The visual deficiency symptoms develo** on plants constitute the ultimate manifestation of
suboptimal nutrient supply. In classical plant nutrition, these symptoms have been …

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 …

Effective policies to halt biodiversity loss require knowing which anthropogenic drivers are
the most important direct causes. Whereas previous knowledge has been limited in scope …

Food system impacts on biodiversity loss Page 1 Research Paper Food system impacts on
biodiversity loss Three levers for food system transformation in support of nature Tim G. Benton …

Ecosystems across the globe receive elevated inputs of nutrients, but the consequences of
this for soil fungal guilds that mediate key ecosystem functions remain unclear. We find that …

Causal effects of biodiversity on ecosystem functions can be estimated using experimental
or observational designs—designs that pose a tradeoff between drawing credible causal …

Evidence is increasing for positive effects of α-diversity on ecosystem functioning. We
highlight here the crucial role of β-diversity–a hitherto underexplored facet of biodiversity–for …

INTRODUCTION The biodiversity-productivity relationship (BPR; the effect of biodiversity on
ecosystem productivity) is foundational to our understanding of the global extinction crisis …

Biodiversity threats are one of the major concerns of today's intellectuals. These threats arise
due to environmental problems that appear both due to natural processes as well as …

Biodiversity enhances many of nature's benefits to people, including the regulation of
climate and the production of wood in forests, livestock forage in grasslands and fish in …