We should not necessarily expect positive relationships between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in observational field data

JG Hagan, B Vanschoenwinkel, L Gamfeldt - Ecology Letters, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Our current, empirical understanding of the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem
function is based on two information sources. First, controlled experiments which show …

Spatial causality: A systematic review on spatial causal inference

K Akbari, S Winter, M Tomko - Geographical Analysis, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
The growing interest in causal inference in recent years has led to new causal inference
methodologies and their applications across disciplines and research domains. Yet, studies …

Higher productivity in forests with mixed mycorrhizal strategies

S Luo, RP Phillips, I Jo, S Fei, J Liang, B Schmid… - Nature …, 2023‏ - nature.com
Decades of theory and empirical studies have demonstrated links between biodiversity and
ecosystem functioning, yet the putative processes that underlie these patterns remain …

Greater bee diversity is needed to maintain crop pollination over time

NJ Lemanski, NM Williams, R Winfree - Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2022‏ - nature.com
The current biodiversity crisis underscores the need to understand how biodiversity loss
affects ecosystem function in real-world ecosystems. At any one place and time, a few highly …

Scale‐dependent diversity–biomass relationships can be driven by tree mycorrhizal association and soil fertility

Z Mao, F van Der Plas, A Corrales… - Ecological …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Diversity–biomass relationships (DBRs) often vary with spatial scale in terrestrial
ecosystems, but the mechanisms driving these scale‐dependent patterns remain unclear …

Community biomass is driven by dominants and their characteristics–The insight from a field biodiversity experiment with realistic species loss scenario

A Lisner, M Konečná, P Blažek, J Lepš - Journal of Ecology, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Revealing the role of biodiversity in ecosystem functioning (BEF) has been a major focus of
ecological research over recent decades. In general, results from artificially assembled …

Species richness is more important for ecosystem functioning than species turnover along an elevational gradient

J Albrecht, MK Peters, JN Becker, C Behler… - Nature ecology & …, 2021‏ - nature.com
Many experiments have shown that biodiversity enhances ecosystem functioning. However,
we have little understanding of how environmental heterogeneity shapes the effect of …

Ecosystem engineers shape ecological network structure and stability: A framework and literature review

D Sanders, E Frago - Functional Ecology, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Ecosystem engineering is a ubiquitous process where species influence the physical
environment and thereby structure ecological communities. However, there has been little …

The use of GEDI canopy structure for explaining variation in tree species richness in natural forests

SM Marselis, P Keil, JM Chase… - Environmental Research …, 2022‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Variables describing the abiotic environment (eg climate, topography or biogeographic
history) have a long tradition of use as predictors of tree species richness patterns. However …

Biodiversity mediates ecosystem sensitivity to climate variability

BF Oliveira, FC Moore, X Dong - Communications Biology, 2022‏ - nature.com
A rich body of evidence from local-scale experiments and observational studies has
revealed stabilizing effects of biodiversity on ecosystem functioning. However, whether …