Nitrogen deposition and climate: an integrated synthesis

ET Borer, CJ Stevens - Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2022 - cell.com
Human activities have more than doubled reactive nitrogen (N) deposited in ecosystems,
perturbing the N cycle and considerably impacting plant, animal, and microbial communities …

Nitrogen and phosphorus enrichment cause declines in invertebrate populations: a global meta‐analysis

MP Nessel, T Konnovitch, GQ Romero… - Biological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Human‐driven changes in nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) inputs are modifying
biogeochemical cycles and the trophic state of many habitats worldwide. These alterations …

Nutrient enrichment increases invertebrate herbivory and pathogen damage in grasslands

A Ebeling, AT Strauss, PB Adler, CA Arnillas… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Plant damage by invertebrate herbivores and pathogens influences the dynamics of
grassland ecosystems, but anthropogenic changes in nitrogen and phosphorus availability …

Large mammalian herbivores affect arthropod food webs via changes in vegetation characteristics and microclimate

Y Zhu, GF Veen, R Heinen, D Wang, M Jiang… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Large mammalian herbivores are vital components of terrestrial ecosystems, influencing the
plants they feed on, but also serving as ecosystem engineers that impact the occurrence and …

Realistic rates of nitrogen addition increase carbon flux rates but do not change soil carbon stocks in a temperate grassland

ME Wilcots, KM Schroeder, LC DeLancey… - Global change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Changes in the biosphere carbon (C) sink are of utmost importance given rising
atmospheric CO2 levels. Concurrent global changes, such as increasing nitrogen (N) …

Bottom‐up when it is not top‐down: Predators and plants control biomass of grassland arthropods

EAR Welti, RM Prather, NJ Sanders… - Journal of Animal …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
We investigate where bottom‐up and top‐down control regulates ecological communities as
a mechanism linking ecological gradients to the geography of consumer abundance and …

[HTML][HTML] Trade-offs between passive and trophic rewilding for biodiversity and ecosystem functioning

AJ Tanentzap, G Daykin, T Fennell, E Hearne… - Biological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Trophic rewilding that reintroduces large animals into landscapes to re-establish food web
interactions and restore biodiverse ecosystems has gained widespread attention. Despite …

A distributed experiment demonstrates widespread sodium limitation in grassland food webs

EAR Welti, NJ Sanders, KM de Beurs, M Kaspari - 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Sodium (Na) has a unique role in food webs as a nutrient primarily limiting for plant
consumers, but not other trophic levels. Environmental Na levels vary with proximity to …

Micronutrients enhance macronutrient effects in a meta‐analysis of grassland arthropod abundance

RM Prather, K Castillioni, M Kaspari… - Global Ecology and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Aim Ongoing alterations to Earth's biogeochemical cycles (eg, via fertilization,
burning of fossil fuels, and pollution) are expected to impact plants, plant consumers and all …

Negative effects of vertebrate on invertebrate herbivores mediated by enhanced plant nitrogen content

Y Zhu, Z Zhong, JF Pages, D Finke, D Wang… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Classic theory holds that the main interaction within the herbivore guild is competition,
based on research focused on co‐occurring, similarly sized species that reduce the quantity …