Explaining ecosystem multifunction with evolutionary models
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Cadotte, Marc W.; Livingstone, Stuart W.; Yasui, Simone-Louise E.; Dinnage, Russell; Li, Jin-Tian; Marushia, Robin; Santangelo, James; Shu, Wensheng
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Ecosystem function is the outcome of species interactions, traits, and niche overlap – all of which are influenced by evolution. However, it is not well understood how the tempo and mode of niche evolution can influence ecosystem function. In evolutionary models where either species differences accumulate through random drift in a single trait or species differences accumulate through divergent selection among close relatives, we should expect that ecosystem function is strongly related to...[Show more]
dc.contributor.author | Cadotte, Marc W. | |
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dc.contributor.author | Livingstone, Stuart W. | |
dc.contributor.author | Yasui, Simone-Louise E. | |
dc.contributor.author | Dinnage, Russell | |
dc.contributor.author | Li, Jin-Tian | |
dc.contributor.author | Marushia, Robin | |
dc.contributor.author | Santangelo, James | |
dc.contributor.author | Shu, Wensheng | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-06-17T23:50:21Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-06-17T23:50:21Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0012-9658 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/237805 | |
dc.description.abstract | Ecosystem function is the outcome of species interactions, traits, and niche overlap – all of which are influenced by evolution. However, it is not well understood how the tempo and mode of niche evolution can influence ecosystem function. In evolutionary models where either species differences accumulate through random drift in a single trait or species differences accumulate through divergent selection among close relatives, we should expect that ecosystem function is strongly related to diversity. However, when strong selection causes species to converge on specific niches or when novel traits that directly affect function evolve in some clades but not others, the relationship between diversity and ecosystem function might not be very strong. We test these ideas using a field experiment that established plant mixtures with differing phylogenetic diversities and we measured ten different community functions. We show that some functions were strongly predicted by species richness and mean pairwise phylogenetic distance (MPD, a measure of phylogenetic diversity), including biomass production and the reduction of herbivore and pathogen damage in polyculture, while other functions had weaker (litter production and structural complexity) or nonsignificant relationships (e.g., flower production and arthropod abundance) with MPD and richness. However, these divergent results can be explained by different models of niche evolution. These results show that diversity‐ecosystem function relationships are the product of evolution, but that the nature of how evolution influences ecosystem function is complex. | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | en_AU | |
dc.publisher | Ecological Society of America | |
dc.rights | © 2017 by the Ecological Society of America | |
dc.source | Ecology | |
dc.source.uri | https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ecy.2045 | |
dc.subject | biodiversity | |
dc.subject | community ecology | |
dc.subject | ecosystem function | |
dc.subject | evolutionary models | |
dc.subject | multifunctionality | |
dc.subject | phylogenetic diversity | |
dc.subject | plant ecology | |
dc.title | Explaining ecosystem multifunction with evolutionary models | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
local.description.notes | Imported from ARIES | |
local.identifier.citationvolume | 98 | |
dc.date.issued | 2017 | |
local.identifier.absfor | 050102 - Ecosystem Function | |
local.identifier.absfor | 060202 - Community Ecology | |
local.identifier.absfor | 060309 - Phylogeny and Comparative Analysis | |
local.identifier.ariespublication | a383154xPUB8967 | |
local.publisher.url | https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com | |
local.type.status | Published Version | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Cadotte, Marc W., University of Toronto-Scarborough | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Livingstone, Stuart W., University of Toronto-Scarborough | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Yasui, Simone-Louise E., University of Toronto-Scarborough | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Dinnage, Russell, College of Science, ANU | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Li,, Jin-Tian , Sun Yat-sen University | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Marushia, Robin, University of Toronto-Scarborough | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Santangelo, James, University of Toronto | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Shu, Wensheng, Sun Yat-sen University | |
local.bibliographicCitation.issue | 12 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage | 3175 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage | 3187 | |
local.identifier.doi | 10.1002/ecy.2045 | |
local.identifier.absseo | 970106 - Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | |
dc.date.updated | 2020-11-23T10:31:25Z | |
local.identifier.scopusID | 2-s2.0-85036528865 | |
dcterms.accessRights | Open Access | |
dc.provenance | https://v2.sherpa.ac.uk/id/publication/13292..."Author can archive the Publisher's version/PDF" from SHERPA/RoMEO site as at 18/06/2021 | |
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