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dc.contributor.authorRuiz-Benito, Palomaen_UK
dc.contributor.authorRatcliffe, Sophiaen_UK
dc.contributor.authorJump, Alistair Sen_UK
dc.contributor.authorGómez-Aparicio, Lorenaen_UK
dc.contributor.authorMadrigal-González, Jaimeen_UK
dc.contributor.authorWirth, Christianen_UK
dc.contributor.authorKändler, Geralden_UK
dc.contributor.authorLehtonen, Aleksien_UK
dc.contributor.authorDahlgren, Jonasen_UK
dc.contributor.authorKattge, Jensen_UK
dc.contributor.authorZavala, Miguel Aen_UK
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-20T23:00:13Z-
dc.date.available2017-03-20T23:00:13Z-
dc.date.issued2017-02-28en_UK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1893/24404-
dc.description.abstractAim  Biodiversity loss and climate-driven ecosystem modification are leading to substantial changes in forest structure and function. However, the effects of diversity on demographic responses to the environment are poorly understood. We tested the diversity hypothesis (measured through functional diversity) and the mass ratio hypothesis (measured through functional identity) in relation to tree growth, tree mortality and sapling abundance. We sought to determine whether functional diversity underlies demographic responses to environmental variation in European forests.  Location  Europe (Spain, Germany, Wallonia, Finland and Sweden).  Methods  We used data from five European national forest inventories from boreal to Mediterranean biomes (c. 700,000 trees in 54,000 plots and 143 tree species) and the main forest types across Europe (i.e. from needle-leaved evergreen forests to broad-leaved deciduous forests). For each forest type, we applied maximum likelihood techniques to quantify the relative importance of stand structure, climate and diversity (i.e. functional diversity and functional identity) as determinants of growth, mortality and sapling abundance. We also tested whether demographic responses to environmental conditions (including stand density, evapotranspiration and temperature anomalies) varied with functional diversity.  Results  Our results suggest that functional diversity has a positive effect on sapling abundance and growth rates in forests across Europe, while no effect was observed on tree mortality. Functional identity has a strong effect on mortality and sapling abundance, with greater mortality rates in forests dominated by needle-leaved individuals and a greater abundance of saplings in forests dominated by broad-leaved individuals. Furthermore, we observed that functional diversity modified the effects of stand density on demographic responses in Mediterranean forests and the influence of evapotranspiration and temperature anomalies in forests widely distributed across Europe.  Main conclusion  Our results suggest that functional diversity may play a key role in forest dynamics through complementarity mechanisms, as well as by modulating demographic responses to environmental variation.en_UK
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherWiley-Blackwellen_UK
dc.relationRuiz-Benito P, Ratcliffe S, Jump AS, Gómez-Aparicio L, Madrigal-González J, Wirth C, Kändler G, Lehtonen A, Dahlgren J, Kattge J & Zavala MA (2017) Functional diversity underlies demographic responses to environmental variation in European forests: Tree diversity and demography in European forests. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 26 (2), pp. 128-141. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12515en_UK
dc.rightsThis item has been embargoed for a period. During the embargo please use the Request a Copy feature at the foot of the Repository record to request a copy directly from the author. You can only request a copy if you wish to use this work for your own research or private study.en_UK
dc.subjectBoreal biomeen_UK
dc.subjectclimate warmingen_UK
dc.subjectforest successionen_UK
dc.subjectFunDivEUROPEen_UK
dc.subjectgrowthen_UK
dc.subjectMediterranean biomeen_UK
dc.subjectmortalityen_UK
dc.subjectplant functional traitsen_UK
dc.subjectrecruitmenten_UK
dc.subjecttemperate biomeen_UK
dc.titleFunctional diversity underlies demographic responses to environmental variation in European forests: Tree diversity and demography in European forestsen_UK
dc.typeJournal Articleen_UK
dc.rights.embargoreason[RuizB_BiodiversityBuffering_final.pdf] Publisher requires embargo of 12 months after formal publication.en_UK
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/geb.12515en_UK
dc.citation.jtitleGlobal Ecology and Biogeographyen_UK
dc.citation.issn1466-8238en_UK
dc.citation.issn1466-822Xen_UK
dc.citation.volume26en_UK
dc.citation.issue2en_UK
dc.citation.spage128en_UK
dc.citation.epage141en_UK
dc.citation.publicationstatusPublisheden_UK
dc.citation.peerreviewedRefereeden_UK
dc.type.statusAM - Accepted Manuscripten_UK
dc.contributor.funderSeventh Framework Programmeen_UK
dc.contributor.funderLeverhulme Trusten_UK
dc.author.emaila.s.jump@stir.ac.uken_UK
dc.citation.date05/09/2016en_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationBiological and Environmental Sciencesen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity Leipzigen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationBiological and Environmental Sciencesen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationIRNAS-CSICen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Alcalaen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity Leipzigen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationForest Research Institute of Baden-Wurttemberg (FISA)en_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationNatural Resources Institute Finland (Luke)en_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationSwedish University of Agricultural Sciencesen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationMax-Planck-Institute for Biogeochemistry, Germanyen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Alcalaen_UK
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000393693300001en_UK
dc.identifier.scopusid2-s2.0-84985991710en_UK
dc.identifier.wtid546709en_UK
dc.contributor.orcid0000-0002-2781-5870en_UK
dc.contributor.orcid0000-0002-2167-6451en_UK
dc.date.accepted2016-07-22en_UK
dcterms.dateAccepted2016-07-22en_UK
dc.date.filedepositdate2016-10-17en_UK
rioxxterms.apcnot requireden_UK
rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Reviewen_UK
rioxxterms.versionAMen_UK
local.rioxx.authorRuiz-Benito, Paloma|0000-0002-2781-5870en_UK
local.rioxx.authorRatcliffe, Sophia|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorJump, Alistair S|0000-0002-2167-6451en_UK
local.rioxx.authorGómez-Aparicio, Lorena|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorMadrigal-González, Jaime|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorWirth, Christian|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorKändler, Gerald|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorLehtonen, Aleksi|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorDahlgren, Jonas|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorKattge, Jens|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorZavala, Miguel A|en_UK
local.rioxx.projectProject ID unknown|Seventh Framework Programme|en_UK
local.rioxx.projectProject ID unknown|Leverhulme Trust|en_UK
local.rioxx.freetoreaddate2017-09-06en_UK
local.rioxx.licencehttp://www.rioxx.net/licenses/under-embargo-all-rights-reserved||2017-09-05en_UK
local.rioxx.licencehttp://www.rioxx.net/licenses/all-rights-reserved|2017-09-06|en_UK
local.rioxx.filenameRuizB_BiodiversityBuffering_final.pdfen_UK
local.rioxx.filecount1en_UK
local.rioxx.source1466-822Xen_UK
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