We present a multisite analysis of the relationship between plant diversity and ecosystem
functioning within the European BIODEPTH network of plant‐diversity manipulation
experiments. We report results of the analysis of 11 variables addressing several aspects of
key ecosystem processes like biomass production, resource use (space, light, and nitrogen),
and decomposition, measured across three years in plots of varying plant species richness
at eight different European grassland field sites. Differences among sites explained …

We present a multisite analysis of the relationship between plant diversity and ecosystem
functioning within the European BIODEPTH network of plant diversity manipulation
experiments. We report the responses of fifteen ecosystem process variables, measured
across three years in plots of varying plant diversity at eight different European grassland
field sites. All the aspects of diversity and composition that we examined, both numbers and
types of species, produced significant impacts on ecosystem processes. In general …