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Climate modifies response of non-native and native species richness to nutrient enrichment.

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Flores-Moreno, H; Reich, PB; Lind, EM; Sullivan, LL; Seabloom, EW; Yahdjian, L; MacDougall, AS; Reichmann, LG; Alberti, J; Báez, S; Bakker, JD ...
Published in: Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences
May 2016

Ecosystem eutrophication often increases domination by non-natives and causes displacement of native taxa. However, variation in environmental conditions may affect the outcome of interactions between native and non-native taxa in environments where nutrient supply is elevated. We examined the interactive effects of eutrophication, climate variability and climate average conditions on the success of native and non-native plant species using experimental nutrient manipulations replicated at 32 grassland sites on four continents. We hypothesized that effects of nutrient addition would be greatest where climate was stable and benign, owing to reduced niche partitioning. We found that the abundance of non-native species increased with nutrient addition independent of climate; however, nutrient addition increased non-native species richness and decreased native species richness, with these effects dampened in warmer or wetter sites. Eutrophication also altered the time scale in which grassland invasion responded to climate, decreasing the importance of long-term climate and increasing that of annual climate. Thus, climatic conditions mediate the responses of native and non-native flora to nutrient enrichment. Our results suggest that the negative effect of nutrient addition on native abundance is decoupled from its effect on richness, and reduces the time scale of the links between climate and compositional change.

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Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences

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EISSN

1471-2970

ISSN

0962-8436

Publication Date

May 2016

Volume

371

Issue

1694

Start / End Page

20150273

Related Subject Headings

  • Potassium
  • Plant Physiological Phenomena
  • Phosphorus
  • Nitrogen
  • Micronutrients
  • Introduced Species
  • Grassland
  • Evolutionary Biology
  • Eutrophication
  • Climate Change
 

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Flores-Moreno, H., Reich, P. B., Lind, E. M., Sullivan, L. L., Seabloom, E. W., Yahdjian, L., … Borer, E. T. (2016). Climate modifies response of non-native and native species richness to nutrient enrichment. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences, 371(1694), 20150273. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2015.0273
Flores-Moreno, Habacuc, Peter B. Reich, Eric M. Lind, Lauren L. Sullivan, Eric W. Seabloom, Laura Yahdjian, Andrew S. MacDougall, et al. “Climate modifies response of non-native and native species richness to nutrient enrichment.Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences 371, no. 1694 (May 2016): 20150273. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2015.0273.
Flores-Moreno H, Reich PB, Lind EM, Sullivan LL, Seabloom EW, Yahdjian L, et al. Climate modifies response of non-native and native species richness to nutrient enrichment. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B, Biological sciences. 2016 May;371(1694):20150273.
Flores-Moreno, Habacuc, et al. “Climate modifies response of non-native and native species richness to nutrient enrichment.Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences, vol. 371, no. 1694, May 2016, p. 20150273. Epmc, doi:10.1098/rstb.2015.0273.
Flores-Moreno H, Reich PB, Lind EM, Sullivan LL, Seabloom EW, Yahdjian L, MacDougall AS, Reichmann LG, Alberti J, Báez S, Bakker JD, Cadotte MW, Caldeira MC, Chaneton EJ, D’Antonio CM, Fay PA, Firn J, Hagenah N, Harpole WS, Iribarne O, Kirkman KP, Knops JMH, La Pierre KJ, Laungani R, Leakey ADB, McCulley RL, Moore JL, Pascual J, Borer ET. Climate modifies response of non-native and native species richness to nutrient enrichment. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B, Biological sciences. 2016 May;371(1694):20150273.
Journal cover image

Published In

Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences

DOI

EISSN

1471-2970

ISSN

0962-8436

Publication Date

May 2016

Volume

371

Issue

1694

Start / End Page

20150273

Related Subject Headings

  • Potassium
  • Plant Physiological Phenomena
  • Phosphorus
  • Nitrogen
  • Micronutrients
  • Introduced Species
  • Grassland
  • Evolutionary Biology
  • Eutrophication
  • Climate Change