Biotic homogenization destabilizes ecosystem functioning by decreasing spatial asynchrony
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Alternative codes found
RIV/60077344:_____/21:00548522 RIV/67985939:_____/21:00548522
Result on the web
<a href="https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecy.3332" target="_blank" >https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecy.3332</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3332" target="_blank" >10.1002/ecy.3332</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Biotic homogenization destabilizes ecosystem functioning by decreasing spatial asynchrony
Original language description
Our planet is facing significant changes of biodiversity across spatial scales. Although the negative effects of local biodiversity (alpha diversity) loss on ecosystem stability are well documented, the consequences of biodiversity changes at larger spatial scales, in particular biotic homogenization, that is, reduced species turnover across space (beta diversity), remain poorly known. Using data from 39 grassland biodiversity experiments, we examine the effects of beta diversity on the stability of simulated landscapes while controlling for potentially confounding biotic and abiotic factors. Our results show that higher beta diversity generates more asynchronous dynamics among local communities and thereby contributes to the stability of ecosystem productivity at larger spatial scales. We further quantify the relative contributions of alpha and beta diversity to ecosystem stability and find a relatively stronger effect of alpha diversity, possibly due to the limited spatial scale of our experiments. The stabilizing effects of both alpha and beta diversity lead to a positive diversity-stability relationship at the landscape scale. Our findings demonstrate the destabilizing effect of biotic homogenization and suggest that biodiversity should be conserved at multiple spatial scales to maintain the stability of ecosystem functions and services.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10611 - Plant sciences, botany
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2021
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Ecology
ISSN
0012-9658
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
102
Issue of the periodical within the volume
6
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
10
Pages from-to
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UT code for WoS article
000645647200001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85104410832