Aridity modulates grassland biomass responses to combined drought and nutrient addition
Plant biomass tends to increase under nutrient addition and decrease under drought. Biotic and abiotic factors influence responses to both, making the combined impact of nutrient addition and drought difficult to predict. Using a globally distributed network of manipulative field experiments, we ass...
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| author | Bondaruk, Viviana F. Xu, C. Wilfahrt, Peter A. Yahdjian, Laura Yu, Q. Borer, Elizabeth T. Jentsch, Anke Seabloom, Eric William Smith, Melinda D. Alberti, Juan Peri, Pablo Luis Hautier, Yann |
| author_browse | Alberti, Juan Bondaruk, Viviana F. Borer, Elizabeth T. Hautier, Yann Jentsch, Anke Peri, Pablo Luis Seabloom, Eric William Smith, Melinda D. Wilfahrt, Peter A. Xu, C. Yahdjian, Laura Yu, Q. |
| author_facet | Bondaruk, Viviana F. Xu, C. Wilfahrt, Peter A. Yahdjian, Laura Yu, Q. Borer, Elizabeth T. Jentsch, Anke Seabloom, Eric William Smith, Melinda D. Alberti, Juan Peri, Pablo Luis Hautier, Yann |
| author_sort | Bondaruk, Viviana F. |
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| description | Plant biomass tends to increase under nutrient addition and decrease under drought. Biotic and abiotic factors influence responses to both, making the combined impact of nutrient addition and drought difficult to predict. Using a globally distributed network of manipulative field experiments, we assessed grassland aboveground biomass response to both drought and increased nutrient availability at 26 sites across nine countries. Overall, drought reduced biomass by 19% and nutrient addition increased it by 24%, resulting in no net impact under combined drought and nutrient addition. Among the plant functional groups, only graminoids
responded positively to nutrients during drought. However, these general responses depended on local conditions, especially aridity. Nutrient effects were stronger in arid grasslands and weaker in humid regions and nitrogen-rich soils, although nutrient addition alleviated drought effects the most in subhumid sites. Biomass responses were weaker with higher precipitation variability. Biomass increased more with increased nutrient availability and declined more with drought at high-diversity sites than at low-diversity sites. Our findings highlight the importance of local abiotic and biotic conditions in predicting grassland responses to anthropogenic
nutrient and climate changes. |
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| spelling | INTA227192025-06-19T10:19:43Z Aridity modulates grassland biomass responses to combined drought and nutrient addition Bondaruk, Viviana F. Xu, C. Wilfahrt, Peter A. Yahdjian, Laura Yu, Q. Borer, Elizabeth T. Jentsch, Anke Seabloom, Eric William Smith, Melinda D. Alberti, Juan Peri, Pablo Luis Hautier, Yann Pastures Drought Nutrients Biomass Precipitation Climate Change Pastizales Sequía Nutrientes Biomasa Precipitación Atmosférica Cambio Climático Nutrient Addition PEBANPA Network Functional Groups Anthropogenic Nutrient Adición de Nutrientes Red PEBANPA Grupos Funcionales Nutriente Antropogénico Plant biomass tends to increase under nutrient addition and decrease under drought. Biotic and abiotic factors influence responses to both, making the combined impact of nutrient addition and drought difficult to predict. Using a globally distributed network of manipulative field experiments, we assessed grassland aboveground biomass response to both drought and increased nutrient availability at 26 sites across nine countries. Overall, drought reduced biomass by 19% and nutrient addition increased it by 24%, resulting in no net impact under combined drought and nutrient addition. Among the plant functional groups, only graminoids responded positively to nutrients during drought. However, these general responses depended on local conditions, especially aridity. Nutrient effects were stronger in arid grasslands and weaker in humid regions and nitrogen-rich soils, although nutrient addition alleviated drought effects the most in subhumid sites. Biomass responses were weaker with higher precipitation variability. Biomass increased more with increased nutrient availability and declined more with drought at high-diversity sites than at low-diversity sites. Our findings highlight the importance of local abiotic and biotic conditions in predicting grassland responses to anthropogenic nutrient and climate changes. EEA Santa Cruz, INTA Fil: Bondaruk, V. F. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura (IFEVA); Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía. Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura (IFEVA); Argentina Fil: Bondaruk, V. F. