Wolters, Volkmar

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Alongside reductions in local species diversity, biotic homogenization at larger spatial scales is of great concern for conservation. Biotic homogenization means a decrease in $\\betaehBdiversity (the compositional dissimilarity between sites). Most studies have investigated losses in local ($\\alpha$)-diversity and neglected biodiversity loss at larger spatial scales. Studies addressing $\\betaehBdiversity have focused on single or a few organism groups (for example, ref. 4), and it is thus unknown whether land-use intensification homogenizes communities at different trophic levels, above- and belowground. Here we show that even moderate increases in local land-use intensity (LUI) cause biotic homogenization across microbial, plant and animal groups, both above- and belowground, and that this is largely independent of changes in $\\alphaehBdiversity. We analysed a unique grassland biodiversity dataset, with abundances of more than 4,000 species belonging to 12 trophic groups. LUI, and, in particular, high mowing intensity, had consistent effects on $\\betaehBdiversity across groups, causing a homogenization of soil microbial, fungal pathogen, plant and arthropod communities. These effects were nonlinear and the strongest declines in $\\betaehBdiversity occurred in the transition from extensively managed to intermediate intensity grassland. LUI tended to reduce local $\\alphaehBdiversity in aboveground groups, whereas the $\\alphaehBdiversity increased in belowground groups. Correlations between the $\\betaehBdiversity of different groups, particularly between plants and their consumers, became weaker at high LUI. This suggests a loss of specialist species and is further evidence for biotic homogenization. The consistently negative effects of LUI on landscape-scale biodiversity underscore the high value of extensively managed grasslands for conserving multitrophic biodiversity and ecosystem service provision. Indeed, biotic homogenization rather than local diversity loss could prove to be the most substantial consequence of land-use intensification."],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1038/nature20575"],["dc.identifier.gro","3150097"],["dc.identifier.pmid","27919075"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/6827"],["dc.language.iso","en"],["dc.notes.status","public"],["dc.notes.submitter","chake"],["dc.relation.issn","0028-0836"],["dc.relation.orgunit","Abteilung Ökosystemmodellierung"],["dc.title","Land-use intensification causes multitrophic homogenization of grassland communities"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dc.type.peerReviewed","no"],["dc.type.subtype","original_ja"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]

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Kathryn"],["dc.contributor.author","Mueller, Joerg"],["dc.contributor.author","Nacke, Heiko"],["dc.contributor.author","Pasalic, Esther"],["dc.contributor.author","Rillig, Matthias C."],["dc.contributor.author","Rothenwoehrer, Christoph"],["dc.contributor.author","Schally, Peter"],["dc.contributor.author","Scherber, Christoph"],["dc.contributor.author","Schulze, Waltraud"],["dc.contributor.author","Socher, Stephanie A."],["dc.contributor.author","Steckel, Juliane"],["dc.contributor.author","Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf D."],["dc.contributor.author","Tuerke, Manfred"],["dc.contributor.author","Weiner, Christiane N."],["dc.contributor.author","Werner, Michael"],["dc.contributor.author","Westphal, Catrin"],["dc.contributor.author","Wolters, Volkmar"],["dc.contributor.author","Wubet, Tesfaye"],["dc.contributor.author","Gockel, Sonja"],["dc.contributor.author","Gorke, Martin"],["dc.contributor.author","Hemp, Andreas"],["dc.contributor.author","Renner, Swen C."],["dc.contributor.author","Schoening, Ingo"],["dc.contributor.author","Pfeiffer, Simone"],["dc.contributor.author","Koenig-Ries, Birgitta"],["dc.contributor.author","Buscot, Francois"],["dc.contributor.author","Linsenmair, Karl Eduard"],["dc.contributor.author","Schulze, Ernst-Detlef"],["dc.contributor.author","Weisser, Wolfgang W."],["dc.contributor.author","Fischer, Markus"],["dc.date.accessioned","2018-11-07T09:45:11Z"],["dc.date.available","2018-11-07T09:45:11Z"],["dc.date.issued","2014"],["dc.description.abstract","Although temporal heterogeneity is a well-accepted driver of biodiversity, effects of interannual variation in land-use intensity (LUI) have not been addressed yet. Additionally, responses to land use can differ greatly among different organisms; therefore, overall effects of land-use on total local biodiversity are hardly known. To test for effects of LUI (quantified as the combined intensity of fertilization, grazing, and mowing) and interannual variation in LUI (SD in LUI across time), we introduce a unique measure of whole-ecosystem biodiversity, multidiversity. This synthesizes individual diversity measures across up to 49 taxonomic groups of plants, animals, fungi, and bacteria from 150 grasslands. Multidiversity declined with increasing LUI among grasslands, particularly for rarer species and aboveground organisms, whereas common species and belowground groups were less sensitive. However, a high level of interannual variation in LUI increased overall multidiversity at low LUI and was even more beneficial for rarer species because it slowed the rate at which the multidiversity of rare species declined with increasing LUI. In more intensively managed grasslands, the diversity of rarer species was, on average, 18% of the maximum diversity across all grasslands when LUI was static over time but increased to 31% of the maximum when LUI changed maximally over time. In addition to decreasing overall LUI, we suggest varying LUI across years as a complementary strategy to promote biodiversity conservation."],["dc.description.sponsorship","Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Priority Program [1374]"],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1073/pnas.1312213111"],["dc.identifier.isi","000329350700081"],["dc.identifier.pmid","24368852"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/34560"],["dc.notes.status","zu prüfen"],["dc.notes.submitter","Najko"],["dc.relation.issn","0027-8424"],["dc.title","Interannual variation in land-use intensity enhances grassland multidiversity"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dc.type.peerReviewed","yes"],["dc.type.subtype","original_ja"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]

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Kathryn"],["dc.contributor.author","Mueller, Joerg"],["dc.contributor.author","Oelmann, Yvonne"],["dc.contributor.author","Overmann, Joerg"],["dc.contributor.author","Pasalic, Esther"],["dc.contributor.author","Renner, Swen C."],["dc.contributor.author","Rillig, Matthias C."],["dc.contributor.author","Schaefer, H. Martin"],["dc.contributor.author","Schloter, Michael"],["dc.contributor.author","Schmitt, Barbara"],["dc.contributor.author","Schoening, Ingo"],["dc.contributor.author","Schrumpf, Marion"],["dc.contributor.author","Sikorski, Johannes"],["dc.contributor.author","Socher, Stephanie A."],["dc.contributor.author","Solly, Emily F."],["dc.contributor.author","Sonnemann, Ilja"],["dc.contributor.author","Sorkau, Elisabeth"],["dc.contributor.author","Steckel, Juliane"],["dc.contributor.author","Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf D."],["dc.contributor.author","Stempfhuber, Barbara"],["dc.contributor.author","Tschapka, Marco"],["dc.contributor.author","Tuerke, Manfred"],["dc.contributor.author","Venter, Paul"],["dc.contributor.author","Weiner, Christiane N."],["dc.contributor.author","Weisser, Wolfgang W."],["dc.contributor.author","Werner, Michael"],["dc.contributor.author","Westphal, Catrin"],["dc.contributor.author","Wilcke, Wolfgang"],["dc.contributor.author","Wolters, Volkmar"],["dc.contributor.author","Wubet, Tesfaye"],["dc.contributor.author","Wurst, Susanne"],["dc.contributor.author","Fischer, Markus"],["dc.contributor.author","Allan, Eric"],["dc.date.accessioned","2018-11-07T10:14:13Z"],["dc.date.available","2018-11-07T10:14:13Z"],["dc.date.issued","2016"],["dc.description.abstract","Species diversity promotes the delivery of multiple ecosystem functions (multifunctionality). However, the relative functional importance of rare and common species in driving the biodiversity multifunctionality relationship remains unknown. We studied the relationship between the diversity of rare and common species (according to their local abundances and across nine different trophic groups), and multifunctionality indices derived from 14 ecosystem functions on 150 grasslands across a land use intensity (LUI) gradient. The diversity of above- and below-ground rare species had opposite effects, with rare above-ground species being associated with high levels of multifunctionality, probably because their effects on different functions did not trade off against each other. Conversely, common species were only related to average, not high, levels of multifunctionality, and their functional effects declined with LUI. Apart from the community level effects of diversity, we found significant positive associations between the abundance of individual species and multifunctionality in 6% of the species tested. Species specific functional effects were best predicted by their response to LUI: species that declined in abundance with land use intensification were those associated with higher levels of multifunctionality. Our results highlight the importance of rare species for ecosystem multifunctionality and help guiding future conservation priorities."],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1098/rstb.2015.0269"],["dc.identifier.isi","000375896500003"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/40581"],["dc.notes.status","zu prüfen"],["dc.notes.submitter","Najko"],["dc.relation.issn","1471-2970"],["dc.relation.issn","0962-8436"],["dc.title","Locally rare species influence grassland ecosystem multifunctionality"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dc.type.peerReviewed","yes"],["dc.type.subtype","original_ja"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]

