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Pablo A P Antiqueira¹, Diane S Srivastava^2,3, Luís Felipe M Velho⁴

¹School of Life Science, University of Essex, Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK.

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences

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Extreme rainfall impacts ecosystem multifunctionality, with effects varying by habitat and biodiversity. Forest habitats with less structural variation were more sensitive to rainfall changes.

Keywords:

biodiversity climate changes ecosystem functioning ecosystem multifunctionality multidiversity rainfall

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Environmental Science
Climate Change Biology

Background:

Extreme climatic events are increasing in frequency.
The interaction between multidiversity, ecosystem multifunctionality, and habitat type under climate change is poorly understood.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate how rainfall variation affects freshwater multidiversity and ecosystem multifunctionality.
To compare these effects in forest environments with differing structural heterogeneity.

Main Methods:

A manipulative field experiment using tank bromeliads as natural microcosms.
Assessed impacts of rainfall amount and frequency on macrofauna, microfauna, bacteria, and algae.
Evaluated effects on ecosystem multifunctionality dimensions: average, productivity, and decomposition.

Main Results:

Rainfall amount influenced bromeliad multifunctionality, with outcomes dependent on environment type, biodiversity component, and multifunctionality dimension.
Ecosystem functioning in less heterogeneous habitats was more sensitive to rainfall amount.
Ecosystem functioning in more heterogeneous habitats was more sensitive to biodiversity components.

Conclusions:

Habitat structural heterogeneity mediates the impact of climate change on ecosystem multifunctionality.
Understanding these interactions is crucial for predicting global change effects on biodiversity and ecosystem services.