There is growing awareness that 'nature-based solutions'(NbS) can help to protect us from
climate change impacts while slowing further warming, supporting biodiversity and securing …

Approximately 25 years ago, ecologists became increasingly interested in the question of
whether ongoing biodiversity loss matters for the functioning of ecosystems. As such, a new …

Forests are critical habitats for biodiversity and they are also essential for the provision of a
wide range of ecosystem services that are important to human well-being. There is …

Purpose of review Forests are frequently exposed to natural disturbances, which are likely to
increase with global change, and may jeopardize the delivery of ecosystem services. Mixed …

Ecological research conducted over the past five decades has shown that increasing tree
species richness at forest stands can improve tree resistance to insect pest damage …

The importance of biodiversity in supporting ecosystem functioning is generally well
accepted. However, most evidence comes from small‐scale studies, and scaling‐up …

Climate change affects ecosystem functioning directly through impacts on plant physiology,
resulting in changes of global productivity. However, climate change has also an indirect …

In many parts of the world, forests are likely to face novel disturbance regimes as a result of
global change processes, and there is concern that the capacity of forest ecosystems to …

Plant diversity is an important driver of diversity at other trophic levels, suggesting that
cascading extinctions could reduce overall biodiversity. Most evidence for positive effects of …

Research into mixed-forests has increased substantially in the last decades but the extent to
which the new knowledge generated meets practitioners' concerns and is adequately …