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Revisiting the biodiversity–ecosystem multifunctionality relationship [PDF]

Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2017
A recent and prominent claim for the value of biodiversity is its importance for sustaining multiple ecosystem functions. The general idea is intuitively appealing: since all species are to some extent unique, each will be important for a different set of functions.
Lars Gamfeldt, Fabian Roger
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Plant diversity loss affects stream ecosystem multifunctionality [PDF]

Ecology, 2019
AbstractBiodiversity loss is occurring globally at unprecedented rates, altering the functioning of the Earth's ecosystems. Multiple processes are often key components of ecosystem functioning, but it is unclear how biodiversity loss affects ecosystem multifunctionality (i.e., the ability of ecosystems to maintain multiple processes simultaneously ...
Naiara López‐Rojo, Jesús Pozo, Javier Pérez, Ana Basaguren, Aingeru Martínez, Alan M. Tonin, Francisco Correa‐Araneda, Luz Boyero   +7 more
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Biodiversity at multiple trophic levels is needed for ecosystem multifunctionality [PDF]

Nature, 2016
Many experiments have shown that loss of biodiversity reduces the capacity of ecosystems to provide the multiple services on which humans depend. However, experiments necessarily simplify the complexity of natural ecosystems and will normally control for other important drivers of ecosystem functioning, such as the environment or land use. In addition,
Soliveres, S., Van Der Plas, F., Manning, P., Prati, D., Gossner, M. M., Renner, S. C., Alt, F., Arndt, H., Baumgartner, V., Binkenstein, J., Birkhofer, K., Blaser, S., Blüthgen, N., Boch, S., Böhm, S., Börschig, C., Buscot, F., Diekötter, T., Heinze, J., Hölzel, N., Jung, K., Klaus, V. H., Kleinebecker, T., Klemmer, S., Krauss, J., Lange, M., Morris, E. K., Müller, J., Oelmann, Y., Overmann, J., Pašalić, E., Rillig, M. C., Schaefer, H. M., Schloter, M., Schmitt, B., Schöning, I., Schrumpf, M., Sikorski, J., Socher, S. A., Solly, E. F., Sonnemann, I., Sorkau, E., Steckel, J., Steffan-Dewenter, I., Stempfhuber, B., Tschapka, M., Türke, M., Venter, P. C., Weiner, C. N., Weisser, W. W., Werner, M., Westphal, C., Wilcke, W., Wolters, V., Wubet, T., Wurst, S., Fischer, M., Allan, E.   +57 more
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Alpine steppe degradation weakens ecosystem multifunctionality through the decline in climax dominant species on the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau [PDF]

Frontiers in Plant Science
IntroductionThe diversity and dominant species of plant communities are vital for maintaining grassland ecosystem multifunctionality. However, grassland degradation can disrupt plant community diversity, dominant species, and their linkages with ...
Xiao-Yun Wang, Xiao-Yun Wang, Yuan-Ming Xiao, Wen-Ying Wang, Xin-Yu Yang, Guo-Ying Zhou   +5 more
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Diversity, functionality, and stability: shaping ecosystem multifunctionality in the successional sequences of alpine meadows and alpine steppes on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau [PDF]

Frontiers in Plant Science
Recent investigations on the Tibetan Plateau have harnessed advancements in digital ground vegetation surveys, high temporal resolution remote sensing data, and sophisticated cloud computing technologies to delineate successional dynamics between alpine ...
Xin Jin, Abby Deng, Yuejun Fan, Kun Ma, Yangan Zhao, Yingcheng Wang, Kaifu Zheng, Xueli Zhou, Guangxin Lu   +8 more
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Multiple targeted grassland restoration interventions enhance ecosystem service multifunctionality [PDF]

Nature Communications
The need to combat widespread degradation of grassland ecosystem services makes grassland restoration a global sustainability priority. However, simultaneously enhancing multiple ecosystem services (i.e.
Shangshi Liu, Susan E. Ward, Andrew Wilby, Peter Manning, Mengyi Gong, Jessica Davies, Rebecca Killick, John N. Quinton, Richard D. Bardgett   +8 more
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Seagrass ecosystem multifunctionality under the rise of a flagship marine megaherbivore [PDF]

Global Change Biology, 2023
Marjolijn J A Christianen, Tjeerd Bouma, Jurjan Van Der Zee   +2 more
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Food web structure and ecosystem multifunctionality in a subsidized coastal ecosystem. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Abstract The structure and functioning of all ecosystems face growing threats, ranging from local development to global climate change. Ecosystems with little to no in situ primary production may be disproportionately dependent on resources from other ecosystems.
Emery KA, Dugan JE, Hubbard DM, Ohlmann JC, Madden JR, Miller RJ.   +5 more
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Species diversity is a strong predictor of ecosystem multifunctionality under altered precipitation in desert steppes

Ecological Indicators, 2022
With the intensification of global climate change, the precipitation patterns are altered and grassland ecosystem is facing biodiversity loss and ecosystem services decline.
Ya Hu, Xiangyun Li, Aixia Guo, Ping Yue, Xinxin Guo, Peng Lv, Shenglong Zhao, Xiaoan Zuo   +7 more
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The ecological clusters of soil organisms drive the ecosystem multifunctionality under long-term fertilization

Environment International, 2022
Long-term fertilization is known to impact the biodiversity and community structures of soil organisms, which are responsible for multiple soil ecosystem functions (multifunctionality).
Yi-Fei Wang, Peng Chen, Feng-Hua Wang, Wan-Xue Han, Min Qiao, Wen-Xu Dong, Chun-Sheng Hu, Dong Zhu, Hai-Yan Chu, Yong-Guan Zhu   +9 more
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