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 …

Species diversity is a part of (forest) stand structure but tree diameter diversity and height
diversity alone or combined are typically defined as stand structural diversity or complexity …

Earth is home to over 350,000 vascular plant species that differ in their traits in innumerable
ways. A key challenge is to predict how natural or anthropogenically driven changes in the …

Aim Tropical forests account for a quarter of the global carbon storage and a third of the
terrestrial productivity. Few studies have teased apart the relative importance of …

Tree diversity has been shown to promote a broad range of ecosystem functions in forests.
However, how important these effects are in driving ecosystem multifunctionality in natural …

Theoretical and empirical studies have suggested that climate and soils are the main drivers
of biodiversity, stand structure and aboveground biomass in natural forests. Yet, the direct …

The recovery of soil conditions is crucial for successful ecosystem restoration and, hence, for
achieving the goals of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. Here, we assess how …

Secondary forest succession can be an effective and low-cost strategy to increase forest
cover and the associated biodiversity and soil functions. However, little is known about how …

Improving the accuracy of predicting plant productivity is a key element in planning nutrient
management strategies to ensure a balance between nutrient supply and demand under …

The development of agroecosystems that can provide multiple ecosystem services with a
reduced need of external inputs, requires management practices that foster ecological …