| Herbivores and nutrients control grassland plant diversity via light limitation | |
| ESI NOTE | 2017-07-19;Highly Cited Papers |
| 2014-04-24 | |
| Source Publication | NATURE
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| ISSN | 0028-0836 |
| Volume | 508Issue:7497Pages:517-+ |
| Abstract | Human alterations to nutrient cycles(1,2) and herbivore communities(3-7) are affecting global biodiversity dramatically(2). Ecological theory predicts these changes should be strongly counteractive: nutrient addition drives plant species loss through intensified competition for light, whereas herbivores prevent competitive exclusion by increasing ground-level light, particularly in productive systems(8,9). Here we use experimental data spanning a globally relevant range of conditions to test the hypothesis that herbaceous plant species losses caused by eutrophication may be offset by increased light availability due to herbivory. This experiment, replicated in 40 grasslands on 6 continents, demonstrates that nutrients and herbivores can serve as counteracting forces to control local plant diversity through light limitation, independent of site productivity, soil nitrogen, herbivore type and climate. Nutrient addition consistently reduced local diversity through light limitation, and herbivory rescued diversity at sites where it alleviated light limitation. Thus, species loss from anthropogenic eutrophication can be ameliorated in grasslands where herbivory increases ground-level light. |
| Subject Area | Science & Technology - Other Topics |
| Publisher | NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP |
| DOI | 10.1038/nature13144 |
| Publication Place | LONDON |
| Indexed By | SCIE ; PubMed ; MEDLINE ; ESI |
| Language | 英语 |
| First Inst | 否 |
| Funding Project | 美国国家科学基金会项目 |
| Project Number | NSF Research Coordination Network [NSF-DEB-1042132] ; NSF Long Term Ecological Research program [NSF-DEB-1234162] ; UMN Institute on the Environment [DG-0001-13] |
| WOS ID | WOS:000334741600035 |
| Funding Organization | US NSF |
| Subtype | Article |
| PMID | 24670649 |
| Department | [Borer, Elizabeth T.;Seabloom, Eric W.;Lind, Eric M.;Hautier, Yann;Wragg, Peter D.] Univ Minnesota, Dept Ecol Evolut & Behav, St Paul, MN 55108 USA;[Gruner, Daniel S.] Univ Maryland, Dept Entomol, College Pk, MD 20742 USA;[Harpole, W. Stanley;Biederman, Lori;Li, Wei;Mortensen, Brent...更多 |
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| Document Type | 期刊论文 |
| Identifier | https://ir.lzu.edu.cn/handle/262010/115444 |
| Collection | 生命科学学院 |
| Corresponding Author | Borer, ET (reprint author), Univ Minnesota, Dept Ecol Evolut & Behav, St Paul, MN 55108 USA. |
| Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Borer, ET,Seabloom, EW,Gruner, DS,et al. Herbivores and nutrients control grassland plant diversity via light limitation[J]. NATURE,2014,508(7497):517-+. |
| APA | Borer, ET.,Seabloom, EW.,Gruner, DS.,Harpole, WS.,Hillebrand, H.,...&Borer, ET .(2014).Herbivores and nutrients control grassland plant diversity via light limitation.NATURE,508(7497),517-+. |
| MLA | Borer, ET,et al."Herbivores and nutrients control grassland plant diversity via light limitation".NATURE 508.7497(2014):517-+. |
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