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Research Article | Open Access

Functional diversity dominates positive species mixture effects on ecosystem multifunctionality in subtropical plantations

Institute of Resources and Environment, International Centre for Bamboo and Rattan, Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration/Beijing for Bamboo & Rattan Science and Technology, Beijing, 100102, China
Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Environment of National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Ecology and Nature Conservation Institute, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, 100091, China
Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, 442 Earth Sciences Building, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2E3, Canada
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Abstract

Mixed-species plantations generally exhibit higher ecosystem multifunctionality than monospecific plantations. However, it is unclear how tree species functional composition influences species mixture effects on ecosystem multifunctionality. We selected 171 monospecific and mixed-species plantations from nine regions across subtropical China, and quantified 13 key ecosystem functional properties to investigate how species mixture effects on ecosystem multifunctionality are modulated by functional diversity and identity. We found that ecosystem multifunctionality was significantly higher (p ​ < ​0.05) in mixed tree plantations than in monospecific plantations except the mixed-conifer species plantations. Across all regions, ecosystem multifunctionality was significantly higher (p ​ < ​0.05) in mixed conifer-broadleaf plantations than in monospecific plantations of the corresponding species, but not different between mixed and monospecific coniferous plantations. The magnitude of species mixture effects on ecosystem multifunctionality varied greatly with tree species compositions. Taking Cunninghamia lanceolata Lamb. as an example, the effects varied from a range of 2.0%–9.6% when mixed with a conifer species to 36%–87% when mixed with a broadleaf species. The functional diversity was the dominate driver shaping ecosystem multifunctionality, while functional identity, as expressed by community-weighted mean of specific leaf area, also had a positive effect on ecosystem multifunctionality through the increased below-ground nitrogen and phosphorus stocks regulated by specific leaf area of the mixing tree species. Our study highlights the important role of functional diversity in shaping ecosystem multifunctionality across region-wide environmental conditions. Mixed conifer-broadleaf tree plantations with distinct functional traits benefit the enhancement of ecosystem multifunctionality, and the magnitude of species mixture effects is modulated by the functional identity of tree species composition; those relationships deserve a special consideration in multifunctional management context of subtropical plantations.

Keywords

Ecosystem multifunctionalityFunctional diversitySpecies mixture effectsFunctional identityMixed tree plantationsMonospecific plantations

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Forest Ecosystems
Volume 9 Issue 3,
June 2022
Article number: 100039
DOI: 10.1016/j.fecs.2022.100039
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Li X, Wang H, Luan J, et al. Functional diversity dominates positive species mixture effects on ecosystem multifunctionality in subtropical plantations. Forest Ecosystems, 2022, 9(3): 100039. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fecs.2022.100039

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Received: 19 February 2022
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