TY  - JOUR
A1  - Morris, E. Kathryn
A1  - Caruso, Tancredi
A1  - Buscot, Francois
A1  - Fischer, Markus
A1  - Hancock, Christine
A1  - Maier, Tanja S.
A1  - Meiners, Torsten
A1  - Müller, Caroline
A1  - Obermaier, Elisabeth
A1  - Prati, Daniel
A1  - Socher, Stephanie A.
A1  - Sonnemann, Ilja
A1  - Wäschke, Nicola
A1  - Wubet, Tesfaye
A1  - Wurst, Susanne
A1  - Rillig, Matthias C.
T1  - Choosing and using diversity indices: insights for ecological applications from the German Biodiversity Exploratories
JF  - Ecology and Evolution
N2  - Biodiversity, a multidimensional property of natural systems, is difficult to quantify partly because of the multitude of indices proposed for this purpose. Indices aim to describe general properties of communities that allow us to compare different regions, taxa, and trophic levels. Therefore, they are of fundamental importance for environmental monitoring and conservation, although there is no consensus about which indices are more appropriate and informative. We tested several common diversity indices in a range of simple to complex statistical analyses in order to determine whether some were better suited for certain analyses than others. We used data collected around the focal plant Plantago lanceolata on 60 temperate grassland plots embedded in an agricultural landscape to explore relationships between the common diversity indices of species richness (S), Shannon's diversity (H'), Simpson's diversity (D-1), Simpson's dominance (D-2), Simpson's evenness (E), and Berger-Parker dominance (BP). We calculated each of these indices for herbaceous plants, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, aboveground arthropods, belowground insect larvae, and P.lanceolata molecular and chemical diversity. Including these trait-based measures of diversity allowed us to test whether or not they behaved similarly to the better studied species diversity. We used path analysis to determine whether compound indices detected more relationships between diversities of different organisms and traits than more basic indices. In the path models, more paths were significant when using H', even though all models except that with E were equally reliable. This demonstrates that while common diversity indices may appear interchangeable in simple analyses, when considering complex interactions, the choice of index can profoundly alter the interpretation of results. Data mining in order to identify the index producing the most significant results should be avoided, but simultaneously considering analyses using multiple indices can provide greater insight into the interactions in a system.
KW  - molecular diversity
KW  - plant diversity
KW  - plantago lanceolata
KW  - shannon index
KW  - simpson's index
KW  - arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
KW  - Hill's powers
KW  - chemical diversity
KW  - Berger-Parker
KW  - arthropods
Y1  - 2014
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-115462
SN  - 2045-7758
VL  - 4
IS  - 18
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Moll, Julia
A1  - Kellner, Harald
A1  - Leonhardt, Sabrina
A1  - Stengel, Elisa
A1  - Dahl, Andreas
A1  - Bässler, Claus
A1  - Buscot, François
A1  - Hofrichter, Martin
A1  - Hoppe, Björn
T1  - Bacteria inhabiting deadwood of 13 tree species are heterogeneously distributed between sapwood and heartwood
JF  - Environmental Microbiology
N2  - Deadwood represents an important structural component of forest ecosystems, where it provides diverse niches for saproxylic biota. Although wood-inhabiting prokaryotes are involved in its degradation, knowledge about their diversity and the drivers of community structure is scarce. To explore the effect of deadwood substrate on microbial distribution, the present study focuses on the microbial communities of deadwood logs from 13 different tree species investigated using an amplicon based deep-sequencing analysis. Sapwood and heartwood communities were analysed separately and linked to various relevant wood physico-chemical parameters. Overall, Proteobacteria, Acidobacteria and Actinobacteria represented the most dominant phyla. Microbial OTU richness and community structure differed significantly between tree species and between sapwood and heartwood. These differences were more pronounced for heartwood than for sapwood. The pH value and water content were the most important drivers in both wood compartments. Overall, investigating numerous tree species and two compartments provided a remarkably comprehensive view of microbial diversity in deadwood.
Y1  - 2018
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-224168
VL  - 20
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Le Provost, Gaëtane
A1  - Thiele, Jan
A1  - Westphal, Catrin
A1  - Penone, Caterina
A1  - Allan, Eric
A1  - Neyret, Margot
A1  - van der Plas, Fons
A1  - Ayasse, Manfred
A1  - Bardgett, Richard D.
A1  - Birkhofer, Klaus
A1  - Boch, Steffen
A1  - Bonkowski, Michael
A1  - Buscot, Francois
A1  - Feldhaar, Heike
A1  - Gaulton, Rachel
A1  - Goldmann, Kezia
A1  - Gossner, Martin M.
A1  - Klaus, Valentin H.
A1  - Kleinebecker, Till
A1  - Krauss, Jochen
A1  - Renner, Swen
A1  - Scherreiks, Pascal
A1  - Sikorski, Johannes
A1  - Baulechner, Dennis
A1  - Blüthgen, Nico
A1  - Bolliger, Ralph
A1  - Börschig, Carmen
A1  - Busch, Verena
A1  - Chisté, Melanie
A1  - Fiore-Donno, Anna Maria
A1  - Fischer, Markus
A1  - Arndt, Hartmut
A1  - Hoelzel, Norbert
A1  - John, Katharina
A1  - Jung, Kirsten
A1  - Lange, Markus
A1  - Marzini, Carlo
A1  - Overmann, Jörg
A1  - Paŝalić, Esther
A1  - Perović, David J.
A1  - Prati, Daniel
A1  - Schäfer, Deborah
A1  - Schöning, Ingo
A1  - Schrumpf, Marion
A1  - Sonnemann, Ilja
A1  - Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf
A1  - Tschapka, Marco
A1  - Türke, Manfred
A1  - Vogt, Juliane
A1  - Wehner, Katja
A1  - Weiner, Christiane
A1  - Weisser, Wolfgang
A1  - Wells, Konstans
A1  - Werner, Michael
A1  - Wolters, Volkmar
A1  - Wubet, Tesfaye
A1  - Wurst, Susanne
A1  - Zaitsev, Andrey S.
A1  - Manning, Peter
T1  - Contrasting responses of above- and belowground diversity to multiple components of land-use intensity
JF  - Nature Communications
N2  - Land-use intensification is a major driver of biodiversity loss. However, understanding how different components of land use drive biodiversity loss requires the investigation of multiple trophic levels across spatial scales. Using data from 150 agricultural grasslands in central Europe, we assess the influence of multiple components of local- and landscape-level land use on more than 4,000 above- and belowground taxa, spanning 20 trophic groups. Plot-level land-use intensity is strongly and negatively associated with aboveground trophic groups, but positively or not associated with belowground trophic groups. Meanwhile, both above- and belowground trophic groups respond to landscape-level land use, but to different drivers: aboveground diversity of grasslands is promoted by diverse surrounding land-cover, while belowground diversity is positively related to a high permanent forest cover in the surrounding landscape. These results highlight a role of landscape-level land use in shaping belowground communities, and suggest that revised agroecosystem management strategies are needed to conserve whole-ecosystem biodiversity.
KW  - biodiversity
KW  - community ecology
KW  - grassland ecology
Y1  - 2021
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-371552
VL  - 12
ER  -