Impacts of detritivore diversity loss on instream decomposition are greatest in the tropics

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datacite.alternateIdentifier.citationNATURE COMMUNICATIONS,Vol.12,,2021
datacite.alternateIdentifier.doi10.1038/s41467-021-23930-2
datacite.creatorBoyero, Luz
datacite.creatorLopez-Rojo, Naiara
datacite.creatorTonin, Alan M.
datacite.creatorPerez, Javier
datacite.creatorCorrea-Araneda, Francisco
datacite.creatorPearson, Richard G.
datacite.creatorBosch, Jaime
datacite.creatorAlbarino, Ricardo J.
datacite.creatorAnbalagan, Sankarappan
datacite.creatorBarmuta, Leon A.
datacite.creatorBasaguren, Ana
datacite.creatorBurdon, Francis J.
datacite.creatorCaliman, Adriano
datacite.creatorCallisto, Marcos
datacite.creatorCalor, Adolfo R.
datacite.creatorCampbell, Ian C.
datacite.creatorCardinale, Bradley J.
datacite.creatorJesus Casas, J.
datacite.creatorChara-Serna, Ana M.
datacite.creatorChauvet, Eric
datacite.creatorCiapala, Szymon
datacite.creatorColon-Gaud, Checo
datacite.creatorCornejo, Aydee
datacite.creatorDavis, Aaron M.
datacite.creatorDegebrodt, Monika
datacite.creatorDias, Emerson S.
datacite.creatorDiaz, Maria E.
datacite.creatorDouglas, Michael M.
datacite.creatorEncalada, Andrea C.
datacite.creatorFigueroa, Ricardo
datacite.creatorFlecker, Alexander S.
datacite.creatorFleituch, Tadeusz
datacite.creatorGarcia, Erica A.
datacite.creatorGarcia, Gabriela
datacite.creatorGarcia, Pavel E.
datacite.creatorGessner, Mark O.
datacite.creatorGomez, Jesus E.
datacite.creatorGomez, Sergio
datacite.creatorGoncalves, Jose F., Jr.
datacite.creatorGraca, Manuel A. S.
datacite.creatorGwinn, Daniel C.
datacite.creatorHall, Robert O., Jr.
datacite.creatorHamada, Neusa
datacite.creatorHui, Cang
datacite.creatorImazawa, Daichi
datacite.creatorIwata, Tomoya
datacite.creatorKariuki, Samuel K.
datacite.creatorLandeira-Dabarca, Andrea
datacite.creatorLaymon, Kelsey
datacite.creatorLeal, Maria
datacite.creatorMarchant, Richard
datacite.creatorMartins, Renato T.
datacite.creatorMasese, Frank O.
datacite.creatorMaul, Megan
datacite.creatorMcKie, Brendan G.
datacite.creatorMedeiros, Adriana O.
datacite.creatorErimba, Charles M. M'
datacite.creatorMiddleton, Jen A.
datacite.creatorMonroy, Silvia
datacite.creatorMuotka, Timo
datacite.creatorNegishi, Junjiro N.
datacite.creatorRamirez, Alonso
datacite.creatorRichardson, John S.
datacite.creatorRincon, Jose
datacite.creatorRubio-Rios, Juan
datacite.creatordos Santos, Gisele M.
datacite.creatorSarremejane, Romain
datacite.creatorSheldon, Fran
datacite.creatorSitati, Augustine
datacite.creatorTenkiano, Nathalie S. D.
datacite.creatorTiegs, Scott D.
datacite.creatorTolod, Janine R.
datacite.creatorVenarsky, Michael
datacite.creatorWatson, Anne
datacite.creatorYule, Catherine M.
datacite.date2021
datacite.titleImpacts of detritivore diversity loss on instream decomposition are greatest in the tropics
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-04T18:44:51Z
dc.date.available2021-10-04T18:44:51Z
dc.description.abstractThe relationship between detritivore diversity and decomposition can provide information on how biogeochemical cycles are affected by ongoing rates of extinction, but such evidence has come mostly from local studies and microcosm experiments. We conducted a globally distributed experiment (38 streams across 23 countries in 6 continents) using standardised methods to test the hypothesis that detritivore diversity enhances litter decomposition in streams, to establish the role of other characteristics of detritivore assemblages (abundance, biomass and body size), and to determine how patterns vary across realms, biomes and climates. We observed a positive relationship between diversity and decomposition, strongest in tropical areas, and a key role of abundance and biomass at higher latitudes. Our results suggest that litter decomposition might be altered by detritivore extinctions, particularly in tropical areas, where detritivore diversity is already relatively low and some environmental stressors particularly prevalent. It is unclear whether stream detritivore diversity enhances decomposition across climates. Here the authors manipulate litter diversity and examine detritivore assemblages in a globally distributed stream litterbag experiment, finding a positive diversity-decomposition relationship stronger in tropical streams, where detritivore diversity is lower.
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dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherNATURE RESEARCH
dc.sourceNATURE COMMUNICATIONS
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