New predictions for how temporal stability and resilience depend on their resistance and recovery components are explored.

Phylogenetic relatedness of co-occurring species is often used as a proxy for inferring prior assembly processes. However, this approach ignores the possibility that different phylogenetic lineages m...

We investigated how plant diversity influenced soil microbial processes during moist conditions and an experimental drought. Higher plant diversity increased below-ground plant input. This increased ...

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The results suggest that fast-growing, high-nutrient demanding species are winners in high-diversity mixtures, which can be well predicted from their SLA. However, the results regarding NLeaf suggest...

Insects are declining in many regions. Here the authors show that arthropod biomass losses in Jena Experiment and Biodiversity Exploratories time series are driven more by species loss than by species...

Increasing frequencies of severe summer droughts and plant diversity loss disrupt ecosystem functioning and stability of European grasslands. Understanding how these factors interact with pathogens .....

Insects are declining in many regions. Here the authors show that arthropod biomass losses in Jena Experiment and Biodiversity Exploratories time series are driven more by species loss than by species...

Über 90 Prozent des Rückgangs der Insektenbiomasse in deutschen Grünlandflächen sind auf Artenverlust zurückzuführen. Das ist das zentrale Ergebnis einer neuen Studie, veröffentlicht in Nature Ecology...

Insects are declining in many regions. Here the authors show that arthropod biomass losses in Jena Experiment and Biodiversity Exploratories time series are driven more by species loss than by species...

Insects are declining in many regions. Here the authors show that arthropod biomass losses in Jena Experiment and Biodiversity Exploratories time series are driven more by species loss than by species...

A new study shows that over 90% of insect biomass declines are driven by shrinking species numbers, posing a risk to ecosystem function.

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We studied traits of the “leaf economics spectrum” (LES) in 138 experimental grassland communities composed of 20 grassland species, which represented different strategies in spatial resource acquisi...

The role of interspecific interactions in biodiversity–ecosystem stability relationships is unclear. Here the authors develop a theoretical approach and show that empirical diversity–stability relatio...

Im Jena-Experiment untersuchen Forschende, welche Folgen der Verlust biologischer Vielfalt für Ökosysteme hat. Dabei beobachten sie auch ein Phänomen, das sie „Social Distancing auf der Wiese“ nennen.

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The global loss of biodiversity has motivated many studies that experimentally vary plant species richness and examine the consequences for ecosystem ...