Contrasting responses of above- and belowground diversity to multiple components of land-use intensity.

ABSTRACT: Land-use intensification is a major driver of biodiversity loss. However, understanding how different components of land use drive biodiversity loss requires the investigation of multiple trophic levels across spatial scales. Using data from 150 agricultural grasslands in central Europe, we assess the influence of multiple components of local- and landscape-level land use on more than 4,000 above- and belowground taxa, spanning 20 trophic groups. Plot-level land-use intensity is strongly and negatively associated with aboveground trophic groups, but positively or not associated with belowground trophic groups. Meanwhile, both above- and belowground trophic groups respond to landscape-level land use, but to different drivers: aboveground diversity of grasslands is promoted by diverse surrou

SUBMITTER: Le Provost G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8225671 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature