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Competition for Light Causes Plant Biodiversity Loss After Eutrophication by Hautier, Yann, Niklaus, Pascal A, Hector, Andy

“…Human activities have increased the availability of nutrients in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. In grasslands, this eutrophication causes loss of plant…”
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Drought survival of tropical tree seedlings enhanced by non-structural carbohydrate levels by O’Brien, Michael J., Leuzinger, Sebastian, Philipson, Christopher D., Tay, John, Hector, Andy

“…Widespread forest die-back due to the increasing frequency and intensity of drought in many parts of the planet is focusing attention on the mechanisms of tree…”
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Linking the influence and dependence of people on biodiversity across scales by Isbell, Forest, Gonzalez, Andrew, Loreau, Michel, Cowles, Jane, Díaz, Sandra, Hector, Andy, Mace, Georgina M., Wardle, David A., O'Connor, Mary I., Duffy, J. Emmett, Turnbull, Lindsay A., Thompson, Patrick L., Larigauderie, Anne

“…Biodiversity enhances many of nature's benefits to people, including the regulation of climate and the production of wood in forests, livestock forage in…”
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Quantifying effects of biodiversity on ecosystem functioning across times and places by Isbell, Forest, Cowles, Jane, Dee, Laura E., Loreau, Michel, Reich, Peter B., Gonzalez, Andrew, Hector, Andy, Schmid, Bernhard, Fukami, Tadashi

“…Biodiversity loss decreases ecosystem functioning at the local scales at which species interact, but it remains unclear how biodiversity loss affects ecosystem…”
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Biodiversity and Resilience of Ecosystem Functions by Oliver, Tom H., Heard, Matthew S., Isaac, Nick J.B., Roy, David B., Procter, Deborah, Eigenbrod, Felix, Freckleton, Rob, Hector, Andy, Orme, C. David L., Petchey, Owen L., Proença, Vânia, Raffaelli, David, Suttle, K. Blake, Mace, Georgina M., Martín-López, Berta, Woodcock, Ben A., Bullock, James M.

“…Accelerating rates of environmental change and the continued loss of global biodiversity threaten functions and services delivered by ecosystems. Much…”
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Biodiversity enhances ecosystem multifunctionality across trophic levels and habitats by Lefcheck, Jonathan S., Byrnes, Jarrett E. K., Isbell, Forest, Gamfeldt, Lars, Griffin, John N., Eisenhauer, Nico, Hensel, Marc J. S., Hector, Andy, Cardinale, Bradley J., Duffy, J. Emmett

“…The importance of biodiversity for the integrated functioning of ecosystems remains unclear because most evidence comes from analyses of biodiversity’s effect…”
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Coexistence, niches and biodiversity effects on ecosystem functioning by Turnbull, Lindsay Ann, Levine, Jonathan M., Loreau, Michel, Hector, Andy

“…General principles from coexistence theory are often invoked to explain how and why mixtures of species outperform monocultures. However, the complementarity…”
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High plant diversity is needed to maintain ecosystem services by Isbell, Forest, Calcagno, Vincent, Hector, Andy, Connolly, John, Harpole, W. Stanley, Reich, Peter B., Scherer-Lorenzen, Michael, Schmid, Bernhard, Tilman, David, van Ruijven, Jasper, Weigelt, Alexandra, Wilsey, Brian J., Zavaleta, Erika S., Loreau, Michel

“…The more diverse the merrier Biodiversity–ecosystem function experiments have shown the importance of a diverse range of species for the health of ecosystems,…”
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Partitioning selection and complementarity in biodiversity experiments by Loreau, Michel, Hector, Andy

“…The impact of biodiversity loss on the functioning of ecosystems and their ability to provide ecological services has become a central issue in ecology…”
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Biodiversity effects on ecosystem functioning change along environmental stress gradients by Steudel, Bastian, Hector, Andy, Friedl, Thomas, Löfke, Christian, Lorenz, Maike, Wesche, Moritz, Kessler, Michael

“…Positive relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning has been observed in many studies, but how this relationship is affected by environmental…”
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Impacts of plant diversity on biomass production increase through time because of species complementarity by Cardinale, Bradley J, Wright, Justin P, Cadotte, Marc W, Carroll, Ian T, Hector, Andy, Srivastava, Diane S, Loreau, Michel, Weis, Jerome J

“…Accelerating rates of species extinction have prompted a growing number of researchers to manipulate the richness of various groups of organisms and examine…”
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Investigating the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem multifunctionality: challenges and solutions by Byrnes, Jarrett E. K., Gamfeldt, Lars, Isbell, Forest, Lefcheck, Jonathan S., Griffin, John N., Hector, Andy, Cardinale, Bradley J., Hooper, David U., Dee, Laura E., Emmett Duffy, J., Freckleton, Robert

“…Summary Extensive research shows that more species‐rich assemblages are generally more productive and efficient in resource use than comparable assemblages…”
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Contributions of a global network of tree diversity experiments to sustainable forest plantations by Verheyen, Kris, Vanhellemont, Margot, Auge, Harald, Baeten, Lander, Baraloto, Christopher, Barsoum, Nadia, Bilodeau-Gauthier, Simon, Bruelheide, Helge, Castagneyrol, Bastien, Godbold, Douglas, Haase, Josephine, Hector, Andy, Jactel, Hervé, Koricheva, Julia, Loreau, Michel, Mereu, Simone, Messier, Christian, Muys, Bart, Nolet, Philippe, Paquette, Alain, Parker, John, Perring, Mike, Ponette, Quentin, Potvin, Catherine, Reich, Peter, Smith, Andy, Weih, Martin, Scherer-Lorenzen, Michael

“…The area of forest plantations is increasing worldwide helping to meet timber demand and protect natural forests. However, with global change, monospecific…”
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Eutrophication weakens stabilizing effects of diversity in natural grasslands by Hautier, Yann, Seabloom, Eric W, Borer, Elizabeth T, Adler, Peter B, Harpole, W. Stanley, Hillebrand, Helmut, MacDougall, Andrew S, Stevens, Carly J, Bakker, Jonathan D, Buckley, Yvonne M, Chu, Chengjin, Collins, Scott L, Daleo, Pedro, Damschen, Ellen I, Davies, Kendi F, Fay, Philip A, Firn, Jennifer, Gruner, Daniel S, Jin, Virginia L, Klein, Julia A, Knops, Johannes M. H, La Pierre, Kimberly J, Li, Wei, McCulley, Rebecca L, Melbourne, Brett A, Moore, Joslin L, O’Halloran, Lydia R, Prober, Suzanne M, Risch, Anita C, Sankaran, Mahesh, Schuetz, Martin, Hector, Andy

“…Studies of experimental grassland communities have demonstrated that plant diversity can stabilize productivity through species asynchrony, in which decreases…”
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How to fit nonlinear plant growth models and calculate growth rates: an update for ecologists by Paine, C. E. Timothy, Marthews, Toby R., Vogt, Deborah R., Purves, Drew, Rees, Mark, Hector, Andy, Turnbull, Lindsay A.

“…Summary 1. Plant growth is a fundamental ecological process, integrating across scales from physiology to community dynamics and ecosystem properties. Recent…”
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A large-scale forest fragmentation experiment: the Stability of Altered Forest Ecosystems Project by Ewers, Robert M., Didham, Raphael K., Fahrig, Lenore, Ferraz, Gonçalo, Hector, Andy, Holt, Robert D., Kapos, Valerie, Reynolds, Glen, Sinun, Waidi, Snaddon, Jake L., Turner, Edgar C.

“…Opportunities to conduct large-scale field experiments are rare, but provide a unique opportunity to reveal the complex processes that operate within natural…”
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Carbon stocks and fluxes in tropical lowland dipterocarp rainforests in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo by Saner, Philippe, Loh, Yen Yee, Ong, Robert C, Hector, Andy

“…Deforestation in the tropics is an important source of carbon C release to the atmosphere. To provide a sound scientific base for efforts taken to reduce…”
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Contrasting nonstructural carbohydrate dynamics of tropical tree seedlings under water deficit and variability by O'Brien, Michael J, Burslem, David F. R. P, Caduff, Alexa, Tay, John, Hector, Andy

“…Drought regimes can be characterized by the variability in the quantity of rainfall and the duration of rainless periods. However, most research on plant…”
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Demographic consequences of heterogeneity in conspecific density dependence among mast-fruiting tropical trees by O'Brien, Michael J, Hector, Andy, Kellenberger, Roman T, Maycock, Colin R, Ong, Robert, Philipson, Christopher D, Powers, Jennifer S, Reynolds, Glen, Burslem, David F R P

“…The role of conspecific density dependence (CDD) in the maintenance of species richness is a central focus of tropical forest ecology. However, tests of CDD…”
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Multifunctionality does not imply that all functions are positively correlated by Byrnes, Jarrett, Lefcheck, Jonathan S, Gamfeldt, Lars, Griffin, John N, Isbell, Forest, Hector, Andy

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