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Research needs on the biodiversity–ecosystem functioning relationship in drylands
Research carried out in drylands over the last decade has provided major insights on the biodiversity–ecosystem functioning relationship (BEFr) and...
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Climate warming in the Himalayas threatens biodiversity, ecosystem functioning and ecosystem services in the 21st century: is there a better solution?
Biodiversity losses can lead to global environmental crisis. Humans utilize biodiversity for a variety of ecosystem services. However, what drives...
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The chytrid insurance hypothesis: integrating parasitic chytrids into a biodiversity–ecosystem functioning framework for phytoplankton–zooplankton population dynamics
In temperate lakes, eutrophication and warm temperatures can promote cyanobacteria blooms that reduce water quality and impair food-chain support....
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The selection of copiotrophs may complicate biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationships in microbial dilution-to-extinction experiments
The relationships between biodiversity-ecosystem functioning (BEF) for microbial communities are poorly understood despite the important roles of...
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Contributions of human cultures to biodiversity and ecosystem conservation
The expansion of globalized industrial societies is causing global warming, ecosystem degradation, and species and language extinctions worldwide....
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The Relationship Between Phytoplankton Diversity and Ecosystem Functioning Changes with Disturbance Regimes in Tropical Reservoirs
The relationship between species diversity and ecosystem functioning is one of central topics in modern ecology, but variable and controversial...
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Soil biodiversity supports the delivery of multiple ecosystem functions in urban greenspaces
While the contribution of biodiversity to supporting multiple ecosystem functions is well established in natural ecosystems, the relationship of the...
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Early positive spatial selection effects of beta-diversity on ecosystem functioning
ContextMetacommunity theory predicts that diversity arising at larger spatial scales (spatial β-diversity) may increase ecosystem functioning if...
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The supply of multiple ecosystem services requires biodiversity across spatial scales
The impact of local biodiversity loss on ecosystem functioning is well established, but the role of larger-scale biodiversity dynamics in the...
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Key questions for understanding drivers of biodiversity-ecosystem service relationships across spatial scales
ContextBiodiversity loss is predicted to have significant impacts on ecosystem services based on previous ecological work at small spatial and...
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From ecological functions to ecosystem services: linking coastal lagoons biodiversity with human well-being
In this review we highlight the relevance of biodiversity that inhabit coastal lagoons, emphasizing how species functions foster processes and...
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The Role of Biodiversity in the Functioning of Ecosystems: Paper 1. General Principles of Monitoring Ecosystems
AbstractEcosystem change is an everyday reality, and assessment of its ability to provide men with products and services of the ecosystem (fresh...
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Biodiversity mediates ecosystem sensitivity to climate variability
A rich body of evidence from local-scale experiments and observational studies has revealed stabilizing effects of biodiversity on ecosystem...
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Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functions in Southern African Savanna Rangelands: Threats, Impacts and Solutions
Savanna rangelands provide diverse communities across southern Africa with livestock and wildlife-based livelihoods, as well as extensive ecosystem...
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Stressors Increase the Impacts of Coastal Macrofauna Biodiversity Loss on Ecosystem Multifunctionality
There is substantial evidence that biodiversity underpins ecosystem functioning, but it is unclear how these relationships change with multiple...
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Fungal Biodiversity Mediates the Effects of Drying on Freshwater Ecosystem Functioning
Investigating the influence of biodiversity on ecosystem functioning over environmental gradients is needed to anticipate ecosystem responses to...
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Biological trade-offs underpin coral reef ecosystem functioning
Human impact increasingly alters global ecosystems, often reducing biodiversity and disrupting the provision of essential ecosystem services to...
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Linking Resource Quality and Biodiversity to Benthic Ecosystem Functions Across a Land-to-Sea Gradient
Benthic macrofauna modifies carbon and nutrient retention and recycling processes in coastal habitats. However, the contribution of benthic consumers...
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Wildfires alter stream ecosystem functioning through effects on leaf litter
BackgroundWildfires have strong impacts on terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, whose frequency, severity, and intensity are increasing with climate...
