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  The role of legumes as a component of biodiversity in a cross-European study of grassland biomass nitrogen

Spehn, E. M., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Schmid, B., Hector, A., Caldeira, M. C., Dimitrakopoulos, P. G., et al. (2002). The role of legumes as a component of biodiversity in a cross-European study of grassland biomass nitrogen. Oikos, 98(2), 205-218.

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Spehn, E. M., Autor
Scherer-Lorenzen, M.1, Autor           
Schmid, B., Autor
Hector, A., Autor
Caldeira, M. C., Autor
Dimitrakopoulos, P. G., Autor
Finn, J. A., Autor
Jumpponen, A., Autor
O'donnovan, G., Autor
Pereira, J. S., Autor
Schulze, E.-D.1, Autor           
Troumbis, A. Y., Autor
Körner, C., Autor
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1Department Biogeochemical Processes, Prof. E.-D. Schulze, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Max Planck Society, ou_1497751              

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Schlagwörter: Plant diversity; ecosystem processes; species-diversity; productivity; fixation; rates; complementarity; decomposition; monocultures; communities
 Zusammenfassung: To investigate how plant diversity loss affects nitrogen accumulation in above-ground plant biomass and how consistent patterns are across sites of different climatic and soil conditions, we varied the number of plant species and functional groups (grasses, herbs and legumes) in experimental grassland communities across seven European experimental sites (Switzerland, Germany, Ireland, United Kingdom (Silwood Park), Portugal, Sweden and Greece). Nitrogen pools were significantly affected by both plant diversity and community composition. Two years after sowing, nitrogen pools in Germany and Switzerland strongly increased in the presence of legumes. Legume effects on nitrogen pools were less pronounced at the Swedish, Irish and Portuguese site. In Greece and UK there were no legume effects. Nitrogen concentration in total above-ground biomass was quite invariable at 1.66 +/- 0.03% across all sites and diversity treatments. Thus, the presence of legumes had a positive effect oil nitrogen pools by significantly increasing above-ground biomass, i.e. by increases in vegetation quantity rather than quality. At the German site with the strongest legume effect on nitrogen pools and biomass, nitrogen that was fixed symbiotically by legumes was transferred to the other plant functional groups (grasses and herbs) but varied depending on the particular legume species fixing N and the non-legume species taking it up. Nitrogenfixation by legumes therefore appeared to be one of the major functional traits of species that influenced nitrogen accumulation and biomass production, although effects varied among sites and legume species. This study demonstrates that the consequences of species loss on the nitrogen budget of plant communities may be more severe if legume species are lost. However, our data indicate that legume species differ in their N-2 fixation. Therefore, loss of an efficient N-2-fixer (Trifolium in our study) may have a greater influence on the ecosystem function than loss of a less efficient species (Lotus in our study). Furthermore, there is indication that P availability in the soil facilitates the legume effect on biomass production and biomass nitrogen accumulation.

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Titel: Oikos
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Ort, Verlag, Ausgabe: Copenhagen : Munksgaard International Publishers
Seiten: - Band / Heft: 98 (2) Artikelnummer: - Start- / Endseite: 205 - 218 Identifikator: CoNE: https://pure.mpg.de/cone/journals/resource/110978977736795
ISSN: 1600-0706 (online) 0030-1299 (print)