Land-use intensification causes multitrophic homogenization of grassland communities

Martin M. Gossner (), Thomas M. Lewinsohn, Tiemo Kahl, Fabrice Grassein, Steffen Boch, Daniel Prati, Klaus Birkhofer, Swen C. Renner, Johannes Sikorski, Tesfaye Wubet, Hartmut Arndt, Vanessa Baumgartner, Stefan Blaser, Nico Blüthgen, Carmen Börschig, Francois Buscot, Tim Diekötter, Leonardo Ré Jorge, Kirsten Jung, Alexander C. Keyel, Alexandra-Maria Klein, Sandra Klemmer, Jochen Krauss, Markus Lange, Jörg Müller, Jörg Overmann, Esther Pašalić, Caterina Penone, David J. Perović, Oliver Purschke, Peter Schall, Stephanie A. Socher, Ilja Sonnemann, Marco Tschapka, Teja Tscharntke, Manfred Türke, Paul Christiaan Venter, Christiane N. Weiner, Michael Werner, Volkmar Wolters, Susanne Wurst, Catrin Westphal, Markus Fischer, Wolfgang W. Weisser and Eric Allan
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Martin M. Gossner: Terrestrial Ecology Research Group, School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technical University of Munich
Thomas M. Lewinsohn: Terrestrial Ecology Research Group, School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technical University of Munich
Tiemo Kahl: Chair of Silviculture, Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Freiburg
Fabrice Grassein: Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern
Steffen Boch: Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern
Daniel Prati: Biosphere Reserve Vessertal-Thuringian Forest
Klaus Birkhofer: Biodiversity and Conservation Science, Lund University
Swen C. Renner: Institute of Zoology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences
Johannes Sikorski: Leibniz-Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures
Tesfaye Wubet: UFZ-Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Hartmut Arndt: Biocentre, Institute for Zoology, General Ecology, University of Cologne
Vanessa Baumgartner: Leibniz-Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures
Stefan Blaser: Biosphere Reserve Vessertal-Thuringian Forest
Nico Blüthgen: Ecological Networks, Technische Universität Darmstadt
Carmen Börschig: Biocentre, University of Würzburg
Francois Buscot: UFZ-Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Tim Diekötter: Animal Ecology, Justus-Liebig-University
Leonardo Ré Jorge: IB, UNICAMP—University of Campinas, Campinas
Kirsten Jung: Institute of Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation Genomics, University of Ulm
Alexander C. Keyel: University of Göttingen
Alexandra-Maria Klein: Chair of Nature Conservation and Landscape Ecology, Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Freiburg
Sandra Klemmer: UFZ-Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Jochen Krauss: Biocentre, University of Würzburg
Markus Lange: Terrestrial Ecology Research Group, School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technical University of Munich
Jörg Müller: Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam
Jörg Overmann: Leibniz-Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures
Esther Pašalić: Terrestrial Ecology Research Group, School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technical University of Munich
Caterina Penone: Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern
David J. Perović: Institute of Applied Ecology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University
Oliver Purschke: German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig
Peter Schall: University of Göttingen
Stephanie A. Socher: Botanical Garden, University of Salzburg
Ilja Sonnemann: Functional Biodiversity, Institute of Biology, Freie Universität Berlin
Marco Tschapka: Institute of Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation Genomics, University of Ulm
Teja Tscharntke: Agroecology, Georg-August-University Göttingen
Manfred Türke: Terrestrial Ecology Research Group, School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technical University of Munich
Paul Christiaan Venter: Biocentre, Institute for Zoology, General Ecology, University of Cologne
Christiane N. Weiner: Ecological Networks, Technische Universität Darmstadt
Michael Werner: Ecological Networks, Technische Universität Darmstadt
Volkmar Wolters: Animal Ecology, Justus-Liebig-University
Susanne Wurst: Functional Biodiversity, Institute of Biology, Freie Universität Berlin
Catrin Westphal: Agroecology, Georg-August-University Göttingen
Wolfgang W. Weisser: Terrestrial Ecology Research Group, School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technical University of Munich
Eric Allan: Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern

Nature, 2016, vol. 540, issue 7632, 266-269

Abstract: Analysis of a large grassland biodiversity dataset shows that increases in local land-use intensity cause biotic homogenization at landscape scale across microbial, plant and animal groups, both above- and belowground, that is largely independent of changes in local diversity.

Date: 2016
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