Contrasting responses of above- and belowground diversity to multiple components of land-use intensity

Gaëtane Le Provost (), Jan Thiele, Catrin Westphal, Caterina Penone, Eric Allan, Margot Neyret, Fons van der Plas, Manfred Ayasse, Richard D. Bardgett, Klaus Birkhofer, Steffen Boch, Michael Bonkowski, Francois Buscot, Heike Feldhaar, Rachel Gaulton, Kezia Goldmann, Martin M. Gossner, Valentin H. Klaus, Till Kleinebecker, Jochen Krauss, Swen Renner, Pascal Scherreiks, Johannes Sikorski, Dennis Baulechner, Nico Blüthgen, Ralph Bolliger, Carmen Börschig, Verena Busch, Melanie Chisté, Anna Maria Fiore-Donno, Markus Fischer, Hartmut Arndt, Norbert Hoelzel, Katharina John, Kirsten Jung, Markus Lange, Carlo Marzini, Jörg Overmann, Esther Paŝalić, David J. Perović, Daniel Prati, Deborah Schäfer, Ingo Schöning, Marion Schrumpf, Ilja Sonnemann, Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter, Marco Tschapka, Manfred Türke, Juliane Vogt, Katja Wehner, Christiane Weiner, Wolfgang Weisser, Konstans Wells, Michael Werner, Volkmar Wolters, Tesfaye Wubet, Susanne Wurst, Andrey S. Zaitsev and Peter Manning
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Gaëtane Le Provost: Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung
Jan Thiele: Thünen Institute of Biodiversity
Catrin Westphal: University of Göttingen
Caterina Penone: University of Bern
Eric Allan: University of Bern
Margot Neyret: Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung
Fons van der Plas: Leipzig University
Manfred Ayasse: University of Ulm
Richard D. Bardgett: The University of Manchester
Klaus Birkhofer: Brandenburg University of Technology
Steffen Boch: WSL Swiss Federal Research Institute
Michael Bonkowski: University of Cologne
Francois Buscot: UFZ-Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Department of Soil Ecology
Heike Feldhaar: University of Bayreuth
Rachel Gaulton: Newcastle University
Kezia Goldmann: UFZ-Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Department of Soil Ecology
Martin M. Gossner: Forest Entomology, WSL Swiss Federal Research Institute
Valentin H. Klaus: ETH Zürich, Universitätstr. 2
Till Kleinebecker: Justus Liebig University Giessen
Jochen Krauss: University of Würzburg
Swen Renner: University of Ulm
Pascal Scherreiks: Thünen Institute of Biodiversity
Johannes Sikorski: Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures
Dennis Baulechner: Justus Liebig University Giessen
Nico Blüthgen: Technische Universität Darmstadt
Ralph Bolliger: University of Bern
Carmen Börschig: Georg-August University of Göttingen
Verena Busch: Justus Liebig University Giessen
Melanie Chisté: Technische Universität Darmstadt
Anna Maria Fiore-Donno: University of Cologne
Markus Fischer: Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung
Hartmut Arndt: University of Cologne
Norbert Hoelzel: University of Münster
Katharina John: Technische Universität Darmstadt
Kirsten Jung: The University of Manchester
Markus Lange: Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
Carlo Marzini: Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures
Jörg Overmann: Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures
Esther Paŝalić: Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena
David J. Perović: Australian Cotton Research Institute
Daniel Prati: University of Bern
Deborah Schäfer: University of Bern
Ingo Schöning: Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
Marion Schrumpf: Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
Ilja Sonnemann: Freie Universität Berlin
Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter: University of Würzburg
Marco Tschapka: University of Ulm
Manfred Türke: German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig
Juliane Vogt: Technical University of Munich
Katja Wehner: Technische Universität Darmstadt
Christiane Weiner: Technische Universität Darmstadt
Wolfgang Weisser: Technical University of Munich
Konstans Wells: Swansea University
Michael Werner: University of Würzburg
Volkmar Wolters: Justus Liebig University Giessen
Tesfaye Wubet: German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig
Susanne Wurst: Freie Universität Berlin
Andrey S. Zaitsev: Justus Liebig University Giessen
Peter Manning: Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung

Nature Communications, 2021, vol. 12, issue 1, 1-13

Abstract: Abstract Land-use intensification is a major driver of biodiversity loss. However, understanding how different components of land use drive biodiversity loss requires the investigation of multiple trophic levels across spatial scales. Using data from 150 agricultural grasslands in central Europe, we assess the influence of multiple components of local- and landscape-level land use on more than 4,000 above- and belowground taxa, spanning 20 trophic groups. Plot-level land-use intensity is strongly and negatively associated with aboveground trophic groups, but positively or not associated with belowground trophic groups. Meanwhile, both above- and belowground trophic groups respond to landscape-level land use, but to different drivers: aboveground diversity of grasslands is promoted by diverse surrounding land-cover, while belowground diversity is positively related to a high permanent forest cover in the surrounding landscape. These results highlight a role of landscape-level land use in shaping belowground communities, and suggest that revised agroecosystem management strategies are needed to conserve whole-ecosystem biodiversity.

Date: 2021
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