Approximately 25 years ago, ecologists became increasingly interested in the question of
whether ongoing biodiversity loss matters for the functioning of ecosystems. As such, a new …

A rich body of knowledge links biodiversity to ecosystem functioning (BEF), but it is primarily
focused on small scales. We review the current theory and identify six expectations for scale …

Biological insurance theory predicts that, in a variable environment, aggregate ecosystem
properties will vary less in more diverse communities because declines in the performance …

Our planet is facing significant changes of biodiversity across spatial scales. Although the
negative effects of local biodiversity (α diversity) loss on ecosystem stability are well …

Understanding stability across ecological hierarchies is critical for landscape management
in a changing world. Recent studies showed that synchrony among lower‐level components …

A rich body of evidence from local-scale experiments and observational studies has
revealed stabilizing effects of biodiversity on ecosystem functioning. However, whether …

Intraspecific population diversity (specifically, spatial asynchrony of population dynamics) is
an essential component of metapopulation stability and persistence in nature. In 2D …

The relationship between biodiversity and stability, or its inverse, temporal variability, is
multidimensional and complex. Temporal variability in aggregate properties, like total …

It is a critical time to reflect on the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) science
to date as well as envision what research can be done right now with NEON (and other) data …

Environmental fluctuations influence patterns of synchrony and stability in species
abundances. Most of our understanding of synchrony and stability stems from competitive …