Rare Species-Driven Diversity-Ecosystem Multifunctionality Relationships are Promoted by Stochastic Community Assembly.

ABSTRACT: The relative functional importance of rare and abundant species in driving relationships between biodiversity and ecosystem functions (BEF) remains unknown. Here, we investigated the functional roles of rare and abundant species diversity (multitrophic soil organism groups) on multifunctionality derived from 16 ecosystem functions in 228 agricultural fields relating to soil and crop health. The results revealed that the diversity of rare species, rather than of abundant species, was positively related to multifunctionality. Abundant taxa tended to maintain a larger number of functions than rare taxa, while rare subcommunity contributed more phylotypes supporting to the single ecosystem functions. Community assembly processes were closely related to the ecosystem functional performance of s

SUBMITTER: Zhang Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9239226 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature