Publication Details

Category Text Publication
Reference Category Book chapters
DOI 10.1016/bs.aecr.2019.06.003
Title (Primary) Terrestrial laser scanning reveals temporal changes in biodiversity mechanisms driving grassland productivity
Title (Secondary) Mechanisms underlying the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem function
Author Guimarães-Steinicke, C.; Weigelt, A.; Ebeling, A.; Eisenhauer, N.; Duque-Lazo, J.; Reu, B.; Roscher, C.; Schumacher, J.; Wagg, C.; Wirth, C.
Publisher Eisenhauer, N.; Bohan, D.A.; Dumbrell, A.J.
Source Titel Advances in Ecological Research
Year 2019
Department iDiv; PHYDIV
Volume 61
Page From 133
Page To 161
Language englisch
Keywords Community structure; Resource partitioning; Community dynamics; Functional traits; Growing season; Identity effects; Stature traits; 3D Point cloud
UFZ inventory Magdeburg, Bibliothek, 00533119, 19-0459 MA
Abstract Biodiversity often enhances ecosystem functioning likely due to multiple, often temporarily separated drivers. Yet, most studies are based on one or two snapshot measurements per year. We estimated productivity using bi-weekly estimates of high-resolution canopy height in 2 years with terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) in a grassland diversity experiment. We measured how different facets of plant diversity (functional dispersion [FDis], functional identity [PCA species scores], and species richness [SR]) predict aboveground biomass over time. We found strong intra- and inter-annual variability in the relative importance of different mechanisms underlying the diversity effects on mean canopy height, i.e., resource partitioning (via FDis) and identity effects (via species scores), respectively. TLS is a promising tool to quantify community development non-destructively and to unravel the temporal dynamics of biodiversity-ecosystem functioning mechanisms. Our results show that harvesting at estimated peak biomass—as done in most grassland experiments—may miss important variation in underlying mechanisms driving cumulative biomass production.
Persistent UFZ Identifier https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=22223
Guimarães-Steinicke, C., Weigelt, A., Ebeling, A., Eisenhauer, N., Duque-Lazo, J., Reu, B., Roscher, C., Schumacher, J., Wagg, C., Wirth, C. (2019):
Terrestrial laser scanning reveals temporal changes in biodiversity mechanisms driving grassland productivity
In: Eisenhauer, N., Bohan, D.A., Dumbrell, A.J. (eds.)
Mechanisms underlying the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem function
Advances in Ecological Research 61
Academic Press / Elsevier, London, p. 133 - 161 10.1016/bs.aecr.2019.06.003