Evidence suggests that biodiversity supports ecosystem functioning. Yet, the mechanisms
driving this relationship remain unclear. Complementarity is one common explanation for …

Droughts are a rising concern for terrestrial ecosystems, particularly for forests where
drought‐induced reductions in tree growth and survival are reported. Biodiversity has long …

Satisfying the nutritional needs of a growing population whilst limiting environmental
repercussions will require sustainable intensification of agriculture. We argue that …

Cover crops (CCs) can increase soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration by providing
additional OC residues, recruiting beneficial soil microbiota, and improving soil aggregation …

Our current, empirical understanding of the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem
function is based on two information sources. First, controlled experiments which show …

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 …

Phylogenetic diversity (PD) describes the total amount of phylogenetic distance among
species in a community. Although there has been substantial research on the factors that …

Biodiversity loss decreases ecosystem functioning at the local scales at which species
interact, but it remains unclear how biodiversity loss affects ecosystem functioning at the …

Accelerating rates of species extinction have prompted a growing number of researchers to
manipulate the richness of various groups of organisms and examine how this aspect of …

Concern about the functional consequences of unprecedented loss in biodiversity has
prompted biodiversity–ecosystem functioning (BEF) research to become one of the most …