Divergent roles of herbivory in eutrophying forests
Ungulate populations are increasing across Europe with important implications for forest plant communities. Concurrently, atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition continues to eutrophicate forests, threatening many rare, often more nutrient-efficient, plant species. These pressures may critically interac...
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ftunivgent:oai:archive.ugent.be:01GMWZ090JWGQAT44W7YS05R05 2023-10-01T03:59:56+02:00 Divergent roles of herbivory in eutrophying forests Segar, Josiane Pereira, Henrique M. Baeten, Lander Bernhardt-Römermann, Markus De Frenne, Pieter Fernández, Néstor Gilliam, Frank S. Lenoir, Jonathan Ortmann-Ajkai, Adrienne Verheyen, Kris Waller, Donald Teleki, Balázs Brunet, Jörg Chudomelová, Markéta Decocq, Guillaume Dirnböck, Thomas Hédl, Radim Heinken, Thilo Jaroszewicz, Bogdan Kopecký, Martin Macek, Martin Máliš, František Naaf, Tobias Orczewska, Anna Reczynska, Kamila Schmidt, Wolfgang Šebesta, Jan Stachurska-Swakoń, Alina Standovár, Tibor Swierkosz, Krzysztof Vild, Ondřej Wulf, Monika Staude, Ingmar R. 2022 application/pdf https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/01GMWZ090JWGQAT44W7YS05R05 http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-01GMWZ090JWGQAT44W7YS05R05 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35282-6 https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/01GMWZ090JWGQAT44W7YS05R05/file/01GMWZ45G94M6TGN79CMMSTH4T eng eng https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/01GMWZ090JWGQAT44W7YS05R05 http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-01GMWZ090JWGQAT44W7YS05R05 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35282-6 https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/01GMWZ090JWGQAT44W7YS05R05/file/01GMWZ45G94M6TGN79CMMSTH4T Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0) info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess NATURE COMMUNICATIONS ISSN: 2041-1723 Agriculture and Food Sciences WHITE-TAILED DEER NITROGEN DEPOSITION PLANT DIVERSITY VEGETATION CHANGE SPECIES RICHNESS SUS-SCROFA IMPACT HOMOGENIZATION BIODIVERSITY COMMUNITIES journalArticle info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2022 ftunivgent https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35282-6 2023-09-06T22:23:11Z Ungulate populations are increasing across Europe with important implications for forest plant communities. Concurrently, atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition continues to eutrophicate forests, threatening many rare, often more nutrient-efficient, plant species. These pressures may critically interact to shape biodiversity as in grassland and tundra systems, yet any potential interactions in forests remain poorly understood. Here, we combined vegetation resurveys from 52 sites across 13 European countries to test how changes in ungulate herbivory and eutrophication drive long-term changes in forest understorey communities. Increases in herbivory were associated with elevated temporal species turnover, however, identities of winner and loser species depended on N levels. Under low levels of N-deposition, herbivory favored threatened and small-ranged species while reducing the proportion of non-native and nutrient-demanding species. Yet all these trends were reversed under high levels of N-deposition. Herbivores also reduced shrub cover, likely exacerbating N effects by increasing light levels in the understorey. Eutrophication levels may therefore determine whether herbivory acts as a catalyst for the “N time bomb” or as a conservation tool in temperate forests. Article in Journal/Newspaper Tundra Ghent University Academic Bibliography Nature Communications 13 1 |
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Ungulate populations are increasing across Europe with important implications for forest plant communities. Concurrently, atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition continues to eutrophicate forests, threatening many rare, often more nutrient-efficient, plant species. These pressures may critically interact to shape biodiversity as in grassland and tundra systems, yet any potential interactions in forests remain poorly understood. Here, we combined vegetation resurveys from 52 sites across 13 European countries to test how changes in ungulate herbivory and eutrophication drive long-term changes in forest understorey communities. Increases in herbivory were associated with elevated temporal species turnover, however, identities of winner and loser species depended on N levels. Under low levels of N-deposition, herbivory favored threatened and small-ranged species while reducing the proportion of non-native and nutrient-demanding species. Yet all these trends were reversed under high levels of N-deposition. Herbivores also reduced shrub cover, likely exacerbating N effects by increasing light levels in the understorey. Eutrophication levels may therefore determine whether herbivory acts as a catalyst for the “N time bomb” or as a conservation tool in temperate forests. |
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Segar, Josiane Pereira, Henrique M. Baeten, Lander Bernhardt-Römermann, Markus De Frenne, Pieter Fernández, Néstor Gilliam, Frank S. Lenoir, Jonathan Ortmann-Ajkai, Adrienne Verheyen, Kris Waller, Donald Teleki, Balázs Brunet, Jörg Chudomelová, Markéta Decocq, Guillaume Dirnböck, Thomas Hédl, Radim Heinken, Thilo Jaroszewicz, Bogdan Kopecký, Martin Macek, Martin Máliš, František Naaf, Tobias Orczewska, Anna Reczynska, Kamila Schmidt, Wolfgang Šebesta, Jan Stachurska-Swakoń, Alina Standovár, Tibor Swierkosz, Krzysztof Vild, Ondřej Wulf, Monika Staude, Ingmar R. |
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