Divergent roles of herbivory in eutrophying forests
Abstract 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 criticall...
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ftunivnantes:oai:HAL:hal-03915578v1 2023-05-15T18:40:25+02:00 Divergent roles of herbivory in eutrophying forests Segar, Josiane Pereira, Henrique Baeten, Lander Bernhardt-Römermann, Markus de Frenne, Pieter Fernández, Néstor Gilliam, Frank 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 Universiteit Gent = Ghent University (UGENT) Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Halle-Jena-Leipzig Ecologie et Dynamique des Systèmes Anthropisés - UMR CNRS 7058 (EDYSAN) Université de Picardie Jules Verne (UPJV)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) University of Pecs University of Copenhagen = Københavns Universitet (UCPH) University of Wisconsin-Madison University of Debrecen Egyetem Debrecen Czech Academy of Sciences Prague (CAS) Masaryk University Brno (MUNI) Umweltbundesamt GmbH = Environment Agency Austria Palacky University Olomouc University of Potsdam = Universität Potsdam University of Warsaw (UW) Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences (IB / CAS) Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (CZU) 2022-12 https://hal-u-picardie.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03915578 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35282-6 en eng HAL CCSD Nature Publishing Group info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1038/s41467-022-35282-6 hal-03915578 https://hal-u-picardie.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03915578 doi:10.1038/s41467-022-35282-6 ISSN: 2041-1723 EISSN: 2041-1723 Nature Communications https://hal-u-picardie.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03915578 Nature Communications, 2022, 13 (1), pp.7837. ⟨10.1038/s41467-022-35282-6⟩ [SDV.EE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology environment info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2022 ftunivnantes https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35282-6 2023-03-08T01:01:26Z Abstract 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 Université de Nantes: HAL-UNIV-NANTES Nature Communications 13 1 |
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Abstract 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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Universiteit Gent = Ghent University (UGENT) Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Halle-Jena-Leipzig Ecologie et Dynamique des Systèmes Anthropisés - UMR CNRS 7058 (EDYSAN) Université de Picardie Jules Verne (UPJV)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) University of Pecs University of Copenhagen = Københavns Universitet (UCPH) University of Wisconsin-Madison University of Debrecen Egyetem Debrecen Czech Academy of Sciences Prague (CAS) Masaryk University Brno (MUNI) Umweltbundesamt GmbH = Environment Agency Austria Palacky University Olomouc University of Potsdam = Universität Potsdam University of Warsaw (UW) Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences (IB / CAS) Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (CZU) |
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Segar, Josiane Pereira, Henrique Baeten, Lander Bernhardt-Römermann, Markus de Frenne, Pieter Fernández, Néstor Gilliam, Frank 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 |
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ISSN: 2041-1723 EISSN: 2041-1723 Nature Communications https://hal-u-picardie.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03915578 Nature Communications, 2022, 13 (1), pp.7837. ⟨10.1038/s41467-022-35282-6⟩ |
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