TY - RPRT A1 - Feindt, Peter H. A1 - Wolters, Volkmar A1 - Backes, Gunter A1 - Bahrs, Enno A1 - Dempfle, Leo A1 - Engels, Eve-Marie A1 - Engels, Johannes A1 - Graner, Andreas A1 - Hamm, Ulrich A1 - Herdegen, Matthias A1 - Isselstein, Johannes A1 - Konnert, Monika A1 - Schröder, Stefan A1 - Schulte-Coerne, Hermann A1 - Wagner, Sven A1 - Wätzold, Frank A1 - Wedekind, Helmut T1 - Gründung der Deutschen Genbank landwirtschaftlicher Nutztiere : Kurzstellungnahme des Wissenschaftlichen Beirats für Biodiversität und Genetische Ressourcen beim Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft Y1 - 2015 UR - https://beirat-gr.genres.de//fileadmin/SITE_GENRES/downloads/docs/Beirat-GR/Gutachten_Stellungnahmen/beirat_09_2015.pdf PB - BMEL CY - Bonn ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Wätzold, Frank A1 - Bahrs, Enno A1 - Feindt, Peter H. A1 - Hamm, Ulrich A1 - Isselstein, Johannes A1 - Schröder, Stefan A1 - Wolters, Volkmar A1 - Backes, Gunter A1 - Dempfle, Leo A1 - Engels, Eve-Marie A1 - Engels, Johannes A1 - Graner, Andreas A1 - Herdegen, Matthias A1 - Konnert, Monika A1 - Schulte-Coerne, Hermann A1 - Wagner, Sven A1 - Wedekind, Helmut T1 - Perspektiven für das artenreiche Grünland - Alternativen zur Belohnung einer Überschussproduktion bei Milch Y1 - 2015 CY - Bonn ER - TY - GEN A1 - Mader, Viktoria A1 - Birkhofer, Klaus A1 - Fiedler, Daniela A1 - Thorn, Simon A1 - Wolters, Volkmar A1 - Diehl, Eva T1 - Land-use at different spatial scales alters the functional role of web-building spiders in arthropod food webs T2 - Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment Y1 - 2016 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2015.12.017 SN - 0167-8809 VL - 219 SP - 152 EP - 162 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Birkhofer, Klaus A1 - Diekötter, Tim A1 - Meub, Christiane A1 - Stötzel, Kathrin A1 - Wolters, Volkmar T1 - Optimizing arthropod predator conservation in permanent grasslands by considering diversity components beyond species richness T2 - Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment Y1 - 2015 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2015.05.014 SN - 0167-8809 VL - 211 SP - 65 EP - 72 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Birkhofer, Klaus A1 - Diehl, Eva A1 - Andersson, Jesper A1 - Ekroos, Johan A1 - Früh-Müller, Andrea A1 - Machnikowski, Franziska A1 - Mader, Viktoria A1 - Nilsson, Lovisa A1 - Sasaki, Keiko A1 - Rundlöf, Maj A1 - Wolters, Volkmar A1 - Smith, Henrik G. T1 - Ecosystem services – current challenges and opportunities for ecological research T2 - Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution Y1 - 2015 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2014.00087 SN - 2296-701X VL - 2 SP - 35 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Diekötter, Tim A1 - Wamser, Sabine A1 - Dörner, Tanja A1 - Wolters, Volkmar A1 - Birkhofer, Klaus T1 - Organic farming affects the potential of a granivorous carabid beetle to control arable weeds at local and landscape scales T2 - Agricultural and Forest Entomology Y1 - 2016 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1111/afe.12150 SN - 1461-9563 VL - 18 IS - 2 SP - 167 EP - 173 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Sereda, Elvira A1 - Wolters, Volkmar A1 - Birkhofer, Klaus T1 - Addition of crop residues affects a detritus-based food chain depending on litter type and farming system T2 - Basic and Applied Ecology Y1 - 2015 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2015.07.005 SN - 1439-1791 VL - 16 IS - 8 SP - 746 EP - 754 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Birkhofer, Klaus A1 - Wolters, Volkmar A1 - Diekötter, Tim T1 - Grassy margins along organically managed cereal fields foster trait diversity and taxonomic distinctness of arthropod communities T2 - Insect Conservation and Diversity Y1 - 2014 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1111/icad.12051 SN - 1752-4598 VL - 7 IS - 3 SP - 274 EP - 287 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Sereda, Elvira