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía. Departamento de Recursos Naturales y Ambiente. Cátedra de Ecología; Argentina. Fil: Bondaruk, V. F. University of Bayreuth. Bayreuth Center of Ecology and Environmental Research (BayCEER). Disturbance Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics; Alemania Fil: Xu, C. Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences. Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning. State Key Laboratory of Efficient Utilization of Arable Land in China; China. Fil: Xu, C. Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences. Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning. Key Laboratory of Arable Land Quality Monitoring and Evaluation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs; China. Fil: Wilfahrt, Peter A. University of Minnesota. Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior; Estados Unidos Fil: Yahdjian, Laura. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura (IFEVA); Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía. Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura (IFEVA); Argentina Fil: Yahdjian, Laura. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía; Argentina. Fil: Yu, Q. Beijing Forestry University. School of Grassland Science; China. Fil: Yu, Q. Beijing Forestry University. State Key Laboratory of Efficient Production of Forest Resources; China. Fil: Borer, Elizabeth T. University of Minnesota. Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior; Estados Unidos Fil: Jentsch, Anke. University of Bayreuth. Disturbance Ecology, Bayreuth Center of Ecology and Environmental Research (BayCEER); Alemania Fil: Seabloom, Eric William. University of Minnesota. Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior; Estados Unidos Fil: Smith, Melinda D. Colorado State University. Department of Biology; Estados Unidos. Fil: Smith, Melinda D. Colorado State University. Graduate Degree Program in Ecology; Estados Unidos. Fil: Alberti, Juan. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (IIMyC). Laboratorio de Ecología; Argentina. Fil: Alberti, Juan. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Fil: Peri, Pablo Luis. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Santa Cruz; Argentina. Fil: Peri, Pablo Luis. Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia Austral; Argentina. Fil: Peri, Pablo Luis. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Fil: Hautier, Yann. Utrecht University. Department of Biology. Ecology and Biodiversity Group; Países Bajos 2025-06-19T10:03:39Z 2025-06-19T10:03:39Z 2025-05-19 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/22719 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-025-02705-8 Bondaruk V.F.; Xu C.; Wilfahrt P.; Yahdjian L.; Yu Q.; Alberti J.; An H.; Auge H.; (…); Peri P.L.; et al. (2025) Aridity modulates grassland biomass responses to combined drought and nutrient addition. Nature Ecology and Evolution 9: 937-946. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-025-02705-8 2397-334X (online) https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-025-02705-8 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf Springer Nature Nature Ecology and Evolution 9 : 937-946. (May 2025) |
| spellingShingle | Pastures Drought Nutrients Biomass Precipitation Climate Change Pastizales Sequía Nutrientes Biomasa Precipitación Atmosférica Cambio Climático Nutrient Addition PEBANPA Network Functional Groups Anthropogenic Nutrient Adición de Nutrientes Red PEBANPA Grupos Funcionales Nutriente Antropogénico Bondaruk, Viviana F. Xu, C. Wilfahrt, Peter A. Yahdjian, Laura Yu, Q. Borer, Elizabeth T. Jentsch, Anke Seabloom, Eric William Smith, Melinda D. Alberti, Juan Peri, Pablo Luis Hautier, Yann Aridity modulates grassland biomass responses to combined drought and nutrient addition |
| title | Aridity modulates grassland biomass responses to combined drought and nutrient addition |
| title_full | Aridity modulates grassland biomass responses to combined drought and nutrient addition |
| title_fullStr | Aridity modulates grassland biomass responses to combined drought and nutrient addition |
| title_full_unstemmed | Aridity modulates grassland biomass responses to combined drought and nutrient addition |
| title_short | Aridity modulates grassland biomass responses to combined drought and nutrient addition |
| title_sort | aridity modulates grassland biomass responses to combined drought and nutrient addition |
| topic | Pastures Drought Nutrients Biomass Precipitation Climate Change Pastizales Sequía Nutrientes Biomasa Precipitación Atmosférica Cambio Climático Nutrient Addition PEBANPA Network Functional Groups Anthropogenic Nutrient Adición de Nutrientes Red PEBANPA Grupos Funcionales Nutriente Antropogénico |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/22719 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-025-02705-8 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-025-02705-8 |
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