Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in naturally assembled communities

F Van Der Plas - Biological Reviews, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Reduced microbial stability in the active layer is associated with carbon loss under alpine permafrost degradation

MH Wu, SY Chen, JW Chen, K Xue, SL Chen… - Proceedings of the …, 2021‏ - pnas.org
Permafrost degradation may induce soil carbon (C) loss, critical for global C cycling, and be
mediated by microbes. Despite larger C stored within the active layer of permafrost regions …

Ecosystem structure, functioning and stability under climate change and grazing in grasslands: current status and future prospects

W Li, X Li, Y Zhao, S Zheng, Y Bai - Current Opinion in Environmental …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Ongoing climate change, as well as long-term overgrazing, is threatening biodiversity and
ecosystem functioning in grasslands worldwide. Climate change and grazing could directly …

Climate mediates the biodiversity–ecosystem stability relationship globally

P García-Palacios, N Gross, J Gaitán… - Proceedings of the …, 2018‏ - pnas.org
The insurance hypothesis, stating that biodiversity can increase ecosystem stability, has
received wide research and political attention. Recent experiments suggest that climate …

Climate warming reduces the temporal stability of plant community biomass production

Z Ma, H Liu, Z Mi, Z Zhang, Y Wang, W Xu… - Nature …, 2017‏ - nature.com
Anthropogenic climate change has emerged as a critical environmental problem, prompting
frequent investigations into its consequences for various ecological systems. Few studies …

Multiple facets of biodiversity drive the diversity–stability relationship

D Craven, N Eisenhauer, WD Pearse… - Nature ecology & …, 2018‏ - nature.com
A substantial body of evidence has demonstrated that biodiversity stabilizes ecosystem
functioning over time in grassland ecosystems. However, the relative importance of different …

Human impacts on polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon distribution in Chinese intertidal zones

M Lv, X Luan, C Liao, D Wang, D Liu, G Zhang… - Nature …, 2020‏ - nature.com
The intertidal zone—a transitional boundary between terrestrial and marine environments—
has important ecological functions, and receives polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) …

Vegetation greening intensified soil drying in some semi-arid and arid areas of the world

Y Deng, S Wang, X Bai, G Luo, L Wu, F Chen… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Vegetation greening and soil drying, which are simultaneously observed, have brought
controversy about whether vegetation greening leads to soil drying or wetting. Relevant …

Grazing induced changes in plant diversity is a critical factor controlling grassland productivity in the Desert Steppe, Northern China

R Zhang, Z Wang, G Han, MP Schellenberg… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
The desert steppe is a large component of the semi-arid grassland ecosystem in northern
China, and provides significant resources for livestock production. However, overgrazing is …

High ecosystem stability of evergreen broadleaf forests under severe droughts

K Huang, J **a - Global Change Biology, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
Global increase in drought occurrences threatens the stability of terrestrial ecosystem
functioning. Evergreen broadleaf forests (EBFs) keep leaves throughout the year, and …