Competition for Light Causes Plant Biodiversity Loss After Eutrophication

By Y. Hautier, P. Niklaus, Andy Hector. Science, 2009

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Effects of ecological compensation meadows on arthropod diversity in adjacent intensively managed grassland (2010, background): “A wide range of plant species cannot effectively use increased nitrogen inputs and are generally outcompeted by the few species that can use increased nitrogen levels for increased biomass production, a process that has recently been suggested to be driven mainly by competition for light (Hautier et”
Plant community responses to nitrogen addition and increased precipitation: the importance of water availability and species traits (2011, background): “, plant height) in regulating plant community structure and composition in response to global N enrichment (Hautier et al., 2009).”
Interactive effects of anthropogenic nitrogen enrichment and climate change on terrestrial and aquatic biodiversity (2013, background): “This increased growth can reduce light penetration at the soil layer (or underwater for submerged macrophytes) and reduce belowground nutrient availability for other species, leading to overall declines in biodiversity and shifts in species composition (Hautier et al. 2009; Dise et al. 2011).”
Agrochemicals in field margins – An experimental field study to assess the impacts of pesticides and fertilizers on a natural plant community (2014, background): “This variation enhances effects of shading and, consequently, the competition for light, which can further suppress the frequencies of small and subordinate species (Hautier et al., 2009), such as G.”
Global shifts towards positive species interactions with increasing environmental stress. (2013, background): “For example, in contrast with negative species interactions that can drive species extinctions (Sax & Gaines 2008) and diversity loss (Hautier et al. 2009), positive interactions can maintain diversity in harsh environments where species often rely on each other to persist (Cavieres & Badano 2009).”
Management effects on the vegetation and soil seed bank of calcareous grasslands: An 11-year experiment (2011, background): “The role of light in determining maintenance of species diversity has recently also been shown experimentally by Hautier et al. (2009).”
Does phosphorus limitation promote species-rich plant communities? (2011, neutral): “for light (Grime 1979; Huston 1999; Hautier et al. 2009; but see also Dickson and Foster 2011).”
Interacting effects of fertilization, mowing and grazing on plant species diversity of 1500 grasslands in Germany differ between regions (2013, background): “…it may result rom differences in light availability, which may be higher in eadows due to cutting and may thus allow more species to ersist (Hautier et al. 2009) and more seedlings to germinate. he small increase of species diversity with fertilization on eadows is surprising and likely…”
Rethinking Community Assembly through the Lens of Coexistence Theory (2012, background): “…limiting resources to grasslands can result from the increased fitness differences that accompany competition for light (Dybzinski & Tilman 2007, Hautier et al. 2009), the reduction in the number of limiting resources (i.e., niche dimension; Harpole & Tilman 2007), or the removal of spatial…”
Linking modern coexistence theory and contemporary niche theory (2017, background): “Nevertheless, in plants studies, changes to niche overlap may also contribute to diversity loss following the manipulation of essential resources (Harpole and Tilman, 2007, Clark et al., 2007, Hautier et al., 2009).”
The effects of long-term fertilization on the temporal stability of alpine meadow communities (2011, neutral): “Typically, a few tall-growing species profit from increased nutrient availability and outcompete many other species by a reduction of light availability (Hautier et al. 2009).”