Biodiversity promotes ecosystem functioning despite environmental change

P Hong, B Schmid, F De Laender… - Ecology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Three decades of research have demonstrated that biodiversity can promote the functioning
of ecosystems. Yet, it is unclear whether the positive effects of biodiversity on ecosystem …

Four priority areas to advance invasion science in the face of rapid environmental change

A Ricciardi, JC Iacarella, DC Aldridge… - Environmental …, 2021 - cdnsciencepub.com
Unprecedented rates of introduction and spread of non-native species pose burgeoning
challenges to biodiversity, natural resource management, regional economies, and human …

Multiple anthropogenic pressures eliminate the effects of soil microbial diversity on ecosystem functions in experimental microcosms

G Yang, M Ryo, J Roy, DR Lammel… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Biodiversity is crucial for the provision of ecosystem functions. However, ecosystems are
now exposed to a rapidly growing number of anthropogenic pressures, and it remains …

Increasing the number of stressors reduces soil ecosystem services worldwide

MC Rillig, MGA Van der Heijden, M Berdugo… - Nature Climate …, 2023 - nature.com
Increasing the number of environmental stressors could decrease ecosystem functioning in
soils. Yet this relationship has not been globally assessed outside laboratory experiments …

Understanding 'it depends' in ecology: a guide to hypothesising, visualising and interpreting statistical interactions

R Spake, DE Bowler, CT Callaghan… - Biological …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Ecologists routinely use statistical models to detect and explain interactions among
ecological drivers, with a goal to evaluate whether an effect of interest changes in sign or …

A multitrophic perspective on biodiversity–ecosystem functioning research

N Eisenhauer, H Schielzeth, AD Barnes… - Advances in ecological …, 2019 - Elsevier
Concern about the functional consequences of unprecedented loss in biodiversity has
prompted biodiversity–ecosystem functioning (BEF) research to become one of the most …

The bright side of ecological stressors

L Zhou, S Wang - Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2023 - cell.com
Ecological stressors are considered to negatively affect biological systems; however,
corresponding responses to stressors can be complex, depending on the ecological …

Interactive effects of multiple stressors vary with consumer interactions, stressor dynamics and magnitude

MP Turschwell, SR Connolly, RB Schäfer… - Ecology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Predicting the impacts of multiple stressors is important for informing ecosystem
management but is impeded by a lack of a general framework for predicting whether …

Simplified microbial network reduced microbial structure stability and soil functionality in alpine grassland along a natural aridity gradient

C Zhang, S Lei, H Wu, L Liao, X Wang, L Zhang… - Soil Biology and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Increasing aridity is known to influence the diversity and function of soil microbiome.
However, how it affects the microbial co-occurrence network are poorly understood …

Species richness promotes ecosystem carbon storage: evidence from biodiversity-ecosystem functioning experiments

S Xu, N Eisenhauer, O Ferlian… - … of the Royal …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Plant diversity has a strong impact on a plethora of ecosystem functions and services,
especially ecosystem carbon (C) storage. However, the potential context-dependency of …