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  • Data from NUTRIENTS CAUSE GRASSLAND BIOMASS TO OUTPACE HERBIVORY 2008 - 2019
  • Borer, E. T.; Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA
    Harpole, W. S.; Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, am Kirchtor 1, 06108 Halle (Saale), Germany
    Adler, P. B.; Department of Wildland Resources and the Ecology Center, Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA
    Arnillas, C. A.; Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences, University of Toronto - Scarborough, Toronto, Canada
    Bugalho, M. N.; Centre for Applied Ecology (CEABN-InBIO), School of Agriculture, University of Lisbon, Tapada da Ajuda, Lisbon, Portugal
    Cadotte, M. W.; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toronto - Scarborough, Toronto, Canada
    Caldeira, M. C.; Forest Research Centre, School of Agriculture, University of Lisbon, Tapada da Ajuda, Lisbon, Portugal
    Campana, S.; IFEVA, Universidad de Buenos Aires, CONICET, Facultad de Agronomía, Buenos Aires, Argentina
    Dickman, C. R.; School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Dickson, T. L.; Department of Biology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE, USA
    Donohue, I.; Department of Zoology, School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
    Eskelinen, A.; Department of Ecology and Genetics, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
    Firn, J. L.; School of Earth, Environmental and Biological Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
    Graff, P.; IFEVA, Universidad de Buenos Aires, CONICET, Facultad de Agronomía, Buenos Aires, Argentina
    Gruner, D. S.; Department of Entomology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
    Heckman, R. W.; Department of Integrative Biology, University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA
    Koltz, A. M.; Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA
    Komatsu, K. J.; Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD, USA
    Lannes, L. S.; Department of Biology and Animal Sciences, São Paulo State University - UNESP, São Paulo, Brazil
    MacDougall, A. S.; Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada
    Martina, J. P.; Department of Biology, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX, USA
    Moore, J. L.; School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton Campus, Victoria, Australia
    Mortensen, B.; Department of Biology, Benedictine College, Atchison, KS, USA
    Ochoa-Hueso, R.; Department of Biology, IVAGRO, University of Cádiz, Cádiz, Spain
    Olde Venterink, H.; Department of Biology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
    Power, S. A.; Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, NSW Australia
    Price, J. N.; Institute of Land, Water and Society, Charles Sturt University, Albury, NSW, Australia
    Risch, A. C.; Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
    Sankaran, M.; School of Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
    Schütz, M.; Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK
    Sitters, J.; Department of Biology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
    Stevens, C. J.; Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK
    Virtanen, R.; Department of Ecology & Genetics, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
    Wilfahrt, P. A.; Department of Disturbance Ecology, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
    Seabloom, E. W.; Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA
  • 2020-10-15
  • Borer, E.T., W.S. Harpole, P.B. Adler, C.A. Arnillas, M.N. Bugalho, M.W. Cadotte, M.C. Caldeira, S. Campana, C.R. Dickman, T.L. Dickson, I. Donohue, A. Eskelinen, J.L. Firn, P. Graff, D.S. Gruner, R.W. Heckman, A.M. Koltz, K.J. Komatsu, L.S. Lannes, A.S. MacDougall, J.P. Martina, J.L. Moore, B. Mortensen, R. Ochoa-Hueso, H. Olde Venterink, S.A. Power, J.N. Price, A.C. Risch, M. Sankaran, M. Schütz, J. Sitters, C.J. Stevens, R. Virtanen, P.A. Wilfahrt, and E.W. Seabloom. 2020. Data from NUTRIENTS CAUSE GRASSLAND BIOMASS TO OUTPACE HERBIVORY 2008 - 2019 ver 1. Environmental Data Initiative. https://doi.org/DOI_PLACE_HOLDER (Accessed 2024-12-27).
  • Human activities are transforming grassland biomass via changing climate, elemental nutrients, and herbivory. Theory predicts that food-limited herbivores will consume any additional biomass stimulated by nutrient inputs (‘consumer-controlled'). Alternatively, nutrient supply is predicted to increase biomass where herbivores alter community composition or are limited by factors other than food (‘resource-controlled'). Using an experiment replicated in 58 grasslands spanning six continents, we show that nutrient addition and vertebrate herbivore exclusion each caused sustained increases in aboveground live biomass over a decade, but consumer control was weak. However, at sites with high vertebrate grazing intensity or domestic livestock, herbivores consumed the additional fertilization-induced biomass, supporting the consumer-controlled prediction. Herbivores most effectively reduced the additional live biomass at sites with low precipitation or high ambient soil nitrogen. Overall, these experimental results suggest that grassland biomass will outstrip wild herbivore control as human activities increase elemental nutrient supply, with widespread consequences for grazing and fire risk.

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  • edi.625.1  (Uploaded 2020-10-15)  
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