"Ecosystem processes such as productivity, decomposition and biogeochemical cycling are shaped by multiple community-level properties, including diversity and composition of species but also of trait spectra."
"Plant diversity and community composition have frequently been shown to operate as major drivers of net primary productivity, as well as of consumer communities across trophic levels."
"Trophic interactions play a major role in underpinning ecosystem functioning because heterotrophic organisms regulate multiple ecosystem processes primarily through their food consumption."
"Quantifying energy flow along trophic links in food webs has been proposed as a powerful tool to mechanistically understand the relationships between community properties and ecosystem functioning."
Biological communities are undergoing significant changes due to climate change, land transformation, and species invasions, affecting ecosystem processes like productivity and decomposition. Research has primarily focused on single trophic levels, neglecting the importance of multitrophic perspectives. In terrestrial ecosystems, plant diversity and community composition are crucial for enhancing ecosystem functioning and services. However, the broader impacts of plant community properties on ecosystem functioning through trophic interactions remain underexplored, with few studies applying quantitative food web approaches to understand these relationships.
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