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Title: Impacts of detritivore diversity loss on instream decomposition are greatest in the tropics
Authors: Boyero, Luz
López-Rojo, Naiara
Tonin, Alan M.
Pérez, Javier 
Correa-Araneda, Francisco
Pearson, Richard G.
Bosch, Jaime
Albariño, Ricardo J.
Anbalagan, Sankarappan
Barmuta, Leon A.
Basaguren, Ana 
Burdon, Francis J.
Caliman, Adriano
Callisto, Marcos
Calor, Adolfo R.
Campbell, Ian C.
Cardinale, Bradley J.
Jesús Casas, J.
Chará-Serna, Ana M.
Chauvet, Eric
Ciapała, Szymon
Colón-Gaud, Checo
Cornejo, Aydeé
Davis, Aaron M.
Degebrodt, Monika
Dias, Emerson S.
Díaz, María E.
Douglas, Michael M.
Encalada, Andrea C. 
Figueroa, Ricardo
Flecker, Alexander S.
Fleituch, Tadeusz
García, Erica A.
García, Gabriela
García, Pavel E.
Gessner, Mark O.
Gómez, Jesús E.
Gómez, Sergio
Gonçalves, Jose F.
Graça, M. A. S. 
Gwinn, Daniel C.
Hall, Robert O.
Hamada, Neusa
Hui, Cang
Imazawa, Daichi
Iwata, Tomoya
Kariuki, Samuel K.
Landeira-Dabarca, Andrea
Laymon, Kelsey
Leal, Maria Catarina Bota Vasques 
Marchant, Richard
Martins, Renato T.
Masese, Frank O.
Maul, Megan
McKie, Brendan G.
Medeiros, Adriana O.
Erimba, Charles M. M.
Middleton, Jen A.
Monroy, Silvia
Muotka, Timo
Negishi, Junjiro N.
Ramírez, Alonso
Richardson, John S.
Rincón, José
Rubio-Ríos, Juan
Santos, Gisele M. dos
Sarremejane, Romain
Sheldon, Fran
Sitati, Augustine
Tenkiano, Nathalie S D
Tiegs, Scott D
Tolod, Janine R
Venarsky, Michael
Watson, Anne
Yule, Catherine M
Issue Date: 2021
Serial title, monograph or event: Nature Communications
Volume: 12
Issue: 1
Abstract: The relationship between detritivore diversity and decomposition can provide information on how biogeochemical cycles are affected by ongoing rates of extinction, but such evidence has come mostly from local studies and microcosm experiments. We conducted a globally distributed experiment (38 streams across 23 countries in 6 continents) using standardised methods to test the hypothesis that detritivore diversity enhances litter decomposition in streams, to establish the role of other characteristics of detritivore assemblages (abundance, biomass and body size), and to determine how patterns vary across realms, biomes and climates. We observed a positive relationship between diversity and decomposition, strongest in tropical areas, and a key role of abundance and biomass at higher latitudes. Our results suggest that litter decomposition might be altered by detritivore extinctions, particularly in tropical areas, where detritivore diversity is already relatively low and some environmental stressors particularly prevalent.
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/10316/95117
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-23930-2
Rights: openAccess
Appears in Collections:I&D MARE - Artigos em Revistas Internacionais
FCTUC Ciências da Vida - Artigos em Revistas Internacionais

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