Number of simultaneously acting global change factors affects composition, diversity and productivity of grassland plant communities

• Published in: Nature communications Vol. 13; no. 1; pp. 7811 - 11
• Main Authors: Speißer, Benedikt, Wilschut, Rutger A., van Kleunen, Mark
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 19.12.2022; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 631/158/853; 704/158/2453; Biodiversity; Biological effects; Biomass; Community composition; Composition; Ecosystem; Eutrophication; Factorial experiments; Grassland; Grasslands; Humanities and Social Sciences; multidisciplinary; Plant communities; Plants; Productivity; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Seedlings; Species composition; Species diversity

Plant communities experience impacts of increasing numbers of global change factors (e.g., warming, eutrophication, pollution). Consequently, unpredictable global change effects could arise. However, information about multi-factor effects on plant communities is scarce. To test plant-community respo...