Evidence of current impact of climate change on life: a walk from genes to the biosphere

J Peñuelas, J Sardans, M Estiarte… - Global change …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
We review the evidence of how organisms and populations are currently responding to
climate change through phenotypic plasticity, genotypic evolution, changes in distribution …

Empirical and theoretical challenges in aboveground–belowground ecology

WH Van Der Putten, RD Bardgett, PC de Ruiter… - Oecologia, 2009 - Springer
A growing body of evidence shows that aboveground and belowground communities and
processes are intrinsically linked, and that feedbacks between these subsystems have …

Effects of warming and grazing on soil N availability, species composition, and ANPP in an alpine meadow

S Wang, J Duan, G Xu, Y Wang, Z Zhang, Y Rui… - Ecology, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Uncertainty about the effects of warming and grazing on soil nitrogen (N) availability,
species composition, and aboveground net primary production (ANPP) limits our ability to …

[ΒΙΒΛΙΟ][B] Biodiversity, ecosystem functioning, and human wellbeing: an ecological and economic perspective

S Naeem, DE Bunker, A Hector, M Loreau, C Perrings - 2009 - books.google.com
How will biodiversity loss affect ecosystem functioning, ecosystem services, and human well-
being? In an age of accelerating biodiversity loss, this timely and critical volume summarizes …

Plant community responses to nitrogen addition and increased precipitation: the importance of water availability and species traits

H Yang, Y Li, M Wu, ZHE Zhang, L Li… - Global Change …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Global nitrogen (N) enrichment and changing precipitation regimes are likely to alter plant
community structure and composition, with consequent influences on biodiversity and …

Seedling traits predict drought-induced mortality linked to diversity loss

S Harrison, M LaForgia - Proceedings of the National …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Trait-based approaches are increasingly used to predict ecological consequences of climate
change, yet seldom have solid links been established between plant traits and observed …

Long-term decline in grassland productivity driven by increasing dryness

ENJ Brookshire, T Weaver - Nature communications, 2015 - nature.com
Increasing aridity and drought severity forecast for many land areas could reduce the land
carbon (C) sink. However, with limited long-term direct measures, it is difficult to distinguish …

Climate change and species range dynamics in protected areas

J Monzón, L Moyer-Horner, MB Palamar - Bioscience, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Protected areas are key conservation tools for biodiversity management, but they are failing
to protect species from current climate change. Focusing on protected areas representing …

Transferring biodiversity-ecosystem function research to the management of 'real-world'ecosystems

P Manning, J Loos, AD Barnes, P Batáry… - Advances in ecological …, 2019 - Elsevier
Biodiversity-ecosystem functioning (BEF) research grew rapidly following concerns that
biodiversity loss would negatively affect ecosystem functions and the ecosystem services …

Beyond biomass: measuring the effects of community‐level nitrogen enrichment on floral traits, pollinator visitation and plant reproduction

LA Burkle, RE Irwin - Journal of Ecology, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Nitrogen (N) limits primary productivity in many systems and can have dramatic effects on
plant–herbivore interactions, but its effects on mutualistic interactions at the community level …