Most ecosystems are affected by anthropogenic or natural pulse disturbances, which alter
the community composition and functioning for a limited period of time. Whether and how …

Grazing plays an important role in milk production in most regions of the world. Despite the
importance of grazing, current trends in livestock farming in Europe are causing a decline in …

Grazing by domestic herbivores is the most widespread land use on the planet, and also a
major global change driver in grasslands. Yet, experimental evidence on the long-term …

Aim It is crucial to monitor how the productivity of grasslands varies with its temporal stability
for management of these ecosystems. However, identifying the direction of the productivity …

Plant productivity varies due to environmental heterogeneity, and theory suggests that plant
diversity can reduce this variation. While there is strong evidence of diversity effects on …

The discrepancy between global loss and local constant species richness has led to
debates over data quality, systematic biases in monitoring programmes and the adequacy of …

Temporal stability of net primary productivity (NPP) is important for predicting the reliable
provisioning of ecosystem services under global changes. Although nitrogen (N) addition is …

Global change drivers, such as anthropogenic nutrient inputs, are increasing globally.
Nutrient deposition simultaneously alters plant biodiversity, species composition and …

Soil organic matter (SOM) stocks, decomposition and persistence are largely the product of
controls that act locally. Yet the controls are shaped and interact at multiple spatiotemporal …

Global change is impacting plant community composition, but the mechanisms underlying
these changes are unclear. Using a dataset of 58 global change experiments, we tested the …