Conceptual framework for partitioning the drivers of community stability.

Realistic biodiversity loss in a species-rich wet meadow had limited effects on community competitive ability. Phytometers revealed strong competition compared to competition-free gaps, but similar p...

Maintaining ecological stability is essential for sustaining ecosystem functions and the benefits they provide to society. Ecological theory predicts that plant diversity destabilizes local populati...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...

Despite extensive research, stabilizing mechanisms in ecosystems remain uncertain. Taylor's power law (TPL) is a pervasive ecological pattern that describes how variance scales with mean abundance (σ....

The E120 Biodiversity Experiment at Cedar Creek in Minnesota, from their website. It all began with the best of intentions. By the time the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment was published in 2005, th…

Interspecific population synchrony, or co-fluctuations in the population dynamics and demographic parameters of different species, is an important ecological phenomenon with major implications for th...

Terezie Rychtecká, Pavel Fibich, Jan Lepš This is a plain language summary for a Functional Ecology research article which can be found here. Regeneration from seed plays an important role in grass…

Trait-based ecology, a prominent research field identifying traits linked to the distribution and interactions of organisms and their impact on ecosystem functioning, has flourished in the last three...

Trait-based ecology, a prominent research field identifying traits linked to the distribution and interactions of organisms and their impact on ecosystem functioning, has flourished in the last three...

ContexteDans les forêts européennes, les régimes de perturbations évoluent également, avec une augmentation des incendies, des tempêtes et des épidémies d'insectes (Patacca et al. 2022). L'augmentatio...

These results from a non-random species removal experiment revealed minimal impact of a realistic diversity loss on root biomass and traits, but a decrease in short-term fine root production. These r...

These results from a non-random species removal experiment revealed minimal impact of a realistic diversity loss on root biomass and traits, but a decrease in short-term fine root production. These r...

Clara Espinosa del Alba, Biodiversity Research Institute (IMIB, University of Oviedo – CSIC – Principality of Asturias), part of the Vegetation and Biodiversity Lab, discusses her article: Microcli…

Eric Garnier, Denis Vile, Sandrine Debain, Lorraine Bottin, Gérard Laurent and Catherine Roumet This is a plain language summary of a Functional Ecology research article which can be found here. In…

The post provided by Alida A. Hábenczyus, Iva Weiterová, and Jules Segrestin This post refers to the article Long-term effects