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T1 Biotic homogenization can decrease landscape-scale forest multifunctionality
A1 Van der Plas, F.
A1 Zavala Gironés, Miguel Ángel de
K1 Beta-diversity
K1 Biodiversity
K1 Ecosystem functioning
K1 Spatial scale
K1 Medio Ambiente
K1 Environmental science
AB Many experiments have shown that local biodiversity loss impairsthe ability of ecosystems to maintain multiple ecosystem functions athigh levels (multifunctionality). In contrast, the role of biodiversityin driving ecosystem multifunctionality at landscape scales remainsunresolved. We used a comprehensive pan-European dataset,including 16 ecosystem functions measured in 209 forest plots acrosssix European countries, and performed simulations to investigatehow local plot-scale richness of tree species (alfa-diversity) and theirturnover between plots (beta-diversity) are related to landscape-scalemultifunctionality. After accounting for variation in environmentalconditions, we found that relationships between alfa-diversity andlandscape-scale multifunctionality varied from positive to negativedepending on the multifunctionality metric used. In contrast, whensignificant, relationships between beta-diversity and landscape-scalemultifunctionality were always positive, because a high spatial turnoverin species composition was closely related to a high spatialturnover in functions that were supported at high levels. Our findingshave major implications for forest management and indicatethat biotic homogenization can have previously unrecognized andnegative consequences for large-scale ecosystem multifunctionality.
SN 0027-8424
YR 2016
FD 2016
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10017/37623
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10017/37623
LA eng
NO European Union
DS MINDS@UW
RD 20-abr-2024