Organismal functional strategies form a continuum from slow- to fast-growing organisms, in response to common drivers such as resource availability and disturbance. However, whether there is synchronisation of these strategies at the entire community level is unclear. Here, we combine trait data for >2800 above- and belowground taxa from 14 trophic guilds spanning a disturbance and resource availability gradient in German grasslands. The results indicate that most guilds consistently respond to these drivers through both direct and trophically mediated effects, resulting in a `slow-fast' axis at the level of the entire community. Using 15 indicators of carbon and nutrient fluxes, biomass production and decomposition, we also show that fast trait communities are associated with faster rates of ecosystem functioning. These findings demonstrate that `slow' and `fast' strategies can be manifested at the level of whole communities, opening new avenues of ecosystem-level functional classification.
%0 Journal Article
%1 Neyret2024
%A Neyret, Margot
%A Le Provost, Gaetane
%A Boesing, Andrea Larissa
%A Schneider, Florian D.
%A Baulechner, Dennis
%A Bergmann, Joana
%A de Vries, Franciska T.
%A Fiore-Donno, Anna Maria
%A Geisen, Stefan
%A Goldmann, Kezia
%A Merges, Anna
%A Saifutdinov, Ruslan A.
%A Simons, Nadja K.
%A Tobias, Joseph A.
%A Zaitsev, Andrey S.
%A Gossner, Martin M.
%A Jung, Kirsten
%A Kandeler, Ellen
%A Krauss, Jochen
%A Penone, Caterina
%A Schloter, Michael
%A Schulz, Stefanie
%A Staab, Michael
%A Wolters, Volkmar
%A Apostolakis, Antonios
%A Birkhofer, Klaus
%A Boch, Steffen
%A Boeddinghaus, Runa S.
%A Bolliger, Ralph
%A Bonkowski, Michael
%A Buscot, Francois
%A Dumack, Kenneth
%A Fischer, Markus
%A Gan, Huei Ying
%A Heinze, Johannes
%A Hölzel, Norbert
%A John, Katharina
%A Klaus, Valentin H.
%A Kleinebecker, Till
%A Marhan, Sven
%A Müller, Jörg
%A Renner, Swen C.
%A Rillig, Matthias C.
%A Schenk, Noelle V.
%A Schöning, Ingo
%A Schrumpf, Marion
%A Seibold, Sebastian
%A Socher, Stephanie A.
%A Solly, Emily F.
%A Teuscher, Miriam
%A van Kleunen, Mark
%A Wubet, Tesfaye
%A Manning, Peter
%D 2024
%J Nature Communications
%K joergmueller
%N 1
%P 1251
%R 10.1038/s41467-024-45113-5
%T A slow-fast trait continuum at the whole community level in relation to land-use intensification
%U https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-45113-5
%V 15
%X Organismal functional strategies form a continuum from slow- to fast-growing organisms, in response to common drivers such as resource availability and disturbance. However, whether there is synchronisation of these strategies at the entire community level is unclear. Here, we combine trait data for >2800 above- and belowground taxa from 14 trophic guilds spanning a disturbance and resource availability gradient in German grasslands. The results indicate that most guilds consistently respond to these drivers through both direct and trophically mediated effects, resulting in a `slow-fast' axis at the level of the entire community. Using 15 indicators of carbon and nutrient fluxes, biomass production and decomposition, we also show that fast trait communities are associated with faster rates of ecosystem functioning. These findings demonstrate that `slow' and `fast' strategies can be manifested at the level of whole communities, opening new avenues of ecosystem-level functional classification.
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abstract = {Organismal functional strategies form a continuum from slow- to fast-growing organisms, in response to common drivers such as resource availability and disturbance. However, whether there is synchronisation of these strategies at the entire community level is unclear. Here, we combine trait data for >2800 above- and belowground taxa from 14 trophic guilds spanning a disturbance and resource availability gradient in German grasslands. The results indicate that most guilds consistently respond to these drivers through both direct and trophically mediated effects, resulting in a `slow-fast' axis at the level of the entire community. Using 15 indicators of carbon and nutrient fluxes, biomass production and decomposition, we also show that fast trait communities are associated with faster rates of ecosystem functioning. These findings demonstrate that `slow' and `fast' strategies can be manifested at the level of whole communities, opening new avenues of ecosystem-level functional classification.},
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author = {Neyret, Margot and Le Provost, Gaetane and Boesing, Andrea Larissa and Schneider, Florian D. and Baulechner, Dennis and Bergmann, Joana and de Vries, Franciska T. and Fiore-Donno, Anna Maria and Geisen, Stefan and Goldmann, Kezia and Merges, Anna and Saifutdinov, Ruslan A. and Simons, Nadja K. and Tobias, Joseph A. and Zaitsev, Andrey S. and Gossner, Martin M. and Jung, Kirsten and Kandeler, Ellen and Krauss, Jochen and Penone, Caterina and Schloter, Michael and Schulz, Stefanie and Staab, Michael and Wolters, Volkmar and Apostolakis, Antonios and Birkhofer, Klaus and Boch, Steffen and Boeddinghaus, Runa S. and Bolliger, Ralph and Bonkowski, Michael and Buscot, Francois and Dumack, Kenneth and Fischer, Markus and Gan, Huei Ying and Heinze, Johannes and Hölzel, Norbert and John, Katharina and Klaus, Valentin H. and Kleinebecker, Till and Marhan, Sven and Müller, Jörg and Renner, Swen C. and Rillig, Matthias C. and Schenk, Noelle V. and Schöning, Ingo and Schrumpf, Marion and Seibold, Sebastian and Socher, Stephanie A. and Solly, Emily F. and Teuscher, Miriam and van Kleunen, Mark and Wubet, Tesfaye and Manning, Peter},
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title = {A slow-fast trait continuum at the whole community level in relation to land-use intensification},
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