From atoms to ecosystems : elementome diversity meets ecosystem functioning
Fernández-Martínez, Marcos (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals)

Date:	2022
Abstract:	The elemental composition of plants (the elementome) is a reliable indicator of their functional traits and the ecological strategies that they follow, and thus represents a good predictor of how ecosystems work. Biodiversity and, especially, functional diversity are also widely recognized as important drivers of ecosystem functioning, mainly because of niche partitioning amongst different species. Here, I review evidence indicating that plant elementomes relate to their ecological niches and how plant elemental concentrations may shift in response to abiotic and biotic drivers. I propose the use of ecosystem elementome diversity as a universal metric to compare ecosystems and investigate diversity-ecosystem functioning relationships. Future research using this promising novel approach will bring together elementomes, diversity, and ecosystem functioning.
Note:	Altres ajuts: beca de la Fundació La Caixa LCF/BQ/PI21/11830010.
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió acceptada per publicar
Subject:	Biogeochemistry ; Competition ; Ecological niche ; Functional traits ; Nutrients ; Stoichiometry
Published in:	The new phytologist, Vol. 234, issue 1 (April 2022) , p. 35-42, ISSN 1469-8137

DOI: 10.1111/nph.17864

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