Preface |
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1.1 Controls on terrestrial ecosystem processes: an historical perspective |
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3 | (2) |
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1.2 Species and biotic interactions as ecosystem drivers |
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5 | (3) |
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1.3 Aboveground-belowground interactions as drivers of ecosystem processes |
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8 | (2) |
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1.4 Aboveground-belowground interactions and global change |
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10 | (2) |
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1.5 Emerging issues and trends |
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12 | (3) |
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2 Biotic interactions in soil as drivers of ecosystem properties |
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15 | (47) |
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15 | (2) |
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2.2 Influence of decomposers on aboveground communities and ecosytem processes |
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17 | (15) |
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2.2.1 Free-living soil microbes, nutrient availability, and plant growth |
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17 | (6) |
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2.2.2 Trophic interactions in soil, nutrient availability, and plant growth |
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23 | (3) |
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2.2.3 Functional consequences of trophic cascades in the soil food web |
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26 | (2) |
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2.2.4 Bacterial-based and fungal-based energy channels and nutrient cycling |
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28 | (4) |
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2.3 Influence of root-associated organisms on plant communities and ecosystem processes |
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32 | (8) |
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2.3.1 Microbial symbionts and plant community dynamics |
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32 | (6) |
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2.3.2 Belowground pathogens, herbivores, and plant community dynamics |
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38 | (2) |
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2.4 Soil ecosystem engineers and plant community dynamics |
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40 | (5) |
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2.5 Soil biotic interactions, carbon dynamics, and global change |
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45 | (14) |
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2.5.1 Soil biotic interactions and ecosystem carbon exchange |
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46 | (6) |
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2.5.2 Contribution of soil biotic interactions to climate change via carbon-cycle feedbacks |
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52 | (5) |
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2.5.3 Multiple global change drivers and soil biotic interactions |
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57 | (2) |
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59 | (3) |
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3 Plant community influences on the soil community and plant soil feedbacks |
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62 | (51) |
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62 | (1) |
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3.2 How plants affect the belowground subsystem |
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63 | (12) |
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3.2.1 Differential effects of different plant species |
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63 | (5) |
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3.2.2 Effects of within-species variation |
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68 | (2) |
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3.2.3 Spatial and temporal variability |
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70 | (2) |
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3.2.4 Multiple species effects |
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72 | (3) |
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3.3 Overriding effects of plant traits |
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75 | (10) |
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3.3.1 Contrasting plant species and trait axes |
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75 | (6) |
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3.3.2 Trait dominance, trait dissimilarity, and multiple species effects |
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81 | (3) |
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3.3.3 Ecosystem stoichiometery |
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84 | (1) |
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85 | (5) |
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3.5 Succession and disturbance |
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90 | (9) |
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3.5.1 The build-up phase of succession |
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91 | (2) |
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3.5.2 Ecosystem retrogression |
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93 | (4) |
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3.5.3 Succession and plant-soil feedbacks |
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97 | (2) |
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3.6 Indirect belowground effects of global change via vegetation |
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3.6.1 Indirect belowground effects of climate change |
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99 | (8) |
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3.6.2 Indirect belowground effects of nitrogen deposition |
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107 | (3) |
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110 | (3) |
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4 Ecosystem-level significance of aboveground consumers |
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113 | (1) |
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4.2 Herbivore-mediated effects on plant-soil feedbacks and ecosystem processes |
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114 | (20) |
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4.2.1 Positive effects of herbivores on belowground properties and ecosystem functioning |
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116 | (7) |
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4.2.2 Negative effects of herbivores on belowground properties and ecosystem functioning |
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123 | (7) |
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4.2.3 Landscape-scale herbivore effects and multiple stable states |
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130 | (4) |
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4.3 The role of plant traits in regulating herbivore impacts |
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134 | (3) |
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4.4 Aboveground trophic cascades and consequences for belowground properties |
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137 | (4) |
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4.5 Spatial movement of resources by consumer organisms |
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141 | (11) |
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4.5.1 Resource transfers across land |
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142 | (5) |
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4.5.2 Resource transfers from aquatic to terrestrial ecosystems |
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147 | (5) |
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4.6 Aboveground consumers, carbon dynamics, and global change |
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152 | (9) |
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161 | (4) |
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5 Aboveground and belowground consequences of species losses and gains |
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165 | (46) |
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165 | (1) |
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5.2 Species losses through extinction and aboveground-belowground linkages |
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166 | (17) |
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5.2.1 The diversity-function issue from an aboveground-belowground perspective |
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166 | (6) |
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5.2.2 Removal experiments for studying effects of species losses |
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172 | (8) |
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5.2.3 Effects of species losses in real ecosystems |
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180 | (3) |
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5.3 Species gains through invasion and aboveground-belowground linkages |
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183 | (18) |
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5.3.1 Invasions by plants |
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190 | (1) |
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5.3.2 Belowground invaders |
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190 | (5) |
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5.3.3 Invasions by aboveground consumers |
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195 | (6) |
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5.4 Consequences of global change through causing species gains and losses |
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201 | (7) |
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208 | (3) |
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6 Underlying themes and ways forward |
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211 | (16) |
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211 | (1) |
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6.2 Biotic interactions, feedbacks, and ecosystem processes |
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212 | (5) |
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6.2.1 Linkages and feedbacks between the aboveground and belowgroud subsystems |
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212 | (2) |
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6.2.2 Organism traits as ecological drivers |
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214 | (3) |
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6.3 Drivers of spatial and temporal variability |
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217 | (7) |
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6.3.1 Drivers of variation over time |
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217 | (2) |
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6.3.2 Drivers of variation over space |
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219 | (2) |
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6.3.3 Differences across ecosystems |
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221 | (1) |
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6.3.4 Global-scale contrasts |
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222 | (2) |
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6.4 Global change phenomena |
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224 | (3) |
References |
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Index |
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