Functional- and abundance-based mechanisms explain diversity loss due to N fertilization.

By K. Suding, S. Collins, L. Gough, C. Clark, E. Cleland, K. Gross, D. Milchunas, S. Pennings. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2005

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A trait‐based analysis of the role of phosphorus vs. nitrogen enrichment in plant species loss across North‐west European grasslands (2011, background): “on the ability to respond to changes in the competitive environment following nutrient enrichment (Aerts 1999; Suding et al. 2005; Harpole & Tilman 2007).”
The effects of long-term fertilization on the temporal stability of alpine meadow communities (2011, neutral): “In response to nitrogen fertilization, species richness and evenness in grasslands is often reduced (Suding et al. 2005; Hillebrand et al. 2008).”
Functional trait variation and sampling strategies in species-rich plant communities (2010, background): “Essential link to environmental measures at the community ⁄ plot scale Important for detecting differences among plots Suding et al. (2005), Gross & Cardinale (2007) How does land use change alter ecosystem functioning?”
Plant community responses to nitrogen addition and increased precipitation: the importance of water availability and species traits (2011, background): “Several mechanisms have been used to account for the reduction in species diversity under elevated N (Gough et al., 2000; Rajaniemi, 2002; Suding et al., 2005; Clark & Tilman, 2008).”
Fertilization decreases species diversity but increases functional diversity: A three-year experiment in a Tibetan alpine meadow (2014, background): “It is generally accepted that fertilization causes plant species diversity loss in communities and increases productivity rapidly in semi-natural grasslands (Suding et al., 2005; Clark et al., 2007; Chalcraft et al., 2008).”
Global response patterns of terrestrial plant species to nitrogen addition. (2008, background): “…N enrichment has been widely found to cause changes in community structure, reductions in species richness, and losses of biodiversity in various terrestrial biomes (Wedin & Tilman, 1996, Robbink et al., 1998; Gough et al., 2000; Zavaleta et al., 2003; Stevens et al., 2004; Suding et al., 2005).”
Contribution of acidification and eutrophication to declines in species richness of calcifuge grasslands along a gradient of atmospheric nitrogen deposition (2010, background): “…in plant species richness at high levels of N deposition have been reported 78 from a number of experimental investigations (e.g. Bobbink et al 1998; Mountford et 79 al., 1993; Clark & Tilman, 2008; Suding et al. 2005) and in observational studies 80 (Stevens et al. 2004, Maskell et al, in press).”
Beyond biomass: measuring the effects of community‐level nitrogen enrichment on floral traits, pollinator visitation and plant reproduction (2010, background): “Additionally, the floral density and bloom duration of Lathyrus, an N-fixer, declined in N-addition plots relative to controls (Table S3; L.A. Burkle, unpubl. data), likely because legumes loose their competitive advantage over other species when N is no longer limiting (Suding et al. 2005).”
Assessing functional diversity in the field - methodology matters! (2007, methodology): “…been used to investigate CWM responses to succession (Garnier et al. 2004; Vile, Shipley & Garnier 2006a), grassland extensification (Garnier et al. 2007), nitrogen fertilization (Suding et al. 2005) and community resistance to exotic species invasion (Prieur-Richard et al. 2002; McIntyre et al .”
Effects of nitrogen fertilization on tritrophic interactions (2010, background): “Plant communities with increased N have increased net primary productivity and decreased plant biodiversity (Gough et al. 2000; Suding et al. 2005).”
Nitrogen deposition causes widespread loss of species richness in British habitats (2010, background): “…et al (2005) found that whilst random loss of rare species was a process operating at most sites, particularly at larger spatial scales, functional traits appeared to be better predictors of loss at smaller spatial scales in response to local environmental contingencies (Suding et al. , 2005).”