IIMYC   23581
INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS Y COSTERAS
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
Spatial heterogeneity in species composition constrains plant community responses to herbivory and fertilization
Autor/es:
HODAPP, DOROTHEE; LIND, ERIC M.; ALBERTI, JUAN; BIEDERMAN, LORI; COLLINS, SCOTT; BORER, ELIZABETH T.; HAGENAH, NICOLE; SEABLOOM, ERIC W.; KNOPS, JOHANNES M. H.; ARNILLAS, CARLOS A.; MOORE, JOSLIN L.; CADOTTE, MARC; LA PIERRE, KIMBERLY J.; FAY, PHILIP A.; PERI, PABLO; HAUTIER, YANN; HILLEBRAND, HELMUT; MCCULLEY, REBECCA L.; MORGAN, JOHN W.; RISCH, ANITA C.; STEVENS, CARLY J.; HARPOLE, W. STANLEY; ADLER, PETER B.; BAKKER, JONATHAN D.; CLELAND, ELSA E.; FIRN, JENNIFER; IRIBARNE, OSCAR; MACDOUGALL, ANDREW; MORTENSEN, BRENT; SCHÜTZ, MARTIN; WRIGHT, JUSTIN
Revista:
ECOLOGY LETTERS
Editorial:
WILEY-BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, INC
Referencias:
Lugar: Londres; Año: 2018 vol. 21 p. 1364 - 1371
ISSN:
1461-023X
Resumen:
Environmental change can result in substantial shifts in community composition. The associated immigration and extinction events are likely constrained by the spatial distribution of species. Still, studies on environmental change typically quantify biotic responses at single spatial (time series within a single plot) or temporal (spatial beta diversity at single time points) scales, ignoring their potential interdependence. Here, we use data from a global network of grassland experiments to determine how turnover responses to two major forms of environmental change ? fertilisation and herbivore loss ? are affected by species pool size and spatial compositional heterogeneity. Fertilisation led to higher rates of local extinction, whereas turnover in herbivore exclusion plots was driven by species replacement. Overall, sites with more spatially heterogeneous composition showed significantly higher rates of annual turnover, independent of species pool size and treatment. Taking into account spatial biodiversity aspects will therefore improve our understanding of consequences of global and anthropogenic change on community dynamics.