Experiments have long been the gold standard for causal inference in Ecology. As Ecology
tackles progressively larger problems, however, we are moving beyond the scales at which …

Decades of empirical ecological research have focused on understanding ecological
dynamics at local scales. Remote sensing products can help to scale-up ecological …

Global change is associated with variable shifts in the annual production of aboveground
plant biomass, suggesting localized sensitivities with unclear causal origins. Combining …

Natural ecosystems store large amounts of carbon globally, as organisms absorb carbon
from the atmosphere to build large, long-lasting, or slow-decaying structures such as tree …

Many terrestrial plant communities, especially forests, have been shown to lag in response
to rapid climate change. Grassland communities may respond more quickly to novel …

The recovery of top predators is thought to have cascading effects on vegetated ecosystems
and their geomorphology,, but the evidence for this remains correlational and intensely …

Experiments under controlled conditions have established that ecosystem functioning is
generally positively related to levels of biodiversity, but it is unclear how widespread these …

Grasslands are key for food security and provide important ecosystem services. Intensive
management, such as frequent mowing, increases productivity but decreases other …

Detecting and quantifying the causal relations of ecosystem functioning is a challenging
endeavor. A global study on grasslands illustrates how reasoning about underlying …

Relationships between plant biodiversity and productivity are highly variable across studies
in managed grasslands, partly because of the challenge of accounting for confounding's and …