Title | Author | Year | Data DOI | Data available |
Anthropogenic nitrogen deposition predicts local grassland primary production worldwide | Stevens et al. | 2015 | Figshare | - N deposition
- Site biomass
- Soil C, N, P, pH
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The influence of balanced and imbalanced resource supply on biodiversity-functioning relationship across ecosystems | Lewandowska et al. | 2016 | Dryad | |
Climate modifies response of non-native and native species richness to nutrient enrichment | Flores-Moreno et al. | 2016 | Dryad | - Abundance by provenance
- Richness by provenance
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Nutrient addition shifts plant community composition towards earlier flowering species in some prairie ecoregions in the U.S. Central Plains | Biederman et al. | 2016 | Figshare | |
Biodiversity change is uncoupled from species richness trends: Consequences for conservation and monitoring | Hillebrand et al. | 2017 | Dryad | |
Herbivores safeguard plant diversity by reducing variability in dominance | Mortensen et al. | 2018 | Dryad | - Plot diversity
- Total biomass
- PAR
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Spatial heterogeneity in species composition constrains plant community responses to herbivory and fertilisation | Hodapp et al. | 2018 | Dryad | - Plant cover
- Soil chemistry
- Site climate
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Herbivory and eutrophication mediate grassland plant nutrient responses across a global climatic gradient | Anderson et al. | 2018 | Dryad | - Leaf chemistry
- Plant biomass
- Soil N
- N dep
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SRUD: A simple non-destructive method for accurate quantification of plant diversity dynamics | Zhang et al. | 2019 | Dryad | - Plant height
- Plant cover
- Plant biomass
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Effects of nutrient supply, herbivory, and host community on fungal endophyte diversity | Seabloom et al. | 2019 | EDI | - Fungal endophyte OTUs
- Plant biomass
- Plant cover
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More salt, please: global patterns, responses and impacts of foliar sodium in grasslands | Borer et al. | 2019 | Dryad | - Foliar sodium
- Plant cover
- Soil Na, P, N, pH
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Leaf nutrients, not specific leaf area, are consistent indicators of elevated nutrient inputs | Firn et al. | 2019 | Dryad | - Leaf chemistry
- Specific leaf area
- Soil N, P, K
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Sensitivity of global soil carbon stocks to combined nutrient enrichment | Crowther et al. | 2019 | Dryad | - Soil chemistry
- Soil texture
- Soil carbon stocks
- Above- and belowground plant biomass
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Soil net nitrogen mineralisation across global grasslands | Risch et al. | 2019 | ESM | - Soil properties
- Soil nitrate
- Soil nitrogen mineralization/ ammonification
- Soil microbe oxidizers
- Microbial biomass
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SRUD: A simple non-destructive method for accurate quantification of plant diversity dynamics | Zhang et al. | 2019 | Dryad | - Species' cover
- Species' height
- Species' biomass
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Nutrients cause grassland biomass to outpace herbivory | Borer et al. | 2020 | EDI | - Plant biomass
- Herbivory index
- Soil N
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Nutrient availability controls the impact of mammalian herbivores on soil carbon and nitrogen pools in grasslands | Sitters et al. | 2020 | Dryad | - Plant biomass
- Root biomass
- Soil carbon and nitrogen
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Dominant native and non-native graminoids differ in key leaf traits irrespective of nutrient availability | Broadbent et al. | 2020 | Dryad | - Leaf chemistry/SLA
- Soil chemistry
- Species cover
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Microbial processing of plant remains is co-limited by multiple nutrients in global grasslands | Ochoa Hueso et al. | 2020 | Figshare | - Decomposition rates
- Decomposition soil enzymes
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Climate and local environment structure asynchrony and the stability of primary production in grasslands | Gilbert et al. | 2020 | Dryad | - Species asynchrony
- Species richness
- Soil chemical properties
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General destabilizing effects of eutrophication on grassland productivity at multiple spatial scales | Hautier et al. | 2020 | GitHub | - Plant alpha/gamma/beta diversity
- Species asynchrony
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Global impacts of fertilization and herbivore removal on soil net nitrogen mineralization are modulated by local climate and soil properties | Risch et al. | 2020 | Envidat | - Soil nitrogen
- Mineralization
- Ammonia/nitrate/nitrite
- Soil texture
- Soil microbial biomass
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Increasing effects of chronic nutrient enrichment on plant diversity loss and ecosystem productivity over time | Seabloom et al. | 2020 | EDI | - Plant biomass, diversity
- 10+ years of data
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Plant diversity and litter accumulation mediate the loss of foliar endophyte fungal richness following nutrient addition | Henning et al. | 2020 | EDI | - Leaf endophyte diversity/OTU
- Soil chemistry
- Plant biomass, diversity
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Micronutrients enhance macronutrient effects in a meta-analysis of grassland arthropod abundance | Prather et al. | 2020 | Dryad | - Plant biomass
- Plant chemistry
- Insect effect sizes (damage, pollination, etc)
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Protection offered by leaf fungal endophytes to an invasive species against native herbivores depends on soil nutrients | Graff et al. | 2020 | Dryad | - Leaf chemistry
- Leaf endophytes
- Caterpillar abundance
- Caterpillar damage
- Plant cover, biomass
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Synchrony matters more than species richness in plant community stability at a global scale | Valencia et al. | 2020 | Figshare | - Species diversity
