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A slow-fast trait continuum at the whole community level in relation to land-use intensification

  • 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.

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Author: Margot NeyretORCiD, Gaëtane Le ProvostORCiD, Andrea Larissa Boesing, Florian D. SchneiderORCiD, Dennis BaulechnerORCiD, Joana BergmannORCiD, Franciska T. de VriesORCiD, Anna Maria Fiore-DonnoORCiD, Stefan Geisen, Kezia GoldmannORCiD, Anna Merges, Ruslan A. Saifutdinov, Nadja K. Simons, Joseph A. TobiasORCiD, Andrey S. ZaitsevORCiD, Martin M. GossnerORCiD, Kirsten JungORCiD, Ellen Kandeler, Jochen KraussORCiD, Caterina PenoneORCiD, Michael Schloter, Stefanie SchulzORCiD, Michael StaabORCiD, Volkmar Wolters, Antonios ApostolakisORCiD, Klaus BirkhoferORCiD, Steffen BochORCiD, Runa S. BoeddinghausORCiD, Ralph BolligerORCiD, Michael BonkowskiORCiD, François BuscotORCiD, Kenneth DumackORCiD, Markus FischerORCiD, Huei Ying Gan, Johannes HeinzeORCiD, Norbert HölzelORCiD, Katharina John, Valentin H. KlausORCiD, Till KleinebeckerORCiD, Sven Marhan, Jörg Müller, Swen C. Renner, Matthias C. RilligORCiD, Noëlle V. SchenkORCiD, Ingo SchöningORCiD, Marion SchrumpfORCiD, Sebastian SeiboldORCiD, Stephanie A. SocherORCiD, Emily F. SollyORCiD, Miriam Teuscher, Mark van KleunenORCiD, Tesfaye WubetORCiD, Peter ManningORCiD
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-45113-5
ISSN:2041-1723
Title of the source (English):Nature Communications
Document Type:Scientific journal article peer-reviewed
Language:English
Year of publication:2024
Tag:General Biochemistry; General Chemistry; General Physics and Astronomy; Genetics and Molecular Biology; Multidisciplinary
Volume/Year:15
Issue number:1
Article number:1251
Faculty/Chair:Fakultät 2 Umwelt und Naturwissenschaften / FG Ökologie
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