10.5061/DRYAD.HB8R0
Kreyling, Juergen
University of Bayreuth
Dengler, Jürgen
University of Bayreuth
Walter, Julia
University of Hohenheim
Velev, Nikolay
Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research
Ugurlu, Emin
Bursa Technical University
Sopotlieva, Desislava
Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research
Ransijn, Johannes
University of Bayreuth
Picon-Cochard, Catherine
French National Institute for Agricultural Research
Nijs, Ivan
University of Antwerp
Hernandez, Pauline
French National Institute for Agricultural Research
Güler, Behlül
University of Antwerp
von Gillhaussen, Philipp
University of Bayreuth
De Boeck, Hans J.
University of Antwerp
Bloor, Juliette M. G.
French National Institute for Agricultural Research
Berwaers, Sigi
University of Antwerp
Beierkuhnlein, Carl
University of Bayreuth
Arfin Khan, Mohammed A. S.
University of Innsbruck
Apostolova, Iva
Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research
Altan, Yasin
University of Bayreuth
Zeiter, Michaela
University of Bern
Bern University of Applied Sciences
Wellstein, Camilla
University of Camerino
Sternberg, Marcelo
Tel Aviv University
Stampfli, Andreas
Bern University of Applied Sciences
Campetella, Giandiego
University of Camerino
Bartha, Sándor
Institute of Ecology and Botany
University of Western Australia
Bahn, Michael
University of Innsbruck
Jentsch, Anke
University of Bayreuth
Arfin Khan, Mohammed A.S.
Shahjalal University of Science and Technology
University of Bayreuth
Bloor, Juliette M.G.
French National Institute for Agricultural Research
Data from: Species richness effects on grassland recovery from drought
depend on community productivity in a multisite experiment
Dryad
dataset
2018
2014-2016
diversity-stability
2018-09-05T00:00:00Z
2018-09-05T00:00:00Z
en
https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.12848
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Biodiversity can buffer ecosystem functioning against extreme climatic
events, but few experiments have explicitly tested this. Here, we present
the first multisite biodiversity × drought manipulation experiment to
examine drought resistance and recovery at five temperate and
Mediterranean grassland sites. Aboveground biomass production declined by
30% due to experimental drought (standardised local extremity by rainfall
exclusion for 72–98 consecutive days). Species richness did not affect
resistance but promoted recovery. Recovery was only positively affected by
species richness in low-productive communities, with most diverse
communities even showing overcompensation. This positive diversity effect
could be linked to asynchrony of species responses. Our results suggest
that a more context-dependent view considering the nature of the climatic
disturbance as well as the productivity of the studied system will help
identify under which circumstances biodiversity promotes drought
resistance or recovery. Stability of biomass production can generally be
expected to decrease with biodiversity loss and climate change.
biomass_1.2biomass per mesocosm and harvest and species (or community if
no species-specific values available)NDVINDVI data per mesocosm and date
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