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Diversity-dependent temporal divergence of ecosystem functioning in experimental ecosystems

  • Nathaly R. Guerrero-Ramirez
  • , Dylan Craven
  • , Peter B. Reich
  • , John J. Ewel
  • , Forest Isbell
  • , Julia Koricheva
  • , John A. Parrotta
  • , Harald Auge
  • , Heather E. Erickson
  • , David I. Forrester
  • , Andy Hector
  • , Jasmin Joshi
  • , Florencia Montagnini
  • , Cecilia Palmborg
  • , Daniel Piotto
  • , Catherine Potvin
  • , Christiane Roscher
  • , Jasper van Ruijven
  • , David Tilman
  • , Brian Wilsey
  • Nico Eisenhauer

    Publication: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

    Abstract

    The effects of biodiversity on ecosystem functioning generally increase over time, but the underlying processes remain unclear. Using 26 long-term grassland and forest experimental ecosystems, we demonstrate that biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationships strengthen mainly by greater increases in functioning in high-diversity communities in grasslands and forests. In grasslands, biodiversity effects also strengthen due to decreases in functioning in low-diversity communities. Contrasting trends across grasslands are associated with differences in soil characteristics.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)1639-1642
    Number of pages4
    JournalNature ecology & evolution
    Volume1
    Issue number11
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2017

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