Artículo
Herbivory and nutrients shape grassland soil seed banks
Eskelinen, Anu; Jessen, Maria Theresa; Bahamonde, Héctor Alejandro; Bakker, Jonathan; Borer, Elizabeth; Caldeira, Maria C.; Harpole, W. Stanley; Jia, Meiyu; Lannes, Luciola S.; Nogueira, Carla; Olde Venterink, Harry; Peri, Pablo Luis
; Porath Krause, Anita J.; Seabloom, Eric; Schroeder, Katie; Tognetti, Pedro Maximiliano
; Yasui, Simone Louise E.; Virtanen, Risto; Sullivan, Lauren L.
Fecha de publicación:
07/2023
Editorial:
Springer Nature
Revista:
Nature Communications
ISSN:
2041-1723
Idioma:
Inglés
Tipo de recurso:
Artículo publicado
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Resumen
Anthropogenic nutrient enrichment and shifts in herbivory can lead to dramatic changes in the composition and diversity of aboveground plant communities. In turn, this can alter seed banks in the soil, which are cryptic reservoirs of plant diversity. Here, we use data from seven Nutrient Network grassland sites on four continents, encompassing a range of climatic and environmental conditions, to test the joint effects of fertilization and aboveground mammalian herbivory on seed banks and on the similarity between aboveground plant communities and seed banks. We find that fertilization decreases plant species richness and diversity in seed banks, and homogenizes composition between aboveground and seed bank communities. Fertilization increases seed bank abundance especially in the presence of herbivores, while this effect is smaller in the absence of herbivores. Our findings highlight that nutrient enrichment can weaken a diversity maintaining mechanism in grasslands, and that herbivory needs to be considered when assessing nutrient enrichment effects on seed bank abundance.
Palabras clave:
seed banks
,
grasslands
,
nutrient enrichment
,
mammalian herbivory
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Articulos(SEDE CENTRAL)
Articulos de SEDE CENTRAL
Articulos de SEDE CENTRAL
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Eskelinen, Anu; Jessen, Maria Theresa; Bahamonde, Héctor Alejandro; Bakker, Jonathan; Borer, Elizabeth; et al.; Herbivory and nutrients shape grassland soil seed banks; Springer Nature; Nature Communications; 14; 3949; 7-2023; 1-11
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