articleNature CommunicationsSep 2, 2015GOLD OA

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

XJXin JingNJNathan J. SandersYSYu ShiHCHaiyan ChuATAimée T. Classen

Peking University · University of Copenhagen · +7 more institutions

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Abstract

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,…

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  • Biodiversity
  • Ecosystem
  • Abiotic component
  • Ecology
  • Climate change
  • Environmental science
  • Biotic component
  • Terrestrial ecosystem
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