The future of complementarity: disentangling causes from consequences

KE Barry, L Mommer, J van Ruijven, C Wirth… - Trends in ecology & …, 2019 - cell.com
Evidence suggests that biodiversity supports ecosystem functioning. Yet, the mechanisms
driving this relationship remain unclear. Complementarity is one common explanation for …

Priority effects transcend scales and disciplines in biology

JT Stroud, BM Delory, EM Barnes, JM Chase… - Trends in ecology & …, 2024 - cell.com
Although primarily studied through the lens of community ecology, phenomena consistent
with priority effects appear to be widespread across many different scenarios spanning a …

Biodiversity–stability relationships strengthen over time in a long-term grassland experiment

C Wagg, C Roscher, A Weigelt, A Vogel… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Numerous studies have demonstrated that biodiversity drives ecosystem functioning, yet
how biodiversity loss alters ecosystems functioning and stability in the long-term lacks …

[HTML][HTML] Biodiversity effects on ecosystem functioning in a 15-year grassland experiment: Patterns, mechanisms, and open questions

WW Weisser, C Roscher, ST Meyer, A Ebeling… - Basic and applied …, 2017 - Elsevier
In the past two decades, a large number of studies have investigated the relationship
between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning, most of which focussed on a limited set of …

Potential of legume‐based grassland–livestock systems in Europe: a review

A Lüscher, I Mueller‐Harvey… - Grass and forage …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
European grassland‐based livestock production systems face the challenge of producing
more meat and milk to meet increasing world demands and to achieve this using fewer …

A methodological framework for assessing sea level rise impacts on nitrate loading in coastal agricultural watersheds using SWAT+: A case study of the Tar-Pamlico …

MR Tapas, R Etheridge, CG Finlay, AL Peralta… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study addresses the urgent need to understand the impacts of climate change on
coastal ecosystems by demonstrating how to use the SWAT+ model to assess the effects of …

Priority effects and ecological restoration

EWA Weidlich, CR Nelson, JL Maron… - Restoration …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Priority effects refer to the order or timing of species arrival, including how species that arrive
early at a site either positively or negatively affect establishment, growth, or reproduction of …

Grass–legume mixtures can yield more nitrogen than legume pure stands due to mutual stimulation of nitrogen uptake from symbiotic and non-symbiotic sources

D Nyfeler, O Huguenin-Elie, M Suter, E Frossard… - Agriculture, ecosystems …, 2011 - Elsevier
Concerted use of legumes and of functional diversity in grassland forage systems can
provide major contributions to the challenges of agricultural systems being productive yet …

Plant diversity effects on soil microorganisms support the singular hypothesis

N Eisenhauer, H BEßLER, C Engels, G Gleixner… - Ecology, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The global decline in biodiversity has generated concern over the consequences for
ecosystem functioning and services. Although ecosystem functions driven by soil …

Plant species richness and functional composition drive overyielding in a six‐year grassland experiment

E Marquard, A Weigelt, VM Temperton, C Roscher… - Ecology, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Plant diversity has been shown to increase community biomass in experimental
communities, but the mechanisms resulting in such positive biodiversity effects have …