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Consequences of biodiversity loss for litter decomposition across biomes

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  • I. Tanya Handa

    (Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive (CEFE), CNRS, 1919 Route de Mende, 34293 Montpellier, France
    Université du Québec à Montréal, C.P. 8888, succursale Centre-ville, Montréal, Québec H3C 3P8, Canada)

  • Rien Aerts

    (VU University Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1085, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

  • Frank Berendse

    (Nature Conservation and Plant Ecology Group, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 3a, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands)

  • Matty P. Berg

    (VU University Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1085, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

  • Andreas Bruder

    (Eawag: Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 133, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
    Institute of Integrative Biology (IBZ), ETH Zürich, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland)

  • Olaf Butenschoen

    (Georg August University Göttingen, J.F. Blumenbach Institute of Zoology and Anthropology, Berliner Strasse 28, 37073 Göttingen, Germany)

  • Eric Chauvet

    (Université de Toulouse, INP, UPS, EcoLab (Laboratoire Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Environnement), 118 Route de Narbonne, 31062 Toulouse Cedex, France
    CNRS, EcoLab, 118 Route de Narbonne, 31062 Toulouse Cedex, France)

  • Mark O. Gessner

    (Eawag: Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 133, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
    Institute of Integrative Biology (IBZ), ETH Zürich, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland
    Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB), Alte Fischerhütte 2, 16775 Stechlin, Germany
    Berlin Institute of Technology (TU Berlin), Ernst-Reuter-Platz 1, 10587 Berlin, Germany)

  • Jérémy Jabiol

    (Université de Toulouse, INP, UPS, EcoLab (Laboratoire Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Environnement), 118 Route de Narbonne, 31062 Toulouse Cedex, France
    CNRS, EcoLab, 118 Route de Narbonne, 31062 Toulouse Cedex, France)

  • Marika Makkonen

    (VU University Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1085, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Climate Change Programme, Finnish Environment Institute, PO Box 140, 00251 Helsinki, Finland)

  • Brendan G. McKie

    (Umeå University, 90187 Umeå, Sweden
    Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, PO Box 7050, 75007 Uppsala, Sweden)

  • Björn Malmqvist
  • Edwin T. H. M. Peeters

    (Aquatic Ecology and Water Quality Management Group, Wageningen University, PO Box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands)

  • Stefan Scheu

    (Georg August University Göttingen, J.F. Blumenbach Institute of Zoology and Anthropology, Berliner Strasse 28, 37073 Göttingen, Germany)

  • Bernhard Schmid

    (Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies & Zürich-Basel Plant Science Center, University of Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland)

  • Jasper van Ruijven

    (Nature Conservation and Plant Ecology Group, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 3a, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands)

  • Veronique C. A. Vos

    (Nature Conservation and Plant Ecology Group, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 3a, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands)

  • Stephan Hättenschwiler

    (Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive (CEFE), CNRS, 1919 Route de Mende, 34293 Montpellier, France)

Abstract

Field experiments across aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems show that biodiversity positively affects carbon and nitrogen cycling in leaf litter decomposition, indicating that reduced decomposition caused by biodiversity loss would modify the global carbon cycle and limit the nitrogen supply to the organisms at the base of the food chain.

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  • I. Tanya Handa & Rien Aerts & Frank Berendse & Matty P. Berg & Andreas Bruder & Olaf Butenschoen & Eric Chauvet & Mark O. Gessner & Jérémy Jabiol & Marika Makkonen & Brendan G. McKie & Björn Malmqvist, 2014. "Consequences of biodiversity loss for litter decomposition across biomes," Nature, Nature, vol. 509(7499), pages 218-221, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:509:y:2014:i:7499:d:10.1038_nature13247
    DOI: 10.1038/nature13247
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