TY - GEN A1 - Boch, Steffen A1 - Allan, Eric A1 - Birkhofer, Klaus A1 - Bossdorf, Oliver A1 - Blüthgen, Nico A1 - Christ-Breulmann, Sabina A1 - Diekötter, Tim A1 - Dormann, Carsten F. A1 - Gossner, Martin M. A1 - Hallmann, Christine A1 - Hemp, Andreas A1 - Hölzel, Norbert A1 - Jung, Kirsten A1 - Klaus, Valentin H. A1 - Klein, Alexandra M. A1 - Kleinebecker, Till A1 - Lange, Markus A1 - Müller, Jörg A1 - Nacke, Heiko A1 - Prati, Daniel A1 - Renner, Swen C. A1 - Rothenwöhrer, Christoph A1 - Schall, Peter A1 - Schulze, Ernst-Detlef A1 - Socher, Stephanie A. A1 - Tscharntke, Teja A1 - Türke, Manfred A1 - Weiner, Christiane N. A1 - Weisser, Wolfgang W. A1 - Westphal, Catrin A1 - Wolters, Volkmar A1 - Wubet, Tesfaye A1 - Fischer, Markus T1 - Extensive und jährlich wechselnde Nutzungsintensität fördert den Artenreichtum im Grünland T2 - ANLIEGEN NATUR Y1 - 2016 UR - https://www.biom.uni-freiburg.de/mitarbeiter/dormann/boch2016anliegennatur.pdf SN - 1864-0729 VL - 38 IS - 1 SP - 86 EP - 95 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Gossner, Martin M. A1 - Lewinsohn, Thomas M. A1 - Kahl, Tiemo A1 - Grasstein, Fabrice A1 - Boch, Steffen A1 - Prati, Daniel A1 - Birkhofer, Klaus A1 - Renner, Swen C. A1 - Sikorski, Johannes A1 - Wubet, Tesfaye T1 - Land-use intensification causes homogenization of grassland communities across trophic levels T2 - Nature N2 - Land-use intensification is a major driver of biodiversity loss. Alongside reductions in local species diversity, biotic homogenization at larger spatial scales is of great concern for conservation. Biotic homogenization means a decrease in β-diversity (the compositional dissimilarity between sites). Most studies have investigated losses in local (α)-diversity and neglected biodiversity loss at larger spatial scales. Studies addressing β-diversity 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 α-diversity. 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 β-diversity across groups, causing a homogenization of soil microbial, fungal pathogen, plant and arthropod communities. These effects were nonlinear and the strongest declines in β-diversity occurred in the transition from extensively managed to intermediate intensity grassland. LUI tended to reduce local α-diversity in aboveground groups, whereas the α-diversity increased in belowground groups. Correlations between the β-diversity 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. Y1 - 2016 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1038/nature20575 SN - 1476-4687 SN - 0028-0836 VL - 540 IS - 7632 SP - 266 EP - 269 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Stein, Claudia A1 - Rißmann, Cornelia A1 - Hempel, Stefan A1 - Renker, Carsten A1 - Buscot, François A1 - Prati, Daniel A1 - Auge, Harald T1 - Interactive effects of mycorrhizae and root hemiparasite on plant community productivity and diversity T2 - Oecologia Y1 - 2009 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-008-1192-x SN - 1432-1939 VL - 159 IS - 1 SP - 191 EP - 205 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Rißmann, Cornelia A1 - Stein, Claudia A1 - Auge, Harald A1 - Hempel, Stefan A1 - Renker, Carsten A1 - Buscot, François A1 - Prati, Daniel ED - Stadler, Jutta ED - Schöppe, Felix ED - Frenzel, Mark T1 - Impact of two species of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on different grassland species in a greenhouse experiment T2 - EURECO-GFOE 2008, Proceedings Y1 - 2008 SN - 978-3-00-025522-9 SP - S. 653 PB - Gesellschaft für Ökologie CY - Berlin ER -