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Authors list: Neyret, M; Le Provost, G; Boesing, AL; Schneider, FD; Baulechner, D; Bergmann, J; de Vries, F; Fiore-Donno, AM; Geisen, S; Goldmann, K; Merges, A; Saifutdinov, RA; Simons, NK; Tobias, JA; Zaitsev, AS; Gossner, MM; Jung, K; Kandeler, E; Krauss, J; Penone, C; Schloter, M; Schulz, S; Staab, M; Wolters, V; Apostolakis, A; Birkhofer, K; Boch, S; Boeddinghaus, RS; Bolliger, R; Bonkowski, M; Buscot, F; Dumack, K; Fischer, M; Gan, HY; Heinze, J; Hölzel, N; John, K; Klaus, VH; Kleinebecker, T; Marhan, S; Müller, J; Renner, SC; Rillig, M; Schenk, NV; Schöning, I; Schrumpf, M; Seibold, S; Socher, S; Solly, EF; Teuscher, M; van Kleunen, M; Wubet, T; Manning, P
Publication year: 2023
Journal: BioRxiv
DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.07.12.548516
Publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Across the tree of life, organismal functional strategies form a continuum from slow-to fast-growing organisms, in response to common drivers such as resource availability and disturbance. However, the synchronization of these strategies at the entire community level is untested. We combine trait data for >2800 above-and belowground taxa from 14 trophic guilds spanning a disturbance and resource availability gradient in German grasslands. Most guilds consistently respond to these drivers through both direct and trophically-mediated effects, resulting in a ‘slow-fast’ axis at the level of the entire community. Fast trait communities were also associated with faster rates of whole ecosystem functioning. These findings demonstrate that ‘slow’ and ‘fast’ strategies can be manifested at the level of whole ecosystems, opening new avenues of ecosystem-level functional classification.
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Harvard Citation style: Neyret, M., Le Provost, G., Boesing, A., Schneider, F., Baulechner, D., Bergmann, J., et al. (2023) A fast-slow trait continuum at the level of entire communities [Preprint]. BioRxiv, Article 2023.07.12.548516. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.07.12.548516
APA Citation style: Neyret, M., Le Provost, G., Boesing, A., Schneider, F., Baulechner, D., Bergmann, J., de Vries, F., Fiore-Donno, A., Geisen, S., Goldmann, K., Merges, A., Saifutdinov, R., Simons, N., Tobias, J., Zaitsev, A., Gossner, M., Jung, K., Kandeler, E., Krauss, J., ...Manning, P. (2023). A fast-slow trait continuum at the level of entire communities. BioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.07.12.548516
