[HTML][HTML] Biodiversity of Palaearctic grasslands: a synthesis

J Dengler, M Janišová, P Török, C Wellstein - Agriculture, Ecosystems & …, 2014 - Elsevier
This article introduces a Special Issue on biodiversity of Palaearctic grasslands and
provides a synthesis of the current knowledge on this topic. Four major categories of …

[HTML][HTML] The Kobresia pygmaea ecosystem of the Tibetan highlands–Origin, functioning and degradation of the world's largest pastoral alpine ecosystem: Kobresia …

G Miehe, PM Schleuss, E Seeber, W Babel… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract With 450,000 km 2 Kobresia (syn. Carex) pygmaea dominated pastures in the
eastern Tibetan highlands are the world's largest pastoral alpine ecosystem forming a …

Aridity-driven shift in biodiversity–soil multifunctionality relationships

W Hu, J Ran, L Dong, Q Du, M Ji, S Yao, Y Sun… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Relationships between biodiversity and multiple ecosystem functions (that is, ecosystem
multifunctionality) are context-dependent. Both plant and soil microbial diversity have been …

The links between ecosystem multifunctionality and above-and belowground biodiversity are mediated by climate

X **g, NJ Sanders, Y Shi, H Chu, AT Classen… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Plant biodiversity is often correlated with ecosystem functioning in terrestrial ecosystems.
However, we know little about the relative and combined effects of above-and belowground …

Soil fungal diversity in natural grasslands of the Tibetan Plateau: associations with plant diversity and productivity

T Yang, JM Adams, Y Shi, J He, X **g, L Chen… - New …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Previous studies have revealed inconsistent correlations between fungal diversity and plant
diversity from local to global scales, and there is a lack of information about the diversity …

Water addition but not reduction alters plant biomass–diversity relationship

Y Yu, J Peñuelas, J Sardans, J Pei, G Li… - Global Change …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The relationship between plant aboveground biomass and diversity typically follows a
unimodal pattern, showing a positive correlation in resource‐poor habitats and a negative …

Productivity is a poor predictor of plant species richness

PB Adler, EW Seabloom, ET Borer, H Hillebrand… - science, 2011 - science.org
For more than 30 years, the relationship between net primary productivity and species
richness has generated intense debate in ecology about the processes regulating local …

Climate warming consistently reduces grassland ecosystem productivity

GL Wu, Z Cheng, JM Alatalo, J Zhao, Y Liu - Earth's Future, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Future climate may profoundly impact the functioning of terrestrial ecosystems. However, we
do not know well how the functioning of different types of grassland ecosystems is …

The change in environmental variables linked to climate change has a stronger effect on aboveground net primary productivity than does phenological change in …

J Wang, M Li, C Yu, G Fu - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
More and more studies have focused on responses of ecosystem carbon cycling to climate
change and phenological change, and aboveground net primary productivity (ANPP) is a …

Carbon storage in tropical forests correlates with taxonomic diversity and functional dominance on a global scale

KC Cavanaugh, JS Gosnell, SL Davis… - Global Ecology and …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Aim We examined (1) the relationships between aboveground tropical forest C storage,
biodiversity and environmental drivers and (2) how these relationships inform theory …