Human-driven environmental changes may simultaneously affect the biodiversity,
productivity, and stability of Earth's ecosystems, but there is no consensus on the causal …

Stability is an important property of ecological systems, many of which are experiencing
increasing levels of anthropogenic environmental changes. However, how these …

Long‐term, slow ecological processes such as changes in plant community structure and
composition strongly regulate ecosystem responses to climate change. Shifts in plant …

Many ecosystems are facing strong perturbations such as nitrogen (N) fertilization, which
can greatly alter ecosystem stability via different mechanisms. Understanding such …

Maintaining native biodiversity in grasslands requires management and mitigation of
anthropogenic changes that have altered resource availability, grazing regimes, and …

Past studies have widely documented the decrease in species diversity in response to
addition of nutrients, however functional diversity is often independent from species …

Afforestation is a key technique for the control of desertification and environmental
deterioration in arid and semiarid regions. Therefore, it is important to quantify the influence …

Biomass yield is an important factor when recommending native perennial plants and
mixtures for bioenergy production. Our objective was to determine long‐term biomass yields …

Among the various plant traits, phenology is one of the most sensitive to environmental
changes. Nitrogen (N) has been reported to be an important factor constraining plant growth …

Global climate change constitutes an important influence on terrestrial ecosystem functions.
Soil nematodes exist widely in diverse ecological systems. As an important component of …