Cumulative nitrogen enrichment alters the drivers of grassland overyielding.
Commun Biol
; 7(1): 309, 2024 Mar 11.
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| ID: mdl-38467761
ABSTRACT
Effects of plant diversity on grassland productivity, or overyielding, are found to be robust to nutrient enrichment. However, the impact of cumulative nitrogen (N) addition (total N added over time) on overyielding and its drivers are underexplored. Synthesizing data from 15 multi-year grassland biodiversity experiments with N addition, we found that N addition decreases complementarity effects and increases selection effects proportionately, resulting in no overall change in overyielding regardless of N addition rate. However, we observed a convex relationship between overyielding and cumulative N addition, driven by a shift from complementarity to selection effects. This shift suggests diminishing positive interactions and an increasing contribution of a few dominant species with increasing N accumulation. Recognizing the importance of cumulative N addition is vital for understanding its impacts on grassland overyielding, contributing essential insights for biodiversity conservation and ecosystem resilience in the face of increasing N deposition.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Ecosystem
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Grassland
Language:
En
Journal:
Commun Biol
Year:
2024
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Netherlands