Reply to: Plant traits alone are good predictors of ecosystem properties when used carefully

Fons van der Plas^#¹, Thomas Schröder-Georgi^#², Alexandra Weigelt^{2

3}, Kathryn Barry^{2

3}, Sebastian Meyer⁴, Adriana Alzate^{3

5}, Romain L Barnard⁶, Nina Buchmann⁷, Hans de Kroon⁸, Anne Ebeling⁹, Nico Eisenhauer^{3

10}, Christof Engels¹¹, Markus Fischer¹², Gerd Gleixner¹³, Anke Hildebrandt^{3

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15}, Eva Koller-France¹⁶, Sophia Leimer¹⁷, Alexandru Milcu^{18

19}, Liesje Mommer²⁰, Pascal A Niklaus²¹, Yvonne Oelmann¹⁶, Christiane Roscher^{3

22}, Christoph Scherber^{23

24}, Michael Scherer-Lorenzen²⁵, Stefan Scheu^{26

27}, Bernhard Schmid^{28

29}, Ernst-Detlef Schulze¹³, Vicky Temperton³⁰, Teja Tscharntke³¹, Winfried Voigt⁹, Wolfgang Weisser⁴, Wolfgang Wilcke¹⁷, Christian Wirth^{2

3

13}

Affiliations

¹ Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, the Netherlands. fons.vanderplas@wur.nl.
² Systematic Botany and Functional Biodiversity, Life Science, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany.
³ German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
⁴ Terrestrial Ecology Research Group, School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
⁵ Aquaculture and Fisheries Group, Wageningen University and Research Centre, Wageningen, the Netherlands.
⁶ Agroécologie, AgroSup Dijon, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Université de Bourgogne, Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Dijon, France.
⁷ Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland.
⁸ Department of Experimental Plant Ecology, Institute for Water and Wetland Research, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
⁹ Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University Jena, Jena, Germany.
¹⁰ Institute of Biology, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany.
¹¹ Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
¹² Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
¹³ Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany.
¹⁴ Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig, Germany.
¹⁵ Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany.
¹⁶ Geoecology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
¹⁷ Institute of Geography and Geoecology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany.
¹⁸ Ecotron Européen de Montpellier, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Montferrier-sur-Lez, France.
¹⁹ Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5175 (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique-Université de Montpellier-Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier-Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes), Montpellier, France.
²⁰ Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, the Netherlands.
²¹ Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
²² UFZ, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Department Physiological Diversity, Leipzig, Germany.
²³ Institute of Landscape Ecology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.
²⁴ Centre for Biodiversity Monitoring, Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn, Germany.
²⁵ Geobotany, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
²⁶ Centre of Biodiversity and Sustainable Land Use, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
²⁷ J.F. Blumenbach Institute of Zoology and Anthropology, Animal Ecology, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
²⁸ Department of Geography, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
²⁹ Institute of Ecology, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China.
³⁰ Leuphana University Lüneburg, Institute of Ecology, Lüneburg, Germany.
³¹ Agroecology, Department of Crop Sciences, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.

^# Contributed equally.

PMID: 36646947
DOI: 10.1038/s41559-022-01957-y

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Reply to: Plant traits alone are good predictors of ecosystem properties when used carefully

Fons van der Plas et al. Nat Ecol Evol. 2023 Mar.

. 2023 Mar;7(3):335-336.

doi: 10.1038/s41559-022-01957-y. Epub 2023 Jan 16.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, the Netherlands. fons.vanderplas@wur.nl.
² Systematic Botany and Functional Biodiversity, Life Science, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany.
³ German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
⁴ Terrestrial Ecology Research Group, School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
⁵ Aquaculture and Fisheries Group, Wageningen University and Research Centre, Wageningen, the Netherlands.
⁶ Agroécologie, AgroSup Dijon, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Université de Bourgogne, Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Dijon, France.
⁷ Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland.
⁸ Department of Experimental Plant Ecology, Institute for Water and Wetland Research, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
⁹ Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University Jena, Jena, Germany.
¹⁰ Institute of Biology, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany.
¹¹ Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
¹² Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
¹³ Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany.
¹⁴ Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig, Germany.
¹⁵ Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany.
¹⁶ Geoecology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
¹⁷ Institute of Geography and Geoecology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany.
¹⁸ Ecotron Européen de Montpellier, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Montferrier-sur-Lez, France.
¹⁹ Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5175 (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique-Université de Montpellier-Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier-Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes), Montpellier, France.
²⁰ Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, the Netherlands.
²¹ Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
²² UFZ, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Department Physiological Diversity, Leipzig, Germany.
²³ Institute of Landscape Ecology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.
²⁴ Centre for Biodiversity Monitoring, Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn, Germany.
²⁵ Geobotany, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
²⁶ Centre of Biodiversity and Sustainable Land Use, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
²⁷ J.F. Blumenbach Institute of Zoology and Anthropology, Animal Ecology, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
²⁸ Department of Geography, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
²⁹ Institute of Ecology, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China.
³⁰ Leuphana University Lüneburg, Institute of Ecology, Lüneburg, Germany.
³¹ Agroecology, Department of Crop Sciences, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.

^# Contributed equally.

PMID: 36646947
DOI: 10.1038/s41559-022-01957-y

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Plant traits alone are poor predictors of ecosystem properties and long-term ecosystem functioning.
van der Plas F, Schröder-Georgi T, Weigelt A, Barry K, Meyer S, Alzate A, Barnard RL, Buchmann N, de Kroon H, Ebeling A, Eisenhauer N, Engels C, Fischer M, Gleixner G, Hildebrandt A, Koller-France E, Leimer S, Milcu A, Mommer L, Niklaus PA, Oelmann Y, Roscher C, Scherber C, Scherer-Lorenzen M, Scheu S, Schmid B, Schulze ED, Temperton V, Tscharntke T, Voigt W, Weisser W, Wilcke W, Wirth C. van der Plas F, et al. Nat Ecol Evol. 2020 Dec;4(12):1602-1611. doi: 10.1038/s41559-020-01316-9. Epub 2020 Oct 5. Nat Ecol Evol. 2020. PMID: 33020598
Plant traits alone are good predictors of ecosystem properties when used carefully.
Hagan JG, Henn JJ, Osterman WHA. Hagan JG, et al. Nat Ecol Evol. 2023 Mar;7(3):332-334. doi: 10.1038/s41559-022-01920-x. Epub 2023 Jan 16. Nat Ecol Evol. 2023. PMID: 36646946 No abstract available.

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