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Above- and below-ground complementarity rather than selection drive tree diversity-productivity relationships in European forests

Xin Jing, Bart Muys, Helge Bruelheide, Ellen Desie, Stephan Hattenschwiler, Herve Jactel, Bogdan Jaroszewicz, Paul Kardol, Sophia Ratcliffe, Michael Scherer-Lorenzen, et al.
(2021) FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY. 35(8). p.1756-1767
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  • FUNDIVEUROPE (Functional significance of forest biodiversity in Europe)
Abstract
1. Biodiversity experiments have identified both complementarity and selection as important drivers of the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. However, their relative importance in above- and below-ground ecosystem compartments of mature forests remains yet to be explored. 2. We adopted a trait-based approach to partition biodiversity effects in above- and below-ground complementarity and selection. This approach was based on canopy and root traits measured in single- and mixed-species plots in mature forests across a European latitudinal gradient. 3. We assessed the relative importance of above- and below-ground selection and complementarity in driving the relationship between tree species diversity and above-ground wood production. We used the expected values (based on the values measured in monocultures) of leaf area index (LAI) and fine root biomass as proxies for above- and below-ground selection, whereas canopy packing and rooting depth variability were used as proxies for above- and below-ground complementarity. 4. Our results showed that tree species richness-wood production relationships were driven by above- and below-ground complementarity (i.e. canopy packing and rooting depth variability), rather than selection. The proxies for selection were found to have a positive effect on wood production but were not affected by tree species richness. 5. We concluded that above-ground-but also the largely neglected below-ground complementarity drives biodiversity-productivity relationships in mature forests. Our findings suggest that choosing tree species with complementary above- and below-ground traits should be considered in afforestation and forest management to promote tree diversity and productivity in European forests.
Keywords
FINE-ROOT BIOMASS, SPECIES RICHNESS, LEAF-AREA, FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY, ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS, SUBTROPICAL FOREST, ECOSYSTEM-FUNCTION, CROWN, PLASTICITY, BIODIVERSITY, TEMPERATE, canopy packing, ecosystem functioning, fine root biomass, FunDivEUROPE, leaf area index, mature forests, rooting depth

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MLA
Jing, Xin, et al. “Above- and below-Ground Complementarity Rather than Selection Drive Tree Diversity-Productivity Relationships in European Forests.” FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY, vol. 35, no. 8, 2021, pp. 1756–67, doi:10.1111/1365-2435.13825.
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Jing, X., Muys, B., Bruelheide, H., Desie, E., Hattenschwiler, S., Jactel, H., … Van Meerbeek, K. (2021). Above- and below-ground complementarity rather than selection drive tree diversity-productivity relationships in European forests. FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY, 35(8), 1756–1767. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13825
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Jing, Xin, Bart Muys, Helge Bruelheide, Ellen Desie, Stephan Hattenschwiler, Herve Jactel, Bogdan Jaroszewicz, et al. 2021. “Above- and below-Ground Complementarity Rather than Selection Drive Tree Diversity-Productivity Relationships in European Forests.” FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY 35 (8): 1756–67. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13825.
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Jing, Xin, Bart Muys, Helge Bruelheide, Ellen Desie, Stephan Hattenschwiler, Herve Jactel, Bogdan Jaroszewicz, Paul Kardol, Sophia Ratcliffe, Michael Scherer-Lorenzen, Federico Selvi, Karen Vancampenhout, Fons van der Plas, Kris Verheyen, Lars Vesterdal, Juan Zuo, and Koenraad Van Meerbeek. 2021. “Above- and below-Ground Complementarity Rather than Selection Drive Tree Diversity-Productivity Relationships in European Forests.” FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY 35 (8): 1756–1767. doi:10.1111/1365-2435.13825.
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Jing X, Muys B, Bruelheide H, Desie E, Hattenschwiler S, Jactel H, et al. Above- and below-ground complementarity rather than selection drive tree diversity-productivity relationships in European forests. FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY. 2021;35(8):1756–67.
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X. Jing et al., “Above- and below-ground complementarity rather than selection drive tree diversity-productivity relationships in European forests,” FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY, vol. 35, no. 8, pp. 1756–1767, 2021.
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  author       = {{Jing, Xin and Muys, Bart and Bruelheide, Helge and Desie, Ellen and Hattenschwiler, Stephan and Jactel, Herve and Jaroszewicz, Bogdan and Kardol, Paul and Ratcliffe, Sophia and Scherer-Lorenzen, Michael and Selvi, Federico and Vancampenhout, Karen and van der Plas, Fons and Verheyen, Kris and Vesterdal, Lars and Zuo, Juan and Van Meerbeek, Koenraad}},
  issn         = {{0269-8463}},
  journal      = {{FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{8}},
  pages        = {{1756--1767}},
  title        = {{Above- and below-ground complementarity rather than selection drive tree diversity-productivity relationships in European forests}},
  url          = {{http://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13825}},
  volume       = {{35}},
  year         = {{2021}},
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