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 …

Designing mixtures of varieties for multifunctional agriculture with the help of ecology. A review

S Barot, V Allard, A Cantarel, J Enjalbert… - Agronomy for …, 2017 - Springer
The study of natural ecosystems and experiments using mixtures of plant species
demonstrates that both species and genetic diversity generally promote ecosystem …

Biodiversity and ecosystem multifunctionality

A Hector, R Bagchi - Nature, 2007 - nature.com
Biodiversity loss can affect ecosystem functions and services,,,. Individual ecosystem
functions generally show a positive asymptotic relationship with increasing biodiversity …

Forest restoration, biodiversity and ecosystem functioning

R Aerts, O Honnay - BMC ecology, 2011 - Springer
Globally, forests cover nearly one third of the land area and they contain over 80% of
terrestrial biodiversity. Both the extent and quality of forest habitat continue to decrease and …

Tree species richness promotes productivity in temperate forests through strong complementarity between species

X Morin, L Fahse, M Scherer‐Lorenzen… - Ecology …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Ecology Letters (2011) 14: 1211–1219 Abstract Understanding the link between biodiversity
and ecosystem functioning (BEF) is pivotal in the context of global biodiversity loss. Yet, long …

General stabilizing effects of plant diversity on grassland productivity through population asynchrony and overyielding

A Hector, Y Hautier, P Saner, L Wacker, R Bagchi… - Ecology, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Insurance effects of biodiversity can stabilize the functioning of multispecies ecosystems
against environmental variability when differential species' responses lead to asynchronous …

[หนังสือ][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 …

Links between plant litter chemistry, species diversity, and below-ground ecosystem function

CL Meier, WD Bowman - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 2008 - pnas.org
Decomposition is a critical source of plant nutrients, and drives the largest flux of terrestrial C
to the atmosphere. Decomposing soil organic matter typically contains litter from multiple …

Marine biodiversity and ecosystem function relationships: the potential for practical monitoring applications

JA Strong, E Andonegi, KC Bizsel, R Danovaro… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2015 - Elsevier
There is an increasing demand for environmental assessments of the marine environment to
include ecosystem function. However, existing schemes are predominantly based on …