Top-predator recovery abates geomorphic decline of a coastal ecosystem

BB Hughes, KM Beheshti, MT Tinker, C Angelini… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
The recovery of top predators is thought to have cascading effects on vegetated ecosystems
and their geomorphology,, but the evidence for this remains correlational and intensely …

Diversity–stability relationships across organism groups and ecosystem types become decoupled across spatial scales

NI Wisnoski, R Andrade, MCN Castorani, CP Catano… - Ecology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The relationship between biodiversity and stability, or its inverse, temporal variability, is
multidimensional and complex. Temporal variability in aggregate properties, like total …

Trade-offs between grassland plant biodiversity and yields are heterogenous across Germany

D Schulz, C Stetter, J Muro, J Spekker… - … Earth & Environment, 2024 - nature.com
Grasslands are key for food security and provide important ecosystem services. Intensive
management, such as frequent mowing, increases productivity but decreases other …

Global effects of livestock grazing on ecosystem functions vary with grazing management and environment

W Niu, J Ding, B Fu, W Zhao, D Eldridge - Agriculture, Ecosystems & …, 2025 - Elsevier
Grasslands support multiple ecosystem functions and services, and diverse biota, and are
critical for human well-being. Grazing is the most pervasive land use in grasslands, but can …

The functioning of alpine grassland ecosystems: Climate outweighs plant species richness

Z Cheng, J Zhao, L Ding, ZH Shi, P Kardol… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The biodiversity–ecosystem functioning relationship has received significant attention in
recent decades. It has been widely demonstrated that plant diversity plays a crucial role in …

The spatiotemporal stability of plant diversity is disconnected from biomass stability in response to human activities in a South American temperate grassland

S Campana, PM Tognetti, J Alberti, P Graff… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Human activities alter biomass, nutrient availability, and species dominance in grasslands,
impacting their richness, composition, and biomass production. Stability (invariability in time …

Disentangling the belowground web of biotic interactions in temperate coastal grasslands: From fundamental knowledge to novel applications

G Ievinsh - Land, 2023 - mdpi.com
Grasslands represent an essential part of terrestrial ecosystems. In particular, coastal
grasslands are dominated by the influence of environmental factors resulting from sea–land …

Biotic and Abiotic Drivers of Ecosystem Temporal Stability in Herbaceous Wetlands in China

G Wang, N Hu, Y Hautier, B Middleton… - Global Change …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Maintaining the stability of ecosystems is critical for supporting essential ecosystem services
over time. However, our understanding of the contribution of the diverse biotic and abiotic …

Linear relationships between aboveground biomass and plant species diversity during the initial stage of degraded grassland restoration projects

CJ Wang, SF Huang, CP Wu, GN Wang… - Ecology and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The relationship between aboveground biomass and plant diversity has been extensively
examined to understand the role of biodiversity in ecosystem functions and services …

Diversity effects and compensatory dynamics drive productivity and stability in temperate old‐growth forests

J Dolezal, P Fibich, J Altman, K Takahashi… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding mechanisms stabilizing ecosystem functions, such as primary production, is
crucial for forecasting global environmental responses. While biological diversity is expected …