Forests unfold an exceptionally large ecosystem volume and expose a vast biotic surface,
providing crucial ecosystem functions and services, including carbon sequestration and …

Global change exposes forest ecosystems to many risks including novel climatic conditions,
increased frequency of climatic extremes and sudden emergence and spread of pests and …

The mechanisms underpinning forest biodiversity‐ecosystem function relationships remain
unresolved. Yet, in heterogeneous forests, ecosystem function of different strata could be …

Global and local ecosystem change resulting in diversity loss has motivated efforts to
understand relationships between species diversity and ecosystem services. However, it is …

One of the central research themes in ecology is evaluating the extent to which biological
richness is necessary to sustain the Earth's system and the functioning of individual …

Abstract Knowledge of the functional consequences of biodiversity is increasing through
studies of both experimental systems and natural systems. Community assembly theory has …

There is growing concern over rates of global species diversity loss and its implications on
healthy ecosystem functioning. While positive relationships between tree species diversity …

A positive relationship between tree diversity and forest productivity is reported for many
forested biomes of the world. However, whether tree diversity is able to increase the stability …

Forests are of major importance to human society, contributing several crucial ecosystem
services. Biodiversity is suggested to positively influence multiple services but evidence from …

Understanding the relationship between stand-level tree diversity and productivity has the
potential to inform the science and management of forests. History shows that plant diversity …