A1 - Blick, Theo A1 - Dorow, Wolfgang H. O. A1 - Wolters, Volkmar A1 - Birkhofer, Klaus T1 - Assessing spider diversity on the forest floor: expert knowledge beats a regular sampling design T2 - The Journal of Arachnology Y1 - 2014 UR - http://www.jstor.org/stable/24365280 SN - 1937-2396 SN - 0161-8202 VL - 42 IS - 1 SP - 44 EP - 51 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Diekötter, Tim A1 - Wamser, Sabine A1 - Wolters, Volkmar A1 - Birkhofer, Klaus T1 - Corrigendum to "Landscape and management effects on structure and function of soil arthropod communities in winter wheat" T2 - Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment Y1 - 2014 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2014.02.006 SN - 0167-8809 VL - 184 IS - 182 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Birkhofer, Klaus A1 - Diehl, Eva A1 - Wolters, Volkmar A1 - Smith, Henrik G. T1 - Global metawebs of spider predation highlight consequences of land-use change for terrestrial predator-prey networks T2 - Adaptive Food Webs – Stability and Transitions of Real and Model Ecosystems Y1 - 2017 SN - 978-1-107-18211-0 SP - 193 EP - 213 PB - Cambridge University Press CY - Cambridge ER - TY - GEN A1 - Mader, Viktoria A1 - Diehl, Eva A1 - Wolters, Volkmar A1 - Birkhofer, Klaus T1 - Agri‐environmental schemes affect the trophic niche size and diet of common carabid species in agricultural landscapes T2 - Ecological Entomology N2 - 1. Carabids are abundant in agroecosystems and provide biocontrol services by feeding on weed seeds and pests. We compare the effects of two fundamentally different agri‐environmental schemes (AES) on the numeric and trophic responses of four common carabid species: Anchomenus dorsalis, Poecilus cupreus, Pseudoophonus rufipes and Pterostichus melanarius. 2. In six cereal fields under organic farming and six sown flowering fields, 10 290 individuals of the four species were sampled to quantify their numeric response. The activity density of all species was higher in organically managed cereal fields compared to flowering fields. 3. We analysed naturally occurring stable isotope ratios of carbon and nitrogen in 138 carabid individuals to quantify isotopic niches and the diet contribution of soil‐ versus plant‐based resources. Resources from the soil (‘brown’) energy channel were more important than resources from the plant (‘green’) energy channel in the diet of all species, particularly in P. melanarius. 4. Isotopic niches were larger for P. rufipes and P. melanarius in flowering fields than in organically managed cereal fields. Moreover, differences between AES types were observed in the diet contribution derived from both energy channels: A. dorsalis and P. cupreus incorporated higher proportions of plant‐based resources in organically managed cereal fields compared to flowering fields. 5. Similar numeric, but different trophic responses suggest that AES type may alter arthropod food webs beyond simple changes in carabid densities. Such ‘hidden’ modifications in the resource utilisation of generalist predators deserve more attention to adequately evaluate the ecological consequences of AES. Y1 - 2018 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1111/een.12671 SN - 1365-2311 SN - 0307-6946 VL - 43 IS - 6 SP - 823 EP - 835 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Mader, Viktoria A1 - Diehl, Eva A1 - Fiedler, Daniela A1 - Thorn, Simon A1 - Wolters, Volkmar A1 - Birkhofer, Klaus T1 - Trade-offs in arthropod conservation between productive and non-productive agri-environmental schemes along a landscape complexity gradient T2 - Insect Conservation and Diversity Y1 - 2017 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1111/icad.12220 SN - 1752-4598 VL - 10 IS - 3 SP - 236 EP - 247 ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Feindt, Peter H. A1 - Wolters, Volkmar A1 - Backes, Gunter A1 - Bahrs, Enno A1 - Brandt, Horst A1 - Engels, Eve-Marie A1 - Engels, Johannes A1 - Graner, Andreas A1 - Hamm, Ulrich A1 - Herdegen, Matthias A1 - Isselstein, Johannes A1 - Schröder, Stefan A1 - Tholen, Ernst A1 - Wagner, Sven A1 - Wätzold, Frank A1 - Wedekind, Helmut A1 - Wolf, Heino T1 - Wege zu einem effizienten Waldnaturschutz in Deutschland: Stellungnahme Januar 2020 Y1 - 2020 UR - https://www.fnr.de/fileadmin/allgemein/pdf/Effizienter_Waldnaturschutz_in_Deutschland.pdf CY - Berlin ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Feindt, Peter H. A1 - Bahrs, Enno A1 - Engels, Eve-Marie A1 - Hamm, Ulrich A1 - Herdegen, Matthias A1 - Isselstein, Johannes A1 - Schröder, Stefan A1 - Wätzold, Frank A1 - Wolters, Volkmar T1 - Für eine Gemeinsame Agrarpolitik, die konsequent zum Erhalt der biologischen Vielfalt beiträgt Y1 - 2018 UR - https://www.bmel.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/Ministerium/Beiraete/Biodiversitaet/StellungnahmeAgrarpolitikErhaltbioVielfalt.pdf?__blob=publicationFile PB - Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung (BLE), Informations- und Koordinationszentrum für Biologische Vielfalt (IBV) CY - Bonn ER - TY - GEN A1 - Wätzold, Frank A1 - Feindt, Peter H. A1 - Bahrs, Enno A1 - Hamm, Ulrich A1 - Isselstein, Johannes A1 - Schröder, Stefan A1 - Wagner, Sven A1 - Wedekind, Helmut A1 - Wolters, Volkmar T1 - Wie die Politik auf die Bedrohung der Biodiversität in Agrarlandschaften durch den Klimawandel reagieren kann. Stellungnahme des Wissenschaftlichen Beirats für Biodiversität und Genetische Ressourcen beim Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft T2 - Berichte über Landwirtschaft : Zeitschrift für Agrarpolitik und Landwirtschaft. Sonderheft Y1 - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.12767/buel.vi232.330 SN - 2196-5099 IS - 232 ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Müller, Jörg A1 - Dieter, M. A1 - Bauhus, J. A1 - Spellmann, H. A1 - Möhring, B. A1 - Wagner, S. A1 - Wolf, Heino A1 - Niekisch, M. A1 - Weiger, H. A1 - Feindt, Peter H. A1 - Hamm, Ulrich A1 - Wätzold, Frank A1 - Wolters, Volkmar A1 - Engels, Eve-Marie A1 - Schraml, U. A1 - Lang, F. A1 - Pröbstl-Haider, U. A1 - Richter, K. T1 - Wege zu einem effizienten Waldnaturschutz in Deutschland. Stellungnahme Y1 - 2020 UR - http://www.fnr.de/fileadmin/allgemein/pdf/Effizienter_Waldnaturschutz_in_Deutschland.pdf PB - Wissenschaftlicher Beirat Waldpolitik und Wissenschaftlicher Beirat Biodiversität und Genetische Ressourcen beim BMEL ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Feindt, Peter H. A1 - Wolters, Volkmar A1 - Backes, Gunter A1 - Bahrs, Enno A1 - Brandt, Horst A1 - Engels, Eve-Marie A1 - Engels, Johannes A1 - Graner, Andreas A1 - Hamm, Ulrich A1 - Herdegen, Matthias A1 - Isselstein, Johannes A1 - Schröder, Stefan A1 - Tholen, Ernst A1 - Wagner, Sven A1 - Wätzold, Frank A1 - Wolf, Heino T1 - Schutz tiergenetischer Ressourcen im Tierseuchenfall - Vorschläge zum Schutz von Tierbeständen in Nukleus- bzw. Basiszuchtbetrieben und Besamungsstationen bei Auftreten der Afrikanischen Schweinepest Y1 - 2018 UR - https://www.genres.de/fileadmin/SITE_MASTER/content/SITE_GENRES/downloads/docs/Beirat-GR/Gutachten_Stellungnahmen/StellungnahmeWBBGR_Tierseuche_AfrikansicheSchweinepest_09_2018_web.pdf PB - Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung (BLE), Informations- und Koordinationszentrum für Biologische Vielfalt (IBV) CY - Bonn ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Feindt, Peter H. A1 - Wolters, Volkmar A1 - Backes, Gunter A1 - Bahrs, Enno A1 - Brandt, Horst A1 - Dempfle, Leo A1 - Engels, Eve-Marie A1 - Engels, Johannes A1 - Graner, Andreas A1 - Hamm, Ulrich A1 - Herdegen, Matthias A1 - Isselstein, Johannes A1 - Konnert, Monika A1 - Schröder, Stefan A1 - Wagner, Sven A1 - Wätzold, Frank A1 - Wedekind, Helmut T1 - Verbraucher für die Erhaltung der biologischen Vielfalt in der Landwirtschaft aktivieren! Y1 - 2016 UR - http://www.schafzuchtverband-berlin-brandenburg.de/wp-content/uploads/Stellungnahme_Beirat.pdf PB - Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung (BLE) Informations- und