Vive la différence: plant functional diversity matters to ecosystem processes

S Díaz, MR Cabido - 2001 - ri.conicet.gov.ar
The links between plant diversity and ecosystem functioning remain highly controversial.
There is a growing consensus, however, that functional diversity, or the value and range of …

Vive la différence: plant functional diversity matters to ecosystem processes

S Dı́az, M Cabido - Trends in ecology & evolution, 2001 - cell.com
The links between plant diversity and ecosystem functioning remain highly controversial.
There is a growing consensus, however, that functional diversity, or the value and range of …

Two decades of land cover mapping in the Río de la Plata grassland region: The MapBiomas Pampa initiative

S Baeza, E Vélez-Martin, D De Abelleyra… - Remote Sensing …, 2022 - Elsevier
The Río de la Plata Grasslands (RPG) region is the largest area of the temperate humid and
sub-humid grasslands biome in South America and one of the largest in the world. The …

Biodiversity, disturbances, ecosystem function and management of European forests

J Bengtsson, SG Nilsson, A Franc, P Menozzi - Forest ecology and …, 2000 - Elsevier
We review the effects of human impact on biodiversity of European forests in the light of
recent views on disturbances and succession in ecosystems, and discuss recent ideas on …

Linking biodiversity to ecosystem function: implications for conservation ecology

MW Schwartz, CA Brigham, JD Hoeksema, KG Lyons… - Oecologia, 2000 - Springer
We evaluate the empirical and theoretical support for the hypothesis that a large proportion
of native species richness is required to maximize ecosystem stability and sustain function …

Opposing effects of native and exotic herbivores on plant invasions

JD Parker, DE Burkepile, ME Hay - Science, 2006 - science.org
Exotic species are widely assumed to thrive because they lack natural enemies in their new
ranges. However, a meta-analysis of 63 manipulative field studies including more than 100 …

Grazing effects on rangeland diversity: a synthesis of contemporary models

AM Cingolani, I Noy-Meir, S Díaz - Ecological applications, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Two independent models concerning the effects of grazing on vegetation have gained wide
acceptance in the last decade: Westoby et al.'s state‐and‐transition (S–T) model, and …

Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning: importance of species evenness in an old field

BJ Wilsey, C Potvin - Ecology, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
Changes in land use, habitat fragmentation, nutrient enrichment, and environmental stress
often lead to reduced plant diversity in ecosystems. However, it remains controversial …

Plant functional traits shape multiple ecosystem services, their trade‐offs and synergies in grasslands

M Hanisch, O Schweiger, AF Cord… - Journal of Applied …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Functional traits offer promising avenues to investigate how community composition and
diversity define ecosystem functioning and service delivery. In recent years, many empirical …

[HTML][HTML] Impacts of climate change and human activities on plant species α-diversity across the Tibetan grasslands

S Huang, G Fu - Remote Sensing, 2023 - mdpi.com
Plant species α-diversity is closely correlated with ecosystem structures and functions.
However, whether climate change and human activities will reduce plant species α-diversity …