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| Category | Text Publication |
| Reference Category | Journals |
| DOI | 10.1038/s41559-026-03130-1 |
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| Title (Primary) | Biodiversity effects under climate extremes intensify with aridity in grasslands but not forests |
| Author | Sasaki, T.; Hoss, D.; Huang, Y.; Iwachido, Y.; Zheng, L.; Abdala-Roberts, L.; Allan, E.; Auge, H.
; Barsoum, N.; Bauhus, J.; Baum, C.; Beierkuhnlein, C.; Beyer, F.; Brancalion, P.; Cappelli, S.L.; Chu, C.; Craven, D.; Daniel, C.; Dolezal, J.; Ebeling, A.; Fagundes, M.; Ferlian, O.; Ganade, G.; Gebauer, T.; Gendreau-Berthiaume, B.; Godbold, D.; Guerrero-Ramírez, N.; Guillemot, J.; Hajek, P.; Hector, A.; Hölscher, D.; Jactel, H.; Jentsch, A.; Koricheva, J.; Kreft, H.; Kreyling, J.; Lanta, V.; Leps, J.; Lin, W.; Mendoza-Espinosa, M.; Meredieu, C.; Messier, C.; Meyer, S.T.; Montagnini, F.; Muys, B.; Nock, C.; Paquette, A.; Parker, W.C.; Parker, J.D.; Parra-Tabla, V.; Parrotta, J.; Paterno, G.B.; Pichon, N.A.; Piotto, D.; Polley, W.; Ponette, Q.; Potvin, C.; Reich, P.B.; Rewald, B.; Robin, A.; Roscher, C.; Sanden, H.; Scherer-Lorenzen, M.; Schnabel, F.; Searle, E.B.; Siebenkäs, A.
; Standish, R.J.; Tilman, D.; van Ruijven, J.; Verheyen, K.; Weigelt, A.; Weih, M.; Werner, R.; Wilsey, B.; Schmid, B.; Isbell, F.; Eisenhauer, N. |
| Source Titel | Nature Ecology & Evolution |
| Year | 2026 |
| Department | BZF; iDiv; BioP |
| Language | englisch |
| Topic | T5 Future Landscapes |
| Data and Software links | https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.30850508 |
| Supplements | Supplement 1 Supplement 2 Supplement 3 |
| Keywords | biodiversity; climate change; complementarity effect; drought; ecosystem functioning; forest ecosystems; grassland ecosystems; heat waves; plant communities; precipitation; productivity; selection effect; soil nutrients; synthesis |
| Abstract | Biodiversity generally enhances ecosystem productivity, but whether such effects persist or intensify during climate extremes is unclear. Here we synthesized data from 75 biodiversity experiments across grasslands and forests to assess how aridity and soil nutrients modulate plant diversity effects under drought and heat extremes. Biodiversity most strongly enhanced productivity under extreme drought in more arid grasslands but had limited effects in forests under such conditions. More arid grasslands showed enhanced complementarity effects under extreme drought, whereas less arid grasslands favoured selection effects driven by productive species. Heat extremes did not produce comparable context-dependent changes in plant diversity effects across ecosystem types or aridity gradients. Soil nutrients did not have any detectable influence under either drought or heat extremes, suggesting that as climatic stress intensifies, hydric limitations override edaphic constraints. Our synthesis identifies when and where plant diversity most strongly enhances productivity, showing that its effects are the greatest under extreme drought in more arid grasslands. |
| Sasaki, T., Hoss, D., Huang, Y., Iwachido, Y., Zheng, L., Abdala-Roberts, L., Allan, E., Auge, H., Barsoum, N., Bauhus, J., Baum, C., Beierkuhnlein, C., Beyer, F., Brancalion, P., Cappelli, S.L., Chu, C., Craven, D., Daniel, C., Dolezal, J., Ebeling, A., Fagundes, M., Ferlian, O., Ganade, G., Gebauer, T., Gendreau-Berthiaume, B., Godbold, D., Guerrero-Ramírez, N., Guillemot, J., Hajek, P., Hector, A., Hölscher, D., Jactel, H., Jentsch, A., Koricheva, J., Kreft, H., Kreyling, J., Lanta, V., Leps, J., Lin, W., Mendoza-Espinosa, M., Meredieu, C., Messier, C., Meyer, S.T., Montagnini, F., Muys, B., Nock, C., Paquette, A., Parker, W.C., Parker, J.D., Parra-Tabla, V., Parrotta, J., Paterno, G.B., Pichon, N.A., Piotto, D., Polley, W., Ponette, Q., Potvin, C., Reich, P.B., Rewald, B., Robin, A., Roscher, C., Sanden, H., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Schnabel, F., Searle, E.B., Siebenkäs, A., Standish, R.J., Tilman, D., van Ruijven, J., Verheyen, K., Weigelt, A., Weih, M., Werner, R., Wilsey, B., Schmid, B., Isbell, F., Eisenhauer, N. (2026): Biodiversity effects under climate extremes intensify with aridity in grasslands but not forests Nat. Ecol. Evol. 10.1038/s41559-026-03130-1 |
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