Eutrophication is a major driver of species loss in plant communities worldwide. However,
the underlying mechanisms of this phenomenon are controversial. Previous studies have …

Losing a single species from an ecosystem may have large effects on community and
ecosystem properties, but this may depend on characteristics of the species and the …

Aim Changes in global climate and land use are expected to alter water and nutrient
availability. Various meta‐analyses and large‐scale experiments show that increasing …

Understanding the impacts of biodiversity loss on ecosystem functioning and services has
been a central issue in ecology. Experiments in synthetic communities suggest that …

Anthropogenic drivers of environmental change often have multiple effects, including
changes in biodiversity, species composition, and ecosystem functioning. It remains …

Earth's biodiversity and carbon uptake by plants, or primary productivity, are intricately
interlinked, underlie many essential ecosystem processes, and depend on the interplay …

Although ecologists have documented the effects of nitrogen enrichment on productivity,
diversity and species composition, we know little about the relative importance of the …

Understanding the influence of environmental variation on the relationship between
biodiversity and ecosystem functioning is of theoretical and practical interest. We predicted …

Biodiversity is declining worldwide from reductions in both species richness and evenness.
Field experiments have shown that primary productivity is often reduced when richness of …

Plant damage by invertebrate herbivores and pathogens influences the dynamics of
grassland ecosystems, but anthropogenic changes in nitrogen and phosphorus availability …