Various studies have shown that local loss of plant species within patches (i.e., α-diversity loss) hampers plant biomass production, raising concerns about the consequences of biodiversity loss. How....

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Global patterns in leaf size are linked to climatic trade-offs, so we explore these relationships in a major group of plants, the conifers. Using contemporary phylogenetic methods, we show that conif....

We combined two major theories in ecology to investigate whether warming may have general effects on competition for shared resources. We found that species' niche and fitness differences both decrea...

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

Tree longevity is thought to increase in harsh environments, but global evidence of drivers is lacking. Here, the authors find two different pathways for tree longevity: slow growth in resource limite...

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

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The German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) is a global leader in biodiversity science, dedicated to understanding the variety of life on Earth.

Pathogens and droughts lead to increasingly thinned forests worldwide, shaping regeneration conditions. In Leipzig (Germany), we investigated the curr…

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Correlation does not imply causation and psychologists' causal inference training often focuses on the conclusion that therefore experiments are needed—without much consideration for the causal infer...

In the complex realm of ecological research, one of the most persistent challenges is distinguishing correlation from causation. While statistical correlations can reveal intriguing associations

The role of our planet's diverse ecological feedbacks in Earth system processes is a major knowledge gap We review current knowledge on ecological feedbacks within ecosystems, and between ecologi...

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