PMID- 25615801
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20160104
LR  - 20220330
IS  - 1469-8137 (Electronic)
IS  - 0028-646X (Print)
IS  - 0028-646X (Linking)
VI  - 206
IP  - 2
DP  - 2015 Apr
TI  - Functional diversity enhances the resistance of ecosystem multifunctionality to 
      aridity in Mediterranean drylands.
PG  - 660-71
LID - 10.1111/nph.13268 [doi]
AB  - We used a functional trait-based approach to assess the impacts of aridity and 
      shrub encroachment on the functional structure of Mediterranean dryland 
      communities (functional diversity (FD) and community-weighted mean trait values 
      (CWM)), and to evaluate how these functional attributes ultimately affect 
      multifunctionality (i.e. the provision of several ecosystem functions 
      simultaneously). Shrub encroachment (the increase in the abundance/cover of 
      shrubs) is a major land cover change that is taking place in grasslands 
      worldwide. Studies conducted on drylands have reported positive or negative 
      impacts of shrub encroachment depending on the functions and the traits of the 
      sprouting or nonsprouting shrub species considered. FD and CWM were equally 
      important as drivers of multifunctionality responses to both aridity and shrub 
      encroachment. Size traits (e.g. vegetative height or lateral spread) and leaf 
      traits (e.g. specific leaf area and leaf dry matter content) captured the effect 
      of shrub encroachment on multifunctionality with a relative high accuracy (r(2) 
       = 0.63). FD also improved the resistance of multifunctionality along the aridity 
      gradient studied. Maintaining and enhancing FD in plant communities may help to 
      buffer negative effects of ongoing global environmental change on dryland 
      multifunctionality.
CI  - (c) 2015 The Authors. New Phytologist (c) 2015 New Phytologist Trust.
FAU - Valencia, Enrique
AU  - Valencia E
AD  - Area de Biodiversidad y Conservacion, Departamento de Biologia y Geologia, Fisica 
      y Quimica Inorganica, Escuela Superior de Ciencias Experimentales y Tecnologia, 
      Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, C/Tulipan s/n, 28933, Mostoles, Spain.
FAU - Maestre, Fernando T
AU  - Maestre FT
FAU - Le Bagousse-Pinguet, Yoann
AU  - Le Bagousse-Pinguet Y
FAU - Quero, Jose Luis
AU  - Quero JL
FAU - Tamme, Riin
AU  - Tamme R
FAU - Borger, Luca
AU  - Borger L
FAU - Garcia-Gomez, Miguel
AU  - Garcia-Gomez M
FAU - Gross, Nicolas
AU  - Gross N
LA  - eng
GR  - 242658/ERC_/European Research Council/International
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20150123
PL  - England
TA  - New Phytol
JT  - The New phytologist
JID - 9882884
RN  - 059QF0KO0R (Water)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adaptation, Biological
MH  - Biodiversity
MH  - Ecosystem
MH  - Mediterranean Region
MH  - *Models, Biological
MH  - Plant Leaves/metabolism
MH  - Plant Physiological Phenomena
MH  - Plants/*metabolism
MH  - Water/physiology
PMC - PMC4407978
MID - EMS63039
OID - NLM: EMS63039
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - aridity
OT  - drylands
OT  - functional biogeography
OT  - functional diversity (FD)
OT  - global change
OT  - multifunctionality
OT  - shrub encroachment
OT  - traits
EDAT- 2015/01/24 06:00
MHDA- 2016/01/05 06:00
PMCR- 2015/04/23
CRDT- 2015/01/24 06:00
PHST- 2014/09/29 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2014/12/02 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2015/01/24 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2015/01/24 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2016/01/05 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2015/04/23 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.1111/nph.13268 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - New Phytol. 2015 Apr;206(2):660-71. doi: 10.1111/nph.13268. Epub 2015 Jan 23.