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Effects of Climate Change on Grassland Biodiversity and Productivity: The Need for a Diversity of Models

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Van Oijen, Marcel, Bellocchi, Gianni, Höglind, Mats·2018·Agronomy
DOI 10.3390/agronomy8020014

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There is increasing evidence that the impact of climate change on the productivity of grasslands will at least partly depend on their biodiversity. A high level of biodiversity may confer stability to grassland ecosystems against environmental change, but there are also direct effects of biodiversity on the quantity and quality of grassland productivity. To explain the manifold interactions, and to predict future climatic responses, models may be used. However, models designed for studying the interaction between biodiversity and productivity tend to be structurally different from models for studying the effects of climatic impacts. Here we review the literature on the impacts of climate change on biodiversity and productivity of grasslands. We first discuss the availability of data for model development. Then we analyse strengths and weaknesses of three types of model: ecological, process-based and integrated. We discuss the merits of this model diversity and the scope for merging different model types.

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Authors
Van Oijen, M., Bellocchi, G., & Höglind, M.
Affiliations
  • Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Bush Estate, Penicuik EH26 0QB, UK
  • Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement (FR)
  • Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, 4353 Klepp Stasjon, Norway
ORCID
Venue
Agronomy
Publisher
MDPI AG
Published
2018-02-02
Volume
8
Issue
2
Pages
14
ISSN
2073-4395 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.3390/agronomy8020014
OpenAlex
W2773759334
Cited by
74
References
6
Citations by year
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FWCI
6.28
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
Locations
  • Agronomy (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Preprints.org (acceptedVersion, cc-by)
  • NERC Open Research Archive (Natural Environment Research Council) (acceptedVersion)
  • HAL (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
  • NORA - Norwegian Open Research Archives (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Funders
  • Norges Forskningsråd
  • Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique
  • Natural Environment Research Council (ceh020011)
  • Norsk institutt for Bioøkonomi
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Nature and Landscape Conservation › Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Forestry › Pasture and Agricultural Systems
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Climate change impacts on agriculture
Keywords
climate change, grassland biodiversity, grassland productivity, biodiversity-productivity relationship, ecosystem stability, ecological model, mechanistic model, integrated model, model diversity, model merging

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