Koordinationszentrum für Biologische Vielfalt (IBV) CY - Bonn ER - TY - GEN A1 - Neyret, Margot A1 - Le Provost, Gaëtane A1 - Boesing, Andrea Larissa A1 - Schneider, Florian D. A1 - Baulechner, Dennis A1 - Bergmann, Joana A1 - Vries, Franciska T. de A1 - Fiore-Donno, Anna Maria A1 - Geisen, Stefan A1 - Goldmann, Kezia A1 - Merges, Anna A1 - Saifutdinov, Ruslan A. A1 - Simons, Nadja K. A1 - Tobias, Joseph A. A1 - Zaitsev, Andrey S. A1 - Gossner, Martin M. A1 - Jung, Kirsten A1 - Kandeler, Ellen A1 - Krauss, Jochen A1 - Penone, Caterina A1 - Schloter, Michael A1 - Schulz, Stefanie A1 - Staab, Michael A1 - Wolters, Volkmar A1 - Apostolakis, Antonios A1 - Birkhofer, Klaus A1 - Boch, Steffen A1 - Boeddinghaus, Runa S. A1 - Bolliger, Ralph A1 - Bonkowski, Michael A1 - Buscot, François A1 - Dumack, Kenneth A1 - Fischer, Markus A1 - Gan, Huei Ying A1 - Heinze, Johannes A1 - Hölzel, Norbert A1 - John, Katharina A1 - Klaus, Valentin H. A1 - Kleinebecker, Till A1 - Marhan, Sven A1 - Müller, Jörg A1 - Renner, Swen C. A1 - Rillig, Matthias C. A1 - Schenk, Noëlle V. A1 - Schöning, Ingo A1 - Schrumpf, Marion A1 - Seibold, Sebastian A1 - Socher, Stephanie A. A1 - Solly, Emily F. A1 - Teuscher, Miriam A1 - Kleunen, Mark van A1 - Wubet, Tesfaye A1 - Manning, Peter T1 - A slow-fast trait continuum at the whole community level in relation to land-use intensification T2 - Nature Communications N2 - AbstractOrganismal functional strategies form a continuum from slow- to fast-growing organisms, in response to common drivers such as resource availability and disturbance. However, whether there is synchronisation of these strategies at the entire community level is unclear. Here, we combine trait data for 2800 above- and belowground taxa from 14 trophic guilds spanning a disturbance and resource availability gradient in German grasslands. The results indicate that most guilds consistently respond to these drivers through both direct and trophically mediated effects, resulting in a ‘slow-fast’ axis at the level of the entire community. Using 15 indicators of carbon and nutrient fluxes, biomass production and decomposition, we also show that fast trait communities are associated with faster rates of ecosystem functioning. These findings demonstrate that ‘slow’ and ‘fast’ strategies can be manifested at the level of whole communities, opening new avenues of ecosystem-level functional classification. KW - General Physics and Astronomy KW - General Biochemistry KW - General Chemistry KW - Multidisciplinary KW - Genetics and Molecular Biology Y1 - 2024 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-45113-5 SN - 2041-1723 VL - 15 IS - 1 ER - 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 - Tsiafouli, Maria A1 - Thébault, Elisa A1 - Sgardelis, Stefanos P. A1 - Ruiter, Peter C. de A1 - Putten, Wim H. van der A1 - Birkhofer, Klaus A1 - Hemerik, Lia A1 - Vries, Franciska T. de A1 - Bardgett, Richard D. A1 - Brady, Mark Vincent A1 - Bjornlund, Lisa A1 - Bracht Jørgensen, Helene A1 - Christensen, Sören A1 - D'Hertefeldt, Tina A1 - Hotes, Stefan A1 - Hol, W. H. Gera A1 - Frouz, Jan A1 - Liiri, Mira A1 - Mortimer, Simon R. A1 - Setälä, Heikki A1 - Tzanopoulous, Joseph A1 - Uteseny, Karoline A1 - Pižl, Václav A1 - Stary, Josef A1 - Wolters, Volkmar A1 - Hedlund, Katarina T1 - Intensive agriculture reduces soil biodiversity across Europe T2 - Global Change Biology Y1 - 2015 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12752 SN - 1365-2486 VL - 21 IS - 2 SP - 973 EP - 985 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Birkhofer, Klaus A1 - Baulechner, Dennis A1 - Diekötter, Tim A1 - Zaitsev, Andrey S. A1 - Wolters, Volkmar T1 - Fertilization Rapidly Alters the Feeding Activity of Grassland Soil Mesofauna Independent of Management History T2 - Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution N2 - Nitrogen fertilization of permanent grasslands affects soil fauna communities by modifying their taxonomic composition, population dynamics and feeding