Aims The relationship between biodiversity and ecological stability is a long-standing issue
in ecology. Current diversity–stability studies, which have largely focused on species …

Ecosystem stability in variable environments depends on the diversity of form and function of
the constituent species. Species phenotypes and ecologies are the product of evolution, and …

The idea that greater diversity leads to increased community stability has long been
contentious as a result of lack of consensus over the meanings of both diversity and stability …

Biodiversity has widely been documented to enhance local community stability but whether
such stabilizing effects of biodiversity extend to broader scales remains elusive. Here, we …

Ecological stability has long been considered to change over succession, but how
secondary succession influences the relationship between diversity and temporal stability of …

Theoretical work suggests a paradoxical effect of diversity on the temporal stability of
ecological systems: increasing diversity should result in decreased stability of populations …

Understanding how environmental fluctuations affect the stability of populations and
communities is complex, for example, because direct effects of environmental variability on …

To determine which types of plant traits might better explain ecosystem functioning and plant
evolutionary histories, we compiled 42 traits for each of 15 perennial species in a …

Interactions between biodiversity loss and climate change present significant challenges for
research, policy and management of ecosystems. Evidence suggests that high species …

Species immigration history can structure ecological communities through priority effects,
which are often mediated by competition. As competition tends to be stronger between …