Leaf nutrients, not specific leaf area, are consistent indicators of elevated nutrient inputs

Leaf traits are frequently measured in ecology to provide a ‘common currency’ for predicting how anthropogenic pressures impact ecosystem function. Here, we test whether leaf traits consistently respond to experimental treatments across 27 globally distributed grassland sites across 4 continents. We...

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Main Authors:	Firn, Jennifer L., McGree, James M., Harvey, Eric, Flores-Moreno, Habacuc, Schütz, Martin, Buckley, Yvonne M., Borer, Elizabeth T., Seabloom, Eric William, La Pierre, Kimberly J., MacDougall, Andrew S., Prober, Suzanne M., Stevens, Carly J., Sullivan, Lauren L., Porter, Erica, Ladouceur, Emma, Allen, Charlotte, Moromizato, Karine H., Morgan, John W., Harpole, William Stanley, Hautier, Yann, Eisenhauer, Nico, Wright, Justin P., Adler, Peter B., Arnillas, Carlos Alberto, Bakker, Jonathan D., Biederman, Lori, Broadbent, Arthur A.D., Brown, Cynthia S., Bugalho, Miguel N., Caldeira, Maria C., Cleland, Elsa E., Ebeling, Anne, Fay, Philip A., Hagenah, Nicole, Kleinhesselink, Andrew R., Mitchell, Rachel, Moore, Joslin L., Nogueira, Carla, Peri, Pablo Luis, Roscher, Christiane, Smith, Melinda D., Wragg, Peter D., Risch, Anita C.
Format:	info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo
Language:	Inglés
Published:	Nature Research 2019
Subjects:	Nutrientes Plantas Biodiversidad Praderas Ecología Nutrients Plants Biodiversity Grasslands Ecology
Online Access:	https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-018-0790-1 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/6225 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-018-0790-1