- Loreau/Gross/Variation indexes
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Mowing does not redress the negative effect of nutrient addition on alpha and beta diversity in a temperate grassland | Molina et al. | 2021 | Dryad | - Species cover
- Biomass
- Light availability
- Alpha/beta, spatial diversities
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Nitrogen and phosphorus fertilization consistently favor pathogenic over mutualistic fungi in grassland soils | Lekberg et al. | 2021 | EDI | - Soil microbe OTUs
- Soil chemistry
- Plant cover and diversity
- Functional biomass
- Root biomass
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Negative effects of nitrogen override positive effects of phosphorus on grassland legumes worldwide | Tognetti et al. | 2021 | EDI | - Legume cover, biomass
- Richness by provenance
- Soil chemistry
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Nutrient enrichment increases invertebrate herbivory and pathogen damage in grasslands | Ebeling et al. | 2021 | Dryad | - Species cover
- Percent leaf damage (pathogen and invertebrate herbivory)
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Nutrients and herbivores impact grassland stability across multiple spatial scales through different pathways | Chen et al. | 2021 | | - Diversity (alpha, beta, gamma)
- Community dissimilarity (spatial and temporal)
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Trait-based investigation reveals patterns of community response to nutrient enrichment in coastal mesic grassland | Brown et al. | 2021 | | - Plant biomass
- Functional traits (alpha diversity)
- Species abundance
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Evolutionary history of grazing and resources determine herbivore exclusion effects on plant diversity | Price et al. | 2022 | EDI | - Plant biomass
- Species diversity
- Species richness and evenness
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Realistic rates of nitrogen addition increase carbon flux rates but do not change soil carbon stocks in a temperate grassland | Wilcots et al. | 2022 | EDI | - Plant biomass (above and below ground)
- Soil microbial biomass carbon
- Soil heterotrophic microbial respiration
- pH
- Soil density
- Percent carbon in soil
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Functional traits' annual variation exceeds nitrogen-driven variation in grassland plant species | Wheeler et al. | 2022 | Figshare | - Species functional traits
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Nutrient identity modifies the destabilising effects of eutrophication in grasslands | Carroll et al. | 2022 | EDI | - Plant biomass
- Species richness
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Impacts of nutrient addition on soil carbon and nitrogen stoichiometry and stability in globally-distributed grasslands | Rocci et al. | 2022 | EDI | - Soil chemistry
- Soil composition
- Plant biomass
- Temp. and precip. seasonalities
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Nutrients and herbivores impact grassland stability across spatial scales through different pathways | Chen et al. | 2022 | Figshare | - Diversity (alpha and beta)
- Stability (alpha and gamma)
- Temporal and spatial variation
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Nitrogen increases early-stage and slows late-stage decomposition across diverse grasslands | Gill et al. | 2022 | EDI | |
Linking changes in species composition and biomass in a globally distributed grassland experiment | Ladouceur et al. | 2022 | EDI | - Species cover (introduced and native)
- Species richness (introduced and native)
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Nothing lasts forever: Dominant species decline under rapid environmental change in global grasslands | Wilfahrt et al. | 2023 | EDI | - Species cover
- Species richness
- Species abundance
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Nutrient enrichment alters seasonal β‐diversity in global grasslands | Garbowski et al. | 2023 | Figshare | - Diversity (beta)
- Species composition and turnover
- Seasonal Climate
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The synergistic response of primary production in grasslands to combined nitrogen and phosphorus addition is caused by increased nutrient uptake and retention | Vázquez et al. | 2023 | | - Aboveground biomass carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus
- Belowground biomass carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus
- Soil carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus
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Environmental heterogeneity modulates the effect of plant diversity on the spatial variability of grassland biomass | Daleo etal. | 2023 | EDI | - Diversity (alpha, beta, gamma)
- Plant biomass
- Soil chemistry (N, P, K, pH)
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Space resource utilization of dominant species integrates abundance‐and functional‐based processes for better predictions of plant diversity dynamics | Zhang et al. | 2023 | Dryad | - Dominant species cover
- Dominant species height
- Plant diversity
- Species loss
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Clarifying the effect of biodiversity on productivity in natural ecosystems with longitudinal data and methods for causal inference | Dee et al. | 2023 | Zenodo | - Species richness
- Productivity
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Globally consistent response of plant microbiome diversity across hosts and continents to soil nutrients and herbivores | Seabloom et al. | 2023 | EDI | - Soil chemistry (N, P, K, pH)
- Species richness
- Plant diversity
- Aboveground biomass
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Multidimensional responses of grassland stability to eutrophication | Chen et al. | 2023 | EDI | - Diversity (alpha, beta, gamma)
- Plant biomass
- Soil chemistry (N, P, K, pH)
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The positive effect of plant diversity on soil carbon depends on climate | Spohn et al. | 2023 | Zenodo | - Soil chemistry (N, P, K, pH)
- Soil organic mater
- Plant diversity
- Aboveground biomass
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