{"id":5564,"date":"2025-01-06T10:49:15","date_gmt":"2025-01-06T10:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the-jena-experiment.de\/?p=5564"},"modified":"2025-01-07T10:57:16","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T10:57:16","slug":"soil-community-history-strengthens-belowground-multitrophic-functioning-across-plant-diversity-levels-in-a-grassland-experiment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/the-jena-experiment.de\/index.php\/2025\/01\/06\/soil-community-history-strengthens-belowground-multitrophic-functioning-across-plant-diversity-levels-in-a-grassland-experiment\/","title":{"rendered":"New Publication from Amyntas et al. in Nature Communications: Soil community history strengthens belowground multitrophic functioning across plant diversity levels in a grassland experiment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-267.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5568\" width=\"323\" height=\"322\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-267.png 517w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/image-267-300x300.png 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/image-267-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 323px) 100vw, 323px\" \/><figcaption> <strong>Experimental design<\/strong> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\">Biodiversity experiments revealed that plant diversity loss can decrease  ecosystem functions across trophic levels. To address why such  biodiversity-function relationships strengthen over time, we established  experimental mesocosms replicating a gradient in plant species richness  across treatments of shared versus non-shared history of (1) the plant  community and (2) the soil fauna community. After 4 months, we assessed  the multitrophic functioning of soil fauna via biomass stocks and energy  fluxes across the food webs. We find that soil community history  significantly enhanced belowground multitrophic function via changes in  biomass stocks and community-average body masses across the food webs.  However, variation in plant diversity and plant community history had  unclear effects. Our findings underscore the importance of long-term  community assembly processes for soil fauna-driven ecosystem function,  with species richness and short-term plant adaptations playing a minimal  role. Disturbances that disrupt soil community stability may hinder  fauna-driven ecosystem functions, while recovery may require several  years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Reference:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Amyntas, A., N. Eisenhauer, S. Scheu, B. Klarner, K. Ilieva-Makulec, et al. 2024. Soil community history strengthens belowground multitrophic functioning across plant diversity levels in a grassland experiment. Nature Communications 15:10029. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41467-024-54401-z\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41467-024-54401-z<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biodiversity experiments revealed that plant diversity loss can decrease ecosystem functions across trophic levels. To address why such biodiversity-function relationships strengthen over time, we established experimental mesocosms replicating a gradient&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5568,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15,13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/the-jena-experiment.de\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5564"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/the-jena-experiment.de\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/the-jena-experiment.de\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the-jena-experiment.de\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the-jena-experiment.de\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5564"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/the-jena-experiment.de\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5564\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5570,"href":"https:\/\/the-jena-experiment.de\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5564\/revisions\/5570"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the-jena-experiment.de\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/the-jena-experiment.de\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the-jena-experiment.de\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the-jena-experiment.de\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}