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| Category | Data Publication |
| DOI | 10.25829/idiv.3557-dcq3v4 |
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| Title (Primary) | Data and R script used in: Ecosystem consequences of invertebrate decline (Version 1.0) [Dataset] |
| Author | Eisenhauer, N.; Ochoa-Hueso, R.; Huang, Y.; Barry, K.E.; Gebler, A.; Andraczek, K.; Bucher, S.F.; Ciobanu, M.; Chen, H.; Lange, M.; Lehmann, A.; Rillig, M.; Römermann, C.; Ulrich, J.; Weigelt, A.; Schmidt, A.; Türke, M. |
| Source Titel | iDiv Data Repository |
| Year | 2023 |
| Department | NSF |
| Topic | T5 Future Landscapes |
| Abstract | Human activities cause substantial changes in biodiversity. Despite ongoing concern about the implications of invertebrate decline, few empirical studies have examined the ecosystem consequences of invertebrate biomass loss. Here, we test the responses of six ecosystem services informed by 30 above- and belowground ecosystem variables to three levels of aboveground (i.e. vegetation-associated) invertebrate community biomass (100%, 36%, and 0% of ambient biomass) in experimental grassland mesocosms in a controlled Ecotron facility. In line with recent reports on invertebrate biomass loss over the last decade, our 36% biomass treatment also represented a decrease in invertebrate abundance (-70%) and richness (-44%). Moreover, we simulated the pronounced change in invertebrate biomass and turnover in community composition across the season. We found that the loss of invertebrate biomass decreases ecosystem multifunctionality, including two critical ecosystem services: aboveground pest control and belowground decomposition, while harvested plant biomass increases, likely because less energy was channeled up the food chain. Moreover, communities and ecosystem functions became decoupled with a lower biomass of invertebrates. Our study shows that invertebrate loss threatens the integrity of terrestrial ecosystems by decoupling ecosystem processes and decreasing ecosystem-service supply. |
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| Persistent UFZ Identifier | https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=28056 |
| Eisenhauer, N., Ochoa-Hueso, R., Huang, Y., Barry, K.E., Gebler, A., Andraczek, K., Bucher, S.F., Ciobanu, M., Chen, H., Lange, M., Lehmann, A., Rillig, M., Römermann, C., Ulrich, J., Weigelt, A., Schmidt, A., Türke, M. (2023): Data and R script used in: Ecosystem consequences of invertebrate decline (Version 1.0) [Dataset] iDiv Data Repository 10.25829/idiv.3557-dcq3v4 |
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