Global biodiversity, stoichiometry and ecosystem function responses to human-induced C-N-P imbalances.

ABSTRACT: Global change analyses usually consider biodiversity as a global asset that needs to be preserved. Biodiversity is frequently analysed mainly as a response variable affected by diverse environmental drivers. However, recent studies highlight that gradients of biodiversity are associated with gradual changes in the distribution of key dominant functional groups characterized by distinctive traits and stoichiometry, which in turn often define the rates of ecosystem processes and nutrient cycling. Moreover, pervasive links have been reported between biodiversity, food web structure, ecosystem function and species stoichiometry. Here we review current global stoichiometric gradients and how future distributional shifts in key functional groups may in turn influence basic ecosystem functions (p

SUBMITTER: Carnicer J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6485510 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature