Biological insurance theory predicts that, in a variable environment, aggregate ecosystem
properties will vary less in more diverse communities because declines in the performance …

The composition of communities is strongly altered by anthropogenic manipulations of
biogeochemical cycles, abiotic conditions, and trophic structure in all major ecosystems …

It remains unclear whether biodiversity buffers ecosystems against climate extremes, which
are becoming increasingly frequent worldwide. Early results suggested that the ecosystem …

There is mounting evidence that biodiversity increases the stability of ecosystem processes
in changing environments, but the mechanisms that underlie this effect are still controversial …

Biodiversity loss can affect ecosystem functions and services,,,. Individual ecosystem
functions generally show a positive asymptotic relationship with increasing biodiversity …

The recognition that a system can appear resilient to changes in the environment, only to
reach a critical threshold of rapid and unexpected change, is spurring work to apply …

Insect pollination constitutes an ecosystem service of global importance, providing
significant economic and aesthetic benefits as well as cultural value to human society …

Evolutionary selection has refined the life histories of seven species (three cetacean
[narwhal, beluga, and bowhead whales], three pinniped [walrus, ringed, and bearded seals] …

Ecology Letters (2011) 14: 42–46 Abstract Insect outbreaks in forest and agriculture
monocultures led Charles Elton to propose, a half‐century ago, that higher plant diversity …

Laboratory microcosm experiments using protists as model organisms have a long tradition
and are widely used to investigate general concepts in population biology, community …