Background The potential benefits of intercropping are manifold and have been repeatedly
demonstrated. Intercropping has the potential to create more productive and resilient …

The study of natural ecosystems and experiments using mixtures of plant species
demonstrates that both species and genetic diversity generally promote ecosystem …

Plant species diversity regulates the productivity 1–3 and stability 2, 4 of natural ecosystems,
along with their resilience to disturbance 5, 6. The influence of species diversity on the …

Intraspecific genetic diversity is an important component of biodiversity. A substantial body of
evidence has demonstrated positive effects of plant genetic diversity on plant performance …

It is well established that grassland degradation negatively affects ecosystem functioning.
Many studies have explored the changes of individual functions involved with grassland …

Interspecific differences in functional traits are a key factor for explaining the positive
diversity–productivity relationship in plant communities. However, the role of intraspecific …

We review the need for increasing agricultural sustainability, how this can in part be
delivered by positive biodiversity–ecosystem function (BEF) effects, the role within these of …

Intraspecific variation in diatoms has been shown to play a key role in species' responses to
several important environmental factors such as light, salinity, temperature and nutrients …

Food security is currently considered a major global problem. However, increasing intensity
of food production in agricultural systems has driven reductions in farmland biodiversity. A …

Biodiversity–ecosystem functioning (BEF) experiments have shown that local species
richness promotes ecosystem functioning and stability. Whether this also applies under real …