(a) shows resources for plant growth or other trophic groups in complementary ways due to functional diversity: the four hypothetical species/genotypes (A, B, C, D) with different functional traits …
The following effects were tested in linear mixed-effects models (LMMs) (n=92): species richness main effect (left vs. right pair of bars in each panel), genetic richness main effect (inset on upper …
The lower and upper hinges of the bars correspond to the first and third quartiles (the 25th and 75th percentiles); the lower and upper whisker extends from the hinge correspond to 1.5 * …
Green unfilled/dashed symbols represent genetic monocultures in species monocultures, green filled/solid symbols represent genetic monocultures in species mixture, orange unfilled/dashed symbols …
Asterisks indicate statistical significance (*** p < 0.0001, ** p < 0.001, * p < 0.05, + p < 0.1, and ns p > 0.1). Details of the fitted models are shown in Appendix 2—table 1.
Positive and negative paths are indicated in green and orange, respectively. The standardized path coefficients are indicated by the numbers, statistical significance is indicated by asterisks (*** …
Positive and negative paths are indicated in green and orange, respectively. The standardized path coefficients are indicated by the numbers, statistical significance is indicated by asterisks (*** …
Tree species diversity represents the number of tree species, genetic diversity represents the number of seed families per tree species, and functional diversity (based on FDis) represents the mean …
The results were obtained by a multigroup structural equation models (SEM) (global Fisher’s C = 3.416, DF = 4, p = 0.491). Positive and negative paths are indicated in green and orange, …
The results were obtained by a multigroup structural equation models (SEM) (global Fisher’s C = 2.747, DF = 4, p = 0.601). Positive and negative paths are indicated in green and orange. The …
Genetic diversity represents the number of seed families per tree species. Functional diversity (based on FDis) represents the mean distance of seed-family means to the centroid of all seed …
1.1: species diversity = 1, genetic diversity = 1; 1.4: species diversity = 1, genetic diversity = 4; 4.1: species diversity = 4, genetic diversity = 1; 4.4: species diversity = 4, genetic diversity …
All fungi from this study were pooled together to calculate the relative abundance of each trophic group.
Positive and negative paths are indicated in green and orange, respectively. The standardized path coefficients are indicated by the numbers, statistical significance is indicated by asterisks (*** …
The results were obtained by a multigroup structural equation model (SEM) (global Fisher’s C = 3.485, DF = 4, p = 0.480). Positive and negative paths are indicated in green and orange, respectively. …
1.1: species diversity = 1, genetic diversity = 1; 1.4: species diversity = 1, genetic diversity = 4; 4.1: species diversity = 4, genetic diversity = 1; 4.4: species diversity = 4, genetic diversity …
Tree diversity | 1.1 (x = 100) | 1.4 (x = 25) | 4.1 (x = 100) | 4.4 (x = 25) | |
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SP | SF | Tree individuals | Tree individuals | Tree individuals | Tree individuals |
AlFo | 1 | x | x | x | x + x + x |
(A) | 2 | x | x | x | x + x + x |
3 | x | x(1) | x | x + x + x | |
4 | x | x | x | x + x + x | |
5 | x | x(2) | x | x + x + x | |
6 | x | x(4) | x | x + x + x(9) | |
7 | x | x | x | x + x + x | |
8 | x | x(7) | x | x + x + x | |
CiCa | 1 | x | x | x | x + x + x |
(B) | 2 | x | x | x | x + x + x |
3 | x | x | x(6) | x + x + x | |
4 | x | x | x(6/9) | x + x + x | |
5 | x | x | x | x + x + x(3) | |
6 | x | x | x | x + x + x | |
7 | x | x | x | x + x + x | |
8 | x | x | x | x + x + x | |
DaOl | 1 | x | x | x | x + x + x |
(C) | 2 | x | x | x(7) | x + x + x |
3 | x | x | x(7) | x(11) + x(11) + x(9) | |
4 | x | x | x | x + x(10) + x(12) | |
5 | x | x | x | x + x + x(13) | |
6 | x | x | x | x + x + x | |
7 | x | x | x | x + x + x(14) | |
8 | x | x | x(8/9) | x + x + x | |
IdPo | 1 | x | x | x | x + x + x |
(D) | 2 | x | x | x | x + x + x |
3 | x | x | x | x + x + x | |
4 | x | x | x | x + x + x | |
5 | x | x(4) | x | x + x + x | |
6 | x | x | x | x + x + x | |
7 | x(5) | x(8) | x | x + x + x | |
8 | x | x | x | x + x + x |
Data type | Data description | Subplots | Year |
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Plant trait | LA, SLA, CHL, LN, LC | 77 | 2017 |
Herbivore damage | Visually estimated | 77 | 2017 |
Soil fungi | Mainly composed of saprophytes | 53 | 2017 |
Community productivity | Sum of the biomass per subplot/area of subplot | 92 | 2018 |
LA, leaf area; SLA, specific leaf area; CHL, chlorophyll content; LN, leaf nitrogen content; LC, leaf carbon content.