[["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","511"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","3"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Journal of Animal Ecology"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","520"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","86"],["dc.contributor.author","Birkhofer, Klaus"],["dc.contributor.author","Gossner, Martin M."],["dc.contributor.author","Diekoetter, Tim"],["dc.contributor.author","Drees, Claudia"],["dc.contributor.author","Ferlian, Olga"],["dc.contributor.author","Maraun, Mark"],["dc.contributor.author","Scheu, Stefan"],["dc.contributor.author","Weisser, Wolfgang W."],["dc.contributor.author","Wolters, Volkmar"],["dc.contributor.author","Wurst, Susanne"],["dc.contributor.author","Zaitsev, Andrey S."],["dc.contributor.author","Smith, Henrik G."],["dc.date.accessioned","2018-11-07T10:24:43Z"],["dc.date.available","2018-11-07T10:24:43Z"],["dc.date.issued","2017"],["dc.description.abstract","Along with the global decline of species richness goes a loss of ecological traits. Associated biotic homogenization of animal communities and narrowing of trait diversity threaten ecosystem functioning and human well-being. High management intensity is regarded as an important ecological filter, eliminating species that lack suitable adaptations. Below-ground arthropods are assumed to be less sensitive to such effects than above-ground arthropods. Here, we compared the impact of management intensity between (grassland vs. forest) and within land-use types (local management intensity) on the trait diversity and composition in below- and above-ground arthropod communities. We used data on 722 arthropod species living above-ground (Auchenorrhyncha and Heteroptera), primarily in soil (Chilopoda and Oribatida) or at the interface (Araneae and Carabidae). Our results show that trait diversity of arthropod communities is not primarily reduced by intense local land use, but is rather affected by differences between land-use types. Communities of Auchenorrhyncha and Chilopoda had significantly lower trait diversity in grassland habitats as compared to forests. Carabidae showed the opposite pattern with higher trait diversity in grasslands. Grasslands had a lower proportion of large Auchenorrhyncha and Carabidae individuals, whereas Chilopoda and Heteroptera individuals were larger in grasslands. Body size decreased with land-use intensity across taxa, but only in grasslands. The proportion of individuals with low mobility declined with land-use intensity in Araneae and Auchenorrhyncha, but increased in Chilopoda and grassland Heteroptera. The proportion of carnivorous individuals increased with land-use intensity in Heteroptera in forests and in Oribatida and Carabidae in grasslands. Our results suggest that gradients in management intensity across land-use types will not generally reduce trait diversity in multiple taxa, but will exert strong trait filtering within individual taxa. The observed patterns for trait filtering in individual taxa are not related to major classifications into above- and below-ground species. Instead, ecologically different taxa resembled each other in their trait diversity and compositional responses to land-use differences. These previously undescribed patterns offer an opportunity to develop management strategies for the conservation of trait diversity across taxonomic groups in permanent grassland and forest habitats."],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1111/1365-2656.12641"],["dc.identifier.isi","000398826400011"],["dc.identifier.pmid","28118484"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/42711"],["dc.notes.status","zu prüfen"],["dc.notes.submitter","PUB_WoS_Import"],["dc.publisher","Wiley"],["dc.relation.issn","1365-2656"],["dc.relation.issn","0021-8790"],["dc.title","Land-use type and intensity differentially filter traits in above- and below-ground arthropod communities"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dc.type.peerReviewed","yes"],["dc.type.status","published"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]

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