Taxonomic and functional turnover are decoupled in European peat bogs

Robroek, Björn J. M.University of Utrecht, Netherlands; University of Southampton, England (författare)

Funding Agencies|ERA-net project within the European Unions 6th Framework Programme for Research through NWO-ALW [832.09.003]; Dutch Foundation for the Conservation of Irish Bogs
In peatland ecosystems, plant communities mediate a globally significant carbon store. The effects of global environmental change on plant assemblages are expected to be a factor in determining how ecosystem functions such as carbon uptake will respond. Using vegetation data from 56 Sphagnum-dominated peat bogs across Europe, we show that in these ecosystems plant species aggregate into two major clusters that are each defined by shared response to environmental conditions. Across environmental gradients, we find significant taxonomic turnover in both clusters. However, functional identity and functional redundancy of the community as a whole remain unchanged. This strongly suggests that in peat bogs, species turnover across environmental gradients is restricted to functionally similar species. Our results demonstrate that plant taxonomic and functional turnover are decoupled, which may allow these peat bogs to maintain ecosystem functioning when subject to future environmental change.

Jassey, Vincent E. J.University of Toulouse, France (författare)
Payne, Richard J.Manchester Metropolitan University, England; University of York, England (författare)
Marti, MagaliLinköpings universitet,Tema Miljöförändring,Filosofiska fakulteten(Swepub:liu)magge30 (författare)
Bragazza, LucaUniversity of Ferrara, Italy; Ecole Polytech Federal Lausanne, Switzerland; WSL Swiss Federal Institute Forest Snow and Landscape Research, Switzerland (författare)
Bleeker, AlbertPBL Netherlands Environm Assessment Agency, Netherlands (författare)
Buttler, AlexandreUniversity of Ferrara, Italy; Ecole Polytech Federal Lausanne, Switzerland (författare)
Caporn, Simon J. M.Manchester Metropolitan University, England (författare)
Dise, Nancy B.Manchester Metropolitan University, England; Centre Ecol and Hydrol, Scotland (författare)
Kattge, JensMax Planck Institute Biogeochem, Germany; German Centre Integrat Biodivers Research iDiv, Germany (författare)
Zajac, KatarzynaUniversity of Bayreuth, Germany; University of Bayreuth, Germany (författare)
Svensson, BoLinköpings universitet,Tema Miljöförändring,Filosofiska fakulteten(Swepub:liu)bosv63 (författare)
van Ruijven, JasperWageningen University of and Research Centre, Netherlands (författare)
Verhoeven, Jos T. A.University of Utrecht, Netherlands (författare)
University of Utrecht, Netherlands; University of Southampton, EnglandUniversity of Toulouse, France (creator_code:org_t)

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