activity. However, it is not well understood if the edaphic fauna adapts to these external inputs so that the immediate response to fertilizer application depends on the long-term nutrient management strategy. We performed a field experiment in permanent grasslands under agricultural management in three regions across Germany. We used experimental fertilization with an organic plant-sourced fertilizer along a long-term nutrient management gradient to study the immediate and long-term effects of fertilization and their interdependence on the taxonomic composition and feeding activity of the soil mesofauna (Nematoda, Oribatida, and Collembola). Sampling season, soil properties, vegetation structure, and geographic location were considered as additional predictor variables to reflect heterogeneity in environmental conditions. The taxonomic composition, richness and total abundance of soil mesofauna communities were significantly affected by long-term nutrient management, but not by experimental fertilization. However, N pulses rapidly (within days) reduced the feeding activity estimated with bait-lamina strips independent of long-term nutrient management strategies. Experimental addition of organic plant-sourced fertilizer may have led to a rapid build-up of microbial biomass, providing alternative food sources for the soil mesofauna and causing a shift away from the bait-lamina substrate. Our study indicates that community changes associated with the long-term nutrient management regime in permanent grasslands do not alter the strong functional response of the soil mesofauna to N pulses. There is an urgent need to develop nutrient management strategies for permanent grasslands that take into account both the conservation of the edaphic faunal community and changes of ecosystem functions caused by rapid responses of the soil mesofauna to fertilizer inputs. KW - bait-lamina KW - ecosystem function KW - land-use intensity KW - nitrogen input KW - permanent grassland KW - Acari (mites) KW - Collembola KW - Nematoda Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2022.864470 SN - 2296-701X VL - 10 SP - 1 EP - 10 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Birkhofer, Klaus A1 - Dietrich, Christoph A1 - John, Katharina A1 - Schorpp, Quentin A1 - Zaitsev, Andrey S. A1 - Wolters, Volkmar T1 - Regional conditions and land-use alter the contribution of soil arthropos to ecosystem services in grasslands. Frontiers in Agroecology and Land-Use Systems T2 - Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution Y1 - 2016 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2015.00150 SN - 2296-701X VL - 3 SP - 150 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Zaitsev, Andrey S. A1 - Birkhofer, Klaus A1 - Ekschmitt, Klemens A1 - Wolters, Volkmar T1 - Belowground Tritrophic Food Chain Modulates Soil Respiration in Grasslands T2 - Pedosphere N2 - Edaphic biota significantly affects several essential ecological functions such as C-storage, nutrient turnover, and productivity. However, it is not completely understood how belowground animal contribution to these functions changes in grasslands subject to different land use types. A microcosm experiment was carried out to test the effect of a tritrophic food chain on CO2 release from grassland soils. Soil was collected from three differently managed grassland systems (meadow, pasture, and mown pasture) located in three distinct German regions that cover a north-south gradient of approximately 500 km. The tritrophic food chain comprised natural edaphic microflora, nematodes, and predatory gamasid mites. The experimental design involved a full factorial combination of the presence and absence of nematodes and gamasid mites. Nematodes significantly increased the CO2 emissions in most treatments, but the extent of this effect varied with land use type. The fact that grazing by nematodes stimulated the metabolic activity of the edaphic microflora over a wide range of grassland soils highlighted the critical impact of the