Consequences of biodiversity loss for litter decomposition across biomes

I. Tanya Handa, Rien Aerts, Frank Berendse, Matty P. Berg, Andreas Bruder, Olaf Butenschoen, Eric Chauvet, Mark O. Gessner, Jérémy Jabiol, Marika Makkonen, Brendan G. McKie, Björn Malmqvist, Edwin T. H. M. Peeters, Stefan Scheu, Bernhard Schmid, Jasper van Ruijven, Veronique C. A. Vos and Stephan Hättenschwiler ()
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I. Tanya Handa: Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive (CEFE), CNRS, 1919 Route de Mende, 34293 Montpellier, France
Rien Aerts: VU University Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1085, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Frank Berendse: Nature Conservation and Plant Ecology Group, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 3a, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
Matty P. Berg: VU University Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1085, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Andreas Bruder: Eawag: Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 133, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
Olaf Butenschoen: Georg August University Göttingen, J.F. Blumenbach Institute of Zoology and Anthropology, Berliner Strasse 28, 37073 Göttingen, Germany
Eric Chauvet: Université de Toulouse, INP, UPS, EcoLab (Laboratoire Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Environnement), 118 Route de Narbonne, 31062 Toulouse Cedex, France
Mark O. Gessner: Eawag: Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 133, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
Jérémy Jabiol: Université de Toulouse, INP, UPS, EcoLab (Laboratoire Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Environnement), 118 Route de Narbonne, 31062 Toulouse Cedex, France
Marika Makkonen: VU University Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1085, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Brendan G. McKie: Umeå University, 90187 Umeå, Sweden
Edwin T. H. M. Peeters: Aquatic Ecology and Water Quality Management Group, Wageningen University, PO Box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
Stefan Scheu: Georg August University Göttingen, J.F. Blumenbach Institute of Zoology and Anthropology, Berliner Strasse 28, 37073 Göttingen, Germany
Bernhard Schmid: Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies & Zürich-Basel Plant Science Center, University of Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland
Jasper van Ruijven: Nature Conservation and Plant Ecology Group, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 3a, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
Veronique C. A. Vos: Nature Conservation and Plant Ecology Group, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 3a, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
Stephan Hättenschwiler: Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive (CEFE), CNRS, 1919 Route de Mende, 34293 Montpellier, France

Nature, 2014, vol. 509, issue 7499, 218-221

Abstract: Field experiments across aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems show that biodiversity positively affects carbon and nitrogen cycling in leaf litter decomposition, indicating that reduced decomposition caused by biodiversity loss would modify the global carbon cycle and limit the nitrogen supply to the organisms at the base of the food chain.

Date: 2014
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