Expressed values are Df representing degree of freedom and F-values with related significances, *** p < 0.001; * *p < 0.01; * p < 0.05, + p < 0.1. Note that the very small F-values for CWMs are due …
Tree productivity | FD(Mean) | FD (Individual) | Herbivory | Soil fungal diversity | CWM (RC1) | CWM (RC2) | |||
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Factors | Df | Random | F-value | F-value | F-value | F-value | F-value | F-value | F-value |
SD | 1 | Plot | 6.16* | 44.80*** | 20.60*** | 0.08 | 1.06 | 0.004 | 0.002 |
GD | 1 | Plot | 0.51 | 3.66+ | 0.11 | 5.86* | 1.57 | 0.000 | 0.033 |
SD × GD | 1 | Plot | 0.23 | 7.44* | 0.05 | 1.44 | 5.29* | 0.003 | 0.011 |
SD | 1 | Plot | 6.16* | 44.80*** | 20.60*** | 0.08 | 1.06 | 0.004 | 0.002 |
GD (Sp-mono) | 1 | Plot | 0.00 | 11.09** | 0.15 | 0.17 | 1.35 | 0.002 | 0.000 |
GD (Sp-mix) | 1 | Plot | 0.74 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 7.13* | 5.51* | 0.001 | 0.044 |
Loadings and eigenvalues of rotation principal components (RC) selected from a varimax rotation PCA on the CWM of leaf traits (most influential variables in bold).
RC1 | RC2 | |
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LA | 0.49 | 0.11 |
SLA | 0.17 | –0.34 |
CHL | 0.05 | 0.86 |
LN | –0.20 | 0.16 |
LC | –0.55 | –0.01 |
Explained | 41% | 23% |
Cumulative explained | 41% | 64% |
LA, leaf area; SLA, specific leaf area; CHL, chlorophyll content; LN, leaf nitrogen content; LC, leaf carbon content.
These models were used to correct the potential bias of herbivory estimates as a result of only collecting damaged leaves.
Species | Slope | Intercept | R2 | Pearson’s correlation |
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Alniphyllum fortunei | 0.89970 | 2.83483 | 0.86 | 0.93 |
Cinnamomum camphora | 0.94465 | 2.07484 | 0.73 | 0.86 |
Daphniphyllum oldhamii | 0.88387 | 2.54032 | 0.92 | 0.96 |
Idesia polycarpa | 0.92406 | 1.77523 | 0.86 | 0.93 |
Sp-mono presents species monocultures, and Sp-mix presents species mixtures.
Species diversity | Genetic diversity | Genetic diversity in Sp-mono | Genetic diversity in Sp-mix |
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1 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
4 | 1 | 0 | -1 |
1 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
4 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
*** p < 0.001; ** p < 0.01; * p < 0.05.
Response | Predictor | DF | Test.Stat | Explained variance % |
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Tree functional diversity | GD:SD | 1 | 0.5* | 11 |
Herbivory | GD:SD | 1 | 0.0 | 11 |
Herbivory | Tree functional diversity:SD | 1 | 0.0* | |
Soil fungal diversity | GD:SD | 1 | 52982.7*** | 6 |
Tree community productivity | GD:SD | 1 | 327.6*** | 24 |
Tree community productivity | Herbivory:SD | 1 | 327.6 | |
Tree community productivity | Soil fungal diversity:SD | 1 | 327.6 | |
Tree community productivity | Tree functional diversity:SD | 1 | 327.6* |
SD, species diversity; GD, genetic diversity.