Approximately 25 years ago, ecologists became increasingly interested in the question of
whether ongoing biodiversity loss matters for the functioning of ecosystems. As such, a new …

Meta-analysis is the quantitative, scientific synthesis of research results. Since the term and
modern approaches to research synthesis were first introduced in the 1970s, meta-analysis …

The relationship between biodiversity and biomass has been a long standing debate in
ecology. Soil biodiversity and biomass are essential drivers of ecosystem functions …

Causal effects of biodiversity on ecosystem functions can be estimated using experimental
or observational designs—designs that pose a tradeoff between drawing credible causal …

Metacommunity ecology links smaller-scale processes that have been the provenance of
population and community ecology—such as birth-death processes, species interactions …

Little is currently known about how climate modulates the relationship between plant
diversity and soil organic carbon and the mechanisms involved. Yet, this knowledge is of …

Biodiversity is essential to healthy ecosystem function, influencing productivity and
resilience to disturbance. Biodiversity loss endangers essential ecosystem services and …

A plethora of different theories, models, and concepts make up the field of community
ecology. Amid this vast body of work, is it possible to build one general theory of ecological …

Remotely sensed biomass carbon density maps are widely used for myriad scientific and
policy applications, but all remain limited in scope. They often only represent a single …

How ecosystem productivity and species richness are interrelated is one of the most
debated subjects in the history of ecology. Decades of intensive study have yet to discern …