Long-term nitrogen deposition reduces the diversity of nitrogen-fixing plants

Bibtex

@misc{c283a2e7-3e4c-4d8d-88a1-f1896490ccb7,
title = "Long-term nitrogen deposition reduces the diversity of nitrogen-fixing plants",
abstract = "Biological nitrogen fixation is a fundamental part of ecosystem functioning. Anthropogenic nitrogen deposition and climate change may, however, limit the competitive advantage of nitrogen-fixing plants, leading to reduced relative diversity of nitrogen-fixing plants. Yet, assessments of changes of nitrogen-fixing plant long-term community diversity are rare. Here, we examine temporal trends in the diversity of nitrogen-fixing plants and their relationships with anthropogenic nitrogen deposition while accounting for changes in temperature and aridity. We used forest-floor vegetation resurveys of temperate forests in Europe and the United States spanning multiple decades. Nitrogen-fixer richness declined as nitrogen deposition increased over time but did not respond to changes in climate. Phylogenetic diversity also declined, as distinct lineages of N-fixers were lost between surveys, but the ``winners'' and ``losers'' among nitrogen-fixing lineages varied among study sites, suggesting that losses are context dependent. Anthropogenic nitrogen deposition reduces nitrogen-fixing plant diversity in ways that may strongly affect natural nitrogen fixation.",
author = "Pablo Moreno-Garcia and Flavia Montano-Centellas and Yu Liu and Evelin Y. Reyes-Mendez and Rohit Raj Jha and Robert P. Guralnick and Ryan Folk and Donald M. Waller and Kris Verheyen and Lander Baeten and Antoine Becker-Scarpitta and Imre Berki and Markus Bernhardt-Roemermann and Joerg Brunet and Hans Van Calster and Marketa Chudomelova and Deborah Closset-Kopp and Pieter De Frenne and Guillaume Decocq and Frank S. Gilliam and John-Arvid Grytnes and Radim Hedl and Thilo Heinken and Bogdan Jaroszewicz and Martin Kopecky and Jonathan Lenoir and Martin Macek and Frantisek Malis and Tobias Naaf and Anna Orczewska and Petr Petrik and Kamila Reczynska and Fride Hoistad Schei and Wolfgang Schmidt and Alina Stachurska-Swakon and Tibor Standovar and Krzysztof Swierkosz and Balazs Teleki and Ondrej Vild and Daijiang Li",
year = "2024",
month = oct,
day = "18",
doi = "https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adp7953",
language = "English",
publisher = "Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek",
address = "Belgium,
type = "Other"
}

Authors

Pablo Moreno-Garcia
Flavia Montano-Centellas
Yu Liu
Evelin Y. Reyes-Mendez
Rohit Raj Jha
Robert P. Guralnick
Ryan Folk
Donald M. Waller
Kris Verheyen
Lander Baeten
Antoine Becker-Scarpitta
Imre Berki
Markus Bernhardt-Roemermann
Joerg Brunet
Hans Van Calster
Marketa Chudomelova
Deborah Closset-Kopp
Pieter De Frenne
Guillaume Decocq
Frank S. Gilliam
John-Arvid Grytnes
Radim Hedl
Thilo Heinken
Bogdan Jaroszewicz
Martin Kopecky
Jonathan Lenoir
Martin Macek
Frantisek Malis
Tobias Naaf
Anna Orczewska
Petr Petrik
Kamila Reczynska
Fride Hoistad Schei
Wolfgang Schmidt
Alina Stachurska-Swakon
Tibor Standovar
Krzysztof Swierkosz
Balazs Teleki
Ondrej Vild
Daijiang Li