microfauna on ecosystem services associated with soil organic matter dynamics. Gamasids slightly amplified the effect of nematodes on microbial metabolic activity, but only in the pastures. This effect was most probably due to the control of nematode abundance. The fact that gamasid addition also augmented the impact of environmental conditions on nematode-induced modulation of soil respiration highlighted the need for including land use differences while evaluating soil fauna contribution to soil processes. To conclude, the differential response of the investigated tritrophic food chain to different grassland management systems suggests that adverse effects of land use intensification on important soil processes such as atmospheric C-release could potentially be reduced by using management methods that preserve essential features of the belowground food web. Y1 - 2018 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/S1002-0160(18)60008-6 SN - 1002-0160 VL - 28 IS - 1 SP - 114 EP - 123 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Birkhofer, Klaus A1 - Smith, Henrik G. A1 - Weisser, Wolfgang W. A1 - Wolters, Volkmar A1 - Gossner, Martin M. T1 - Land-use effects on the functional distinctness of arthropod communities T2 - Ecography N2 - Land-use change is a major driver of the global loss of biodiversity, but it is unclear to what extent this also results in a loss of ecological traits. Therefore, a better understanding of how land-use change affects ecological traits is crucial for efforts to sustain functional diversity. To this end we tested whether higher species richness or taxonomic distinctness generally leads to increased functional distinctness and whether intensive land use leads to functionally more narrow arthropod communities. We compiled species composition and trait data for 350 species of terrestrial arthropods (Araneae, Carabidae and Heteroptera) in different land-use types (forests, grasslands and arable fields) of low and high land-use intensity. We calculated the average functional and taxonomic distinctness and the rarified trait richness for each community. These measures reflect the range of traits, taxonomic relatedness and number of traits that are observed in local communities. Average functional distinctness only increased significantly with species richness in Carabidae communities. Functional distinctness increased significantly with taxonomic distinctness in communities of all analyzed taxa suggesting a high functional redundancy of taxonomically closely related species. Araneae and Heteroptera communities had the expected lower functional distinctness at sites with higher land-use intensity. More frequently disturbed land-use types such as managed grasslands or arable fields were characterized by species with smaller body sizes and higher dispersal abilities and communities with lower functional distinctness or trait richness. Simple recommendations about the conservation of functional distinctness of arthropod communities in the face of future land-use intensification and species loss are not possible. Our study shows that these relationships depend on the studied taxa and land-use type. However, for some arthropod groups functional distinctness is threatened by intensification and conversion from less to more frequently disturbed land-uses. Y1 - 2015 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.01141 SN - 0906-7590 VL - 38 IS - 9 SP - 889 EP - 900 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Birkhofer, Klaus A1 - Gossner, Martin M. A1 - Diekötter, Tim A1 - Drees, Claudia A1 - Ferlian, Olga A1 - Maraun, Mark A1 - Scheu, Stefan A1 - Weisser, Wolfgang W. A1 - Wolters, Volkmar A1 - Wurst, Susanne A1 - Zaitsev, Andrey S. A1 - Smith, Henrik G. T1 - Land-use type and intensity differentially filter traits in above- and below-ground arthropod communities T2 - Journal of Animal Ecology Y1 - 2017 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.12641 SN - 1365-2656 VL - 86 IS - 3 SP - 511 EP - 520 ER -