Species diversity is a major determinant of ecosystem productivity, stability, invasibility, and
nutrient dynamics. Hundreds of studies spanning terrestrial, aquatic, and marine ecosystems …

This paper reviews the concepts of ecosystem resilience, resistance, and stability in forests
and their relationship to biodiversity, with particular reference to climate change. The report …

Human well-being relies critically on ecosystem services provided by nature. Examples
include water and air quality regulation, nutrient cycling and decomposition, plant pollination …

No matter who we are, or where we live, our well-being depends on the way ecosystems
work. Most obviously, ecosystems can provide us with material things that are essential for …

Humans are altering the composition of biological communities through a variety of activities
that increase rates of species invasions and species extinctions, at all scales, from local to …

THE functioning and sustainability of ecosystems may depend on their biological diversity1–
8. Elton's9 hypothesis that more diverse ecosystems are more stable has received much …

This paper uses theory and experiments to explore the effects of diversity on stability,
productivity, and susceptibility to invasion. A model of resource competition predicts that …

The recent intensification of agriculture, and the prospects of future intensification, will have
major detrimental impacts on the nonagricultural terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems of the …

Ecosystem processes are thought to depend on both the number and identity of the species
present in an ecosystem, but mathematical theory predicting this has been lacking. Here we …

We review the effects of fishing on benthic fauna, habitat, diversity, community structure and
trophic interactions in tropical, temperate and polar marine environments and consider …