunctionality and above- and belowground biodiversity are mediated by climate

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	The links between ecosystem multifunctionality and above- and belowground biodiversity are mediated by climate
	Jing, Xin ; Sanders, Nathan J. ; Shi, Yu ; Chu, Haiyan ; Classen, Aimee T. ; Zhao, Ke ; Chen, Litong ; Shi, Yue ; Jiang, Youxu ; He, Jin-Sheng
	2015-09-01
发表期刊	NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
摘要	Plant biodiversity is often correlated with ecosystem functioning in terrestrial ecosystems. However, we know little about the relative and combined effects of above-and belowground biodiversity on multiple ecosystem functions (for example, ecosystem multifunctionality, EMF) or how climate might mediate those relationships. Here we tease apart the effects of biotic and abiotic factors, both above- and belowground, on EMF on the Tibetan Plateau, China. We found that a suite of biotic and abiotic variables account for up to 86% of the variation in EMF, with the combined effects of above-and belowground biodiversity accounting for 45% of the variation in EMF. Our results have two important implications: first, including belowground biodiversity in models can improve the ability to explain and predict EMF. Second, regional-scale variation in climate, and perhaps climate change, can determine, or at least modify, the effects of biodiversity on EMF in natural ecosystems.; Plant biodiversity is often correlated with ecosystem functioning in terrestrial ecosystems. However, we know little about the relative and combined effects of above-and belowground biodiversity on multiple ecosystem functions (for example, ecosystem multifunctionality, EMF) or how climate might mediate those relationships. Here we tease apart the effects of biotic and abiotic factors, both above- and belowground, on EMF on the Tibetan Plateau, China. We found that a suite of biotic and abiotic variables account for up to 86% of the variation in EMF, with the combined effects of above-and belowground biodiversity accounting for 45% of the variation in EMF. Our results have two important implications: first, including belowground biodiversity in models can improve the ability to explain and predict EMF. Second, regional-scale variation in climate, and perhaps climate change, can determine, or at least modify, the effects of biodiversity on EMF in natural ecosystems.
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://210.75.249.4/handle/363003/27485
专题	中国科学院西北高原生物研究所
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Jing, Xin,Sanders, Nathan J.,Shi, Yu,et al. The links between ecosystem multifunctionality and above- and belowground biodiversity are mediated by climate[J]. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS,2015.
APA	Jing, Xin.,Sanders, Nathan J..,Shi, Yu.,Chu, Haiyan.,Classen, Aimee T..,...&He, Jin-Sheng.(2015).The links between ecosystem multifunctionality and above- and belowground biodiversity are mediated by climate.NATURE COMMUNICATIONS.
MLA	Jing, Xin,et al."The links between ecosystem multifunctionality and above- and belowground biodiversity are mediated by climate".NATURE COMMUNICATIONS (2015).