The functional role of producer diversity in ecosystems

BJ Cardinale, KL Matulich, DU Hooper… - American journal of …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Over the past several decades, a rapidly expanding field of research known as biodiversity
and ecosystem functioning has begun to quantify how the world's biological diversity can, as …

The overlooked role of facilitation in biodiversity experiments

AJ Wright, DA Wardle, R Callaway, A Gaxiola - Trends in Ecology & …, 2017 - cell.com
Past research has demonstrated that decreased biodiversity often reduces ecosystem
productivity, but variation in the shape of biodiversity–ecosystem function (BEF) …

[HTML][HTML] Biodiversity enhances ecosystem multifunctionality across trophic levels and habitats

JS Lefcheck, JEK Byrnes, F Isbell, L Gamfeldt… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
The importance of biodiversity for the integrated functioning of ecosystems remains unclear
because most evidence comes from analyses of biodiversity's effect on individual functions …

Loss of coastal ecosystem spatial connectivity and services by urbanization: Natural-to-urban integration for bay management

MA Aguilera, J Tapia, C Gallardo, P Núñez… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Urbanization has negative consequences for the integrity of ecosystems and services they
provide, by reducing their extent and quality in both aquatic and terrestrial environments …

[图书][B] Biodiversity, ecosystem functioning, and human wellbeing: an ecological and economic perspective

S Naeem, DE Bunker, A Hector, M Loreau, C Perrings - 2009 - books.google.com
How will biodiversity loss affect ecosystem functioning, ecosystem services, and human well-
being? In an age of accelerating biodiversity loss, this timely and critical volume summarizes …

Marine biodiversity and ecosystem functioning: what's known and what's next?

L Gamfeldt, JS Lefcheck, JEK Byrnes, BJ Cardinale… - Oikos, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Marine ecosystems are experiencing rapid and pervasive changes in biodiversity and
species composition. Understanding the ecosystem consequences of these changes is …

Temporal stability in forest productivity increases with tree diversity due to asynchrony in species dynamics

X Morin, L Fahse, C De Mazancourt… - Ecology …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Theory predicts a positive relationship between biodiversity and stability in
ecosystem properties, while diversity is expected to have a negative impact on stability at the …

Plant diversity enhances provision of ecosystem services: A new synthesis

S Quijas, B Schmid, P Balvanera - Basic and Applied Ecology, 2010 - Elsevier
Biodiversity is known to play a fundamental role in ecosystem functioning and thus may
positively influence the provision of ecosystem services with benefits to society. There is a …

The extent of functional redundancy changes as species' roles shift in different environments

I Fetzer, K Johst, R Schäwe, T Banitz… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Assessing the ecological impacts of environmental change requires knowledge of the
relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. The exact nature of this …

EDITOR'S CHOICE: Application of genetic diversity–ecosystem function research to ecological restoration

KM Kettenring, KL Mercer… - Journal of applied …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Three common goals for restoration are (i) rapid plant establishment,(ii) long‐term plant
persistence and (iii) restoration of functioning ecosystems. Restoration practitioners often …