sToichNutNet - Linking ecological stoichiometry with environment‐diversity‐productivity relationships in grasslands

First meeting: 11.-14.01.2016

PIs:
Elizabeth Borer;
Anne Ebeling

iDiv members:
Stan Harpole
Helmut Hillebrand
Christiane Roscher

Project summary:
Predicting the consequences of anthropogenic nutrient enrichment and biodiversity changes requires understanding relationships among many complex and often locally‐varying ecosystem responses. Ecological stoichiometry, the balance of multiple chemical elements, is a promising mechanistic approach for developing a predictive understanding of community and ecosystem consequences of global changes. This workshop will develop a stronger understanding of the links between ecological stoichiometry and environment‐diversity‐productivity relationships using previously unanalysed data from a unique, globally distributed experiment in grasslands, the Nutrient Network (NutNet).

Participants:
Elizabeth Borer; Anne Ebeling; Todd Michael Anderson; Jennifer Firn; Stan Harpole; Helmut Hillebrand; Dorothee Hodapp; Eric Lind; Vanessa Minden; Harry olde Venterink; Christiane Roscher; Alexey Ryabov; Mahesh Sankaran; Lauren Sullivan

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Second meeting: 09.-12.01.2017

Participants:
Elizabeth Borer; Anne Ebeling; Todd Michael Anderson; Dana Blumethal; Jennifer Firn; Stan Harpole; Helmut Hillebrand; Eric Lind; Vanessa Minden; Harry olde Venterink; Christiane Roscher; Lauren Sullivan

Meeting report


Writing retreat: 19.-22.06.2017

Participants:
Dana Blumenthal; Elizabeth Borer; Anne Ebeling; Jennifer Firn; Stan Harpole; Harry olde Venterink; Christiane Roscher; Eric Seabloom

Meeting report


Publications:

Anderson T.M., Griffith D.M. et al. (2018) Herbivory and eutrophication mediate grassland plant nutrient responses across a global climatic gradient. Ecology, Volume 99, Issue 4. See here.

Griffith, DM, Anderson, (2019) TM. The ‘plantspec’ r package: A tool for spectral analysis of plant stoichiometry. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 10:673-679. See here.

Firn, J., McGree, J.M., Harvey, E. et al. (2019) Leaf nutrients, not specific leaf area, are consistent indicators of elevated nutrient inputs. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 3:400-406. See here.

Borer, E.T., Lind, E.M., et al. (2019) More salt, please: global patterns, responses and impacts of foliar sodium in grasslands. Ecology Letters, 22:1136-1144. See here.

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