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Abundance- and functional-based mechanisms of plant diversity loss with fertilization in the presence and absence of herbivores
Yang, Zhongling ; Hautier, Yann ; Borer, Elizabeth T. ; Zhang, Chunhui ; Du, Guozhen
2015-09-01
发表期刊OECOLOGIA
摘要Nutrient supply and herbivores can regulate plant species composition, biodiversity and functioning of terrestrial ecosystems. Nutrient enrichment frequently increases plant productivity and decreases diversity while herbivores tend to maintain plant diversity in productive systems. However, the mechanisms by which nutrient enrichment and herbivores regulate plant diversity remain unclear. Abundance-based mechanisms propose that fertilization leads to the extinction of rare species due to random loss of individuals of all species. In contrast, functional-based mechanisms propose that species exclusion is based on functional traits which are disadvantageous under fertilized conditions. We tested mechanistic links between fertilization and diversity loss in the presence or absence of consumers using data from a 4-year fertilization and fencing experiment in an alpine meadow. We found that both abundance- and functional-based mechanisms simultaneously affected species loss in the absence of herbivores while only abundance-based mechanisms affected species loss in the presence of herbivores. Our results indicate that an abundance-based mechanism may consistently play a role in the loss of plant diversity with fertilization, and that diversity decline is driven primarily by the loss of rare species regardless of a plant's functional traits and whether or not herbivores are present. Increasing efforts to conserve rare species in the context of ecosystem eutrophication is a central challenge for grazed grassland ecosystems.; Nutrient supply and herbivores can regulate plant species composition, biodiversity and functioning of terrestrial ecosystems. Nutrient enrichment frequently increases plant productivity and decreases diversity while herbivores tend to maintain plant diversity in productive systems. However, the mechanisms by which nutrient enrichment and herbivores regulate plant diversity remain unclear. Abundance-based mechanisms propose that fertilization leads to the extinction of rare species due to random loss of individuals of all species. In contrast, functional-based mechanisms propose that species exclusion is based on functional traits which are disadvantageous under fertilized conditions. We tested mechanistic links between fertilization and diversity loss in the presence or absence of consumers using data from a 4-year fertilization and fencing experiment in an alpine meadow. We found that both abundance- and functional-based mechanisms simultaneously affected species loss in the absence of herbivores while only abundance-based mechanisms affected species loss in the presence of herbivores. Our results indicate that an abundance-based mechanism may consistently play a role in the loss of plant diversity with fertilization, and that diversity decline is driven primarily by the loss of rare species regardless of a plant's functional traits and whether or not herbivores are present. Increasing efforts to conserve rare species in the context of ecosystem eutrophication is a central challenge for grazed grassland ecosystems.
文献类型期刊论文
条目标识符http://210.75.249.4/handle/363003/37684
专题中国科学院西北高原生物研究所
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Yang, Zhongling,Hautier, Yann,Borer, Elizabeth T.,et al. Abundance- and functional-based mechanisms of plant diversity loss with fertilization in the presence and absence of herbivores[J]. OECOLOGIA,2015.
APA Yang, Zhongling,Hautier, Yann,Borer, Elizabeth T.,Zhang, Chunhui,&Du, Guozhen.(2015).Abundance- and functional-based mechanisms of plant diversity loss with fertilization in the presence and absence of herbivores.OECOLOGIA.
MLA Yang, Zhongling,et al."Abundance- and functional-based mechanisms of plant diversity loss with fertilization in the presence and absence of herbivores".OECOLOGIA (2015).
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