10.5061/DRYAD.44BM6
Sandau, Nadine
University of Fribourg
Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
Fabian, Yvonne
University of Fribourg
Bruggisse, Odile T.
University of Fribourg
Rohr, Rudolf P.
University of Fribourg
Naisbit, Russell E.
University of Fribourg
Kehrli, Patrik
University of Fribourg
Aebi, Alexandre
University of Neuchâtel
Bersier, Louis-Félix
University of Fribourg
Bruggisser, Odile T.
University of Fribourg
Data from: The relative contribution of species richness and species
composition to ecosystem functioning
Dryad
dataset
2016
Linaria vulgaris Mill.
Hypericum perforatum L.
Juglans regia L.
Rubus sp.
Digitaria sanguinalis (L.) Scop.
Vicia sativa L. s.str.
Lythrum salicaria L.
Juncus sp.
Tanacetum vulgare L.
Pastinaca sativa L.
Polygonum aviculare L.
Leucanthemum vulgare Lam.
Euphorbia stricta L.
Sonchus asper (L.) Hill
Epilobium sp.
Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik.
Onobrychis viciifolia Scop.
Sinapis alba L.
Epilobium hirsutum L.
Anthemis tinctoria L.
Centaurea cyanus L.
Cardamine pratensis L.
Chenopodium sp.
Ranunculus repens L.
Elymus repens (L.) Gould
Scrophularia nodosa L.
Sonchus arvensis L.
Mercurialis annua L.
Stellaria media (L.) Vill.
Centaurea jacea L.
Festuca sp.
Conyza canadensis (L.) Cronquist
Galium aparine L.
Campanula patula L.
Sonchus oleraceus L.
Deschampsia flexuosa (L.) Trin. flexuosa
Lotus corniculatus L.
Cichorium intybus L.
Circaea lutetiana L.
Senecio vulgaris L.
Filaginella uliginosa (L.) Opiz
Lactuca serriola L.
Taraxacum officinale
Plantago major L.
Salix alba L.
Geranium rotundifolium L.
Lamium amplexicaule L.
Melilotus albus Medik.
Polygonum mite (=Persicaria laxiflora)
Veronica serpyllifolia L.
Acer pseudoplatanus
Medicago sativa L.
Tripleurospermum inodorum (L.) Sch. Bip.
Agrostis stolonifera L.
Hypochaeris radicata L.
Geum urbanum L.
Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop.
Daucus carota L.
Centaurium erythraea Rafn
Orobanche sp.
Dactylis glomerata L.
Echium vulgare L.
Phleum pratense agg.
Polygonum sp.
Convolvulus arvensis L.
Glechoma hederacea L.
Cornus sanguinea L.
Althaea officinalis
Kickxia spuria (L.) Dumort.
Malva moschata L.
Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) P.Beauv.
Chaenorhinum minus (L.) Lange
Rumex obtusifolius L.
Origanum vulgare L.
Oenothera biennis L.
Malva sylvestris L.
Triticum sp.
Galinsoga ciliata (Raf.) S.F.Blake
Lamium purpureum L.
Holcus lanatus L.
Prunella vulgaris L.
Verbena officinalis L.
Verbascum thapsus L.
Setaria pumila (Poir.) Schult.
Equisetum arvense L.
Chenopodium album L.
Fallopia convolvulus (L.) A. Löwe
Medicago lupulina L.
Erigeron annuus (L.) Desf. s.str.
Myosotis arvensis (L.) Hill
Lolium perenne L.
Plantago lanceolata L.
Vicia hirsuta (L.) Gray
Chenopodium polyspermum L.
Cirsium vulgare (Savi) Ten.
Silene latifolia Poir.
Achillea millefolium L.
Clematis vitalba L.
Trifolium repens L.
Trifolium sp.
Dipsacus fullonum L.
Borago officinalis L.
Verbascum lychnitis L.
Papaver rhoeas L.
Aethusa cynapium L.
Euphorbia helioscopia L.
Kickxia elatine (L.) Dumort.
Juncus bufonius L.
Trifolium pratense L.
Galium album
Solanum nigrum L.
Agrostemma githago L.
Apera spica-venti (L.) P.Beauv.
Poa annua L.
Populus alba L.
Solidago canadensis L.
Sagina apetala Ard.
Oxalis stricta L.
Crepis biennis L.
Arrhenatherum elatius (L.) P.Beauv. ex J.Presl & C.Presl
Brassica napus L.
Potentilla reptans L.
Salix caprea L.
Amaranthus retroflexus L.
Anagallis arvensis L.
Chamomilla recutita (L.) Rauschert
Mentha arvensis L.
Veronica persica Poir.
Urtica dioica L.
Cerastium sp.
Viola arvensis Murray
Coronilla_sp.
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The influence of species diversity on ecosystem functioning has been the
subject of many experiments and remains a key question for ecology and
conservation biology. However, the fact that diversity cannot be
manipulated without affecting species composition makes this quest
methodologically challenging. We used partial Mantel tests to evaluate the
relative importance of diversity and of composition on biomass production.
Here, we applied partial Mantel tests (controlling for the other variable)
on two datasets, the Jena (2002–2008) and the Grandcour (2008–2009)
Experiment. In both experiments, plots were sown with different numbers of
species to unravel mechanisms underlying the biodiversity-ecosystem
functioning relationships. Contrary to Jena, plots were not mowed nor
weeded in Grandcour, allowing external species to establish. Based on the
diversity–ecosystem functioning and competition theories, we tested two
predictions: 1) the contribution of composition should increase with time;
2) the contribution of composition should be more important in non-weeded
than in controlled systems. We found support for the second hypothesis,
but not for the first. On the contrary, the contribution of species
richness became markedly more important few years after the start of the
Jena Experiment. This result can be interpreted as species
complementarity, rather than intraspecific competition, being the driving
force in this system. Finally, we explored to what extent the estimated
relative importance of both factors could vary when measured on different
spatial scales of the experiment (in our case, increasing the number of
plots included in the analyses). We found a strong effect of scale,
suggesting that comparisons between studies, and more generally the
extrapolation of results from experiments to natural situations, should be
made with caution.
Grandcour Wildflower strip vegetation dataThe first datasheet contains the
metadata explaining the abbreviations in the main datasheet. It contains
information about species richness, above-ground biomass and species
cover, that was visually estimated.BB_all_4_SimilMatrices_Dryad.xlsx