Nature Communications (Mar 2016)
Jack-of-all-trades effects drive biodiversity–ecosystem multifunctionality relationships in European forests
- Fons van der Plas,
- Peter Manning,
- Eric Allan,
- Michael Scherer-Lorenzen,
- Kris Verheyen,
- Christian Wirth,
- Miguel A. Zavala,
- Andy Hector,
- Evy Ampoorter,
- Lander Baeten,
- Luc Barbaro,
- Jürgen Bauhus,
- Raquel Benavides,
- Adam Benneter,
- Felix Berthold,
- Damien Bonal,
- Olivier Bouriaud,
- Helge Bruelheide,
- Filippo Bussotti,
- Monique Carnol,
- Bastien Castagneyrol,
- Yohan Charbonnier,
- David Coomes,
- Andrea Coppi,
- Cristina C. Bastias,
- Seid Muhie Dawud,
- Hans De Wandeler,
- Timo Domisch,
- Leena Finér,
- Arthur Gessler,
- André Granier,
- Charlotte Grossiord,
- Virginie Guyot,
- Stephan Hättenschwiler,
- Hervé Jactel,
- Bogdan Jaroszewicz,
- François-Xavier Joly,
- Tommaso Jucker,
- Julia Koricheva,
- Harriet Milligan,
- Sandra Müller,
- Bart Muys,
- Diem Nguyen,
- Martina Pollastrini,
- Karsten Raulund-Rasmussen,
- Federico Selvi,
- Jan Stenlid,
- Fernando Valladares,
- Lars Vesterdal,
- Dawid Zielínski,
- Markus Fischer
Affiliations
- Fons van der Plas
- Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern
- Peter Manning
- Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern
- Eric Allan
- Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern
- Michael Scherer-Lorenzen
- Faculty of Biology, Geobotany, University of Freiburg
- Kris Verheyen
- Department of Forest and Water Management, Forest & Nature Lab, Ghent University
- Christian Wirth
- Systematic Botany and Functional Biodiversity, University of Leipzig
- Miguel A. Zavala
- Department of Life Sciences, Forest Ecology and Restoration Group, University of Alcalá
- Andy Hector
- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford
- Evy Ampoorter
- Department of Forest and Water Management, Forest & Nature Lab, Ghent University
- Lander Baeten
- Department of Forest and Water Management, Forest & Nature Lab, Ghent University
- Luc Barbaro
- INRA, UMR 1202 BIOGECO
- Jürgen Bauhus
- Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources, Chair of Silviculture, University of Freiburg
- Raquel Benavides
- Faculty of Biology, Geobotany, University of Freiburg
- Adam Benneter
- Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources, Chair of Silviculture, University of Freiburg
- Felix Berthold
- Institute of Biology/Geobotany and Botanical Garden, Martin Luther University Halle Wittenberg
- Damien Bonal
- INRA, UMR EEF
- Olivier Bouriaud
- Faculty of Forestry, Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava
- Helge Bruelheide
- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig
- Filippo Bussotti
- Department of Agri-Food Production and Environmental Science (DISPAA), Lab. of Applied and Environmental Botany, University of Firenze
- Monique Carnol
- Laboratory of Plant and Microbial Ecology, University of Liège
- Bastien Castagneyrol
- INRA, UMR 1202 BIOGECO
- Yohan Charbonnier
- INRA, UMR 1202 BIOGECO
- David Coomes
- Department of Plant Sciences, Forest Ecology and Conservation, University of Cambridge
- Andrea Coppi
- Department of Agri-Food Production and Environmental Science (DISPAA), Lab. of Applied and Environmental Botany, University of Firenze
- Cristina C. Bastias
- Department of Biogeography and Global Change, National Museum of Natural Sciences
- Seid Muhie Dawud
- Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen
- Hans De Wandeler
- Division of Forest, Nature and Landscape, University of Leuven
- Timo Domisch
- Natural Resources Institute Finland
- Leena Finér
- Natural Resources Institute Finland
- Arthur Gessler
- Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL
- André Granier
- INRA, UMR EEF
- Charlotte Grossiord
- Virginie Guyot
- INRA, UMR 1202 BIOGECO
- Stephan Hättenschwiler
- Centre of Evolutionary and Functional Ecology (CEFE UMR 5175 – University of Montpellier – University Paul-Valéry Montpellier – EPHE)
- Hervé Jactel
- INRA, UMR 1202 BIOGECO
- Bogdan Jaroszewicz
- Białowieża Geobotanical Station, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw
- François-Xavier Joly
- Centre of Evolutionary and Functional Ecology (CEFE UMR 5175 – University of Montpellier – University Paul-Valéry Montpellier – EPHE)
- Tommaso Jucker
- Department of Plant Sciences, Forest Ecology and Conservation, University of Cambridge
- Julia Koricheva
- School of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London
- Harriet Milligan
- School of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London
- Sandra Müller
- Faculty of Biology, Geobotany, University of Freiburg
- Bart Muys
- Division of Forest, Nature and Landscape, University of Leuven
- Diem Nguyen
- Department of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- Martina Pollastrini
- Department of Agri-Food Production and Environmental Science (DISPAA), Lab. of Applied and Environmental Botany, University of Firenze
- Karsten Raulund-Rasmussen
- Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen
- Federico Selvi
- Department of Agri-Food Production and Environmental Science (DISPAA), Lab. of Applied and Environmental Botany, University of Firenze
- Jan Stenlid
- Department of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- Fernando Valladares
- Department of Biogeography and Global Change, National Museum of Natural Sciences
- Lars Vesterdal
- Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen
- Dawid Zielínski
- Białowieża Geobotanical Station, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw
- Markus Fischer
- Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11109
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 7,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 11
Abstract
How biodiversity is linked to multiple ecosystem functions is not fully understood. Here, the authors show that a new mechanism, which they term the 'jack-of-all-trades' effect, best explains patterns of tree diversity and ecosystem multifunctionality in European forests.
