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Land‐use intensity and biodiversity effects on infiltration capacity and hydraulic conductivity of grassland soils in southern Germany

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Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute of Geography and Geoecology, Germany
Leimer, Sophia;
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University of Hohenheim, Soil Biology Department, Institute of Soil Science and Land Evaluation, Germany
Berner, Doreen;
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Brandenburg University of Technology, Department of Ecology, Germany
Birkhofer, Klaus;
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University of Hohenheim, Soil Biology Department, Institute of Soil Science and Land Evaluation, Germany
Boeddinghaus, Runa S.;
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University of Bern, Institute of Plant Sciences, Switzerland
Fischer, Markus;
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University of Hohenheim, Soil Biology Department, Institute of Soil Science and Land Evaluation, Germany
Kandeler, Ellen;
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130873381
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Julius Kühn-Institute (JKI), Institute for Crop and Soil Science, Germany
Kuka, Katrin;
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University of Hohenheim, Soil Biology Department, Institute of Soil Science and Land Evaluation, Germany
Marhan, Sven;
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University of Bern, Institute of Plant Sciences, Switzerland
Prati, Daniel;
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University of Bern, Institute of Plant Sciences, Switzerland
Schäfer, Deborah;
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Max-Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Germany
Schöning, Ingo;
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ETH Zürich, Department of Environmental Systems Science, Sustainable Agroecosystems Group, Switzerland
Solly, Emily F.;
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Justus Liebig University Giessen, IFZ - Department of Animal Ecology, Germany
Wolters, Volkmar;
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Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute of Geography and Geoecology, Germany
Wilcke, Wolfgang

Evidence from experimental and established grasslands indicates that plant biodiversity can modify the water cycle. One suspected mechanism behind this is a higher infiltration capacity (νB) and hydraulic conductivity (K) of the soil on species‐rich grasslands. However, in established and agriculturally managed grasslands, biodiversity effects cannot be studied independent of land‐use effects. Therefore, we investigated in established grassland systems, how land‐use intensity and associated biodiversity of plants and soil animals affect νB and K at and close to saturation. On 50 grassland plots along a land‐use intensity gradient in the Biodiversity Exploratory Schwäbische Alb, Germany, we measured νB with a hood infiltrometer at several matrix potentials and calculated the saturated and unsaturated K. We statistically analyzed the relationship between νB or K and land‐use information (e.g. fertilizing intensity), abiotic (e.g. soil texture), and biotic data (e.g. plant species richness, earthworm abundance). Land‐use intensity decreased and plant species richness increased νB and K, while the direction of the effects of soil animals was inconsistent. The effect of land‐use intensity on νB and K was mainly attributable to its negative effect on plant species richness. Our results demonstrate that plant species richness was a better predictor of νB and K at and close to saturation than land‐use intensity or soil physical properties in the established grassland systems of the Schwäbische Alb.

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