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Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning by Tilman, David, Isbell, Forest, Cowles, Jane M

“…Species diversity is a major determinant of ecosystem productivity, stability, invasibility, and nutrient dynamics. Hundreds of studies spanning terrestrial,…”
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Biodiversity impacts ecosystem productivity as much as resources, disturbance, or herbivory by Tilman, David, Reich, Peter B, Isbell, Forest

“…Although the impacts of the loss of biodiversity on ecosystem functioning are well established, the importance of the loss of biodiversity relative to other…”
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Diversifying livestock promotes multidiversity and multifunctionality in managed grasslands by Wang, Ling, Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, Wang, Deli, Isbell, Forest, Liu, Jun, Feng, Chao, Liu, Jushan, Zhong, Zhiwei, Zhu, Hui, Yuan, Xia, Chang, Qing, Liu, Chen

“…Increasing plant diversity can increase ecosystem functioning, stability, and services in both natural and managed grasslands, but the effects of herbivore…”
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A meta-analysis on decomposition quantifies afterlife effects of plant diversity as a global change driver by Mori, Akira S., Cornelissen, J. Hans C., Fujii, Saori, Okada, Kei-ichi, Isbell, Forest

“…Biodiversity loss can alter ecosystem functioning; however, it remains unclear how it alters decomposition—a critical component of biogeochemical cycles in the…”
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Deficits of biodiversity and productivity linger a century after agricultural abandonment by Isbell, Forest, Tilman, David, Reich, Peter B., Clark, Adam Thomas

“…At the global scale, human activities are threatening the extinction of many species. It remains debated, however, whether there has been corresponding loss of…”
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Biodiversity–productivity relationships are key to nature-based climate solutions by Mori, Akira S., Dee, Laura E., Gonzalez, Andrew, Ohashi, Haruka, Cowles, Jane, Wright, Alexandra J., Loreau, Michel, Hautier, Yann, Newbold, Tim, Reich, Peter B., Matsui, Tetsuya, Takeuchi, Wataru, Okada, Kei-ichi, Seidl, Rupert, Isbell, Forest

“…The global impacts of biodiversity loss and climate change are interlinked, but the feedbacks between them are rarely assessed. Areas with greater tree…”
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Nutrient enrichment, biodiversity loss, and consequent declines in ecosystem productivity by Isbell, Forest, Reich, Peter B., Tilman, David, Hobbie, Sarah E., Polasky, Stephen, Binder, Seth

“…Anthropogenic drivers of environmental change often have multiple effects, including changes in biodiversity, species composition, and ecosystem functioning…”
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Anthropogenic environmental changes affect ecosystem stability via biodiversity by Hautier, Yann, Tilman, David, Isbell, Forest, Seabloom, Eric W., Borer, Elizabeth T., Reich5, Peter B.

“…Human-driven environmental changes may simultaneously affect the biodiversity, productivity, and stability of Earth's ecosystems, but there is no consensus on…”
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The strength of the biodiversity-ecosystem function relationship depends on spatial scale by Thompson, Patrick L, Isbell, Forest, Loreau, Michel, O'Connor, Mary I, Gonzalez, Andrew

“…Our understanding of the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning (BEF) applies mainly to fine spatial scales. New research is required if…”
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Species richness change across spatial scales by Chase, Jonathan M., McGill, Brian J., Thompson, Patrick L., Antão, Laura H., Bates, Amanda E., Blowes, Shane A., Dornelas, Maria, Gonzalez, Andrew, Magurran, Anne E., Supp, Sarah R., Winter, Marten, Bjorkman, Anne D., Bruelheide, Helge, Byrnes, Jarrett E. K., Cabral, Juliano Sarmento, Elahi, Robin, Gomez, Catalina, Guzman, Hector M., Isbell, Forest, Myers‐Smith, Isla H., Jones, Holly P., Hines, Jes, Vellend, Mark, Waldock, Conor, O'Connor, Mary

“…Humans have elevated global extinction rates and thus lowered global scale species richness. However, there is no a priori reason to expect that losses of…”
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Scaling‐up biodiversity‐ecosystem functioning research by Gonzalez, Andrew, Germain, Rachel M., Srivastava, Diane S., Filotas, Elise, Dee, Laura E., Gravel, Dominique, Thompson, Patrick L., Isbell, Forest, Wang, Shaopeng, Kéfi, Sonia, Montoya, Jose, Zelnik, Yuval R., Loreau, Michel, Brose, Ulrich

“…A rich body of knowledge links biodiversity to ecosystem functioning (BEF), but it is primarily focused on small scales. We review the current theory and…”
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Benefits of increasing plant diversity in sustainable agroecosystems by Isbell, Forest, Adler, Paul R., Eisenhauer, Nico, Fornara, Dario, Kimmel, Kaitlin, Kremen, Claire, Letourneau, Deborah K., Liebman, Matt, Polley, H. Wayne, Quijas, Sandra, Scherer-Lorenzen, Michael

“…1. Recent studies have revealed many potential benefits of increasing plant diversity in natural ecosystems, as well as in agroecosystems and production…”
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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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The geography of biodiversity change in marine and terrestrial assemblages by Blowes, Shane A, Supp, Sarah R, Antão, Laura H, Bates, Amanda, Bruelheide, Helge, Chase, Jonathan M, Moyes, Faye, Magurran, Anne, McGill, Brian, Myers-Smith, Isla H, Winter, Marten, Bjorkman, Anne D, Bowler, Diana E, Byrnes, Jarrett E K, Gonzalez, Andrew, Hines, Jes, Isbell, Forest, Jones, Holly P, Navarro, Laetitia M, Thompson, Patrick L, Vellend, Mark, Waldock, Conor, Dornelas, Maria

“…Human activities are fundamentally altering biodiversity. Projections of declines at the global scale are contrasted by highly variable trends at local scales,…”
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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, productivity and the temporal stability of productivity: patterns and processes by Isbell, Forest I, Polley, H. Wayne, Wilsey, Brian J

“…Theory predicts that the temporal stability of productivity, measured as the ratio of the mean to the standard deviation of community biomass, increases with…”
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Biodiversity as insurance: from concept to measurement and application by Loreau, Michel, Barbier, Matthieu, Filotas, Elise, Gravel, Dominique, Isbell, Forest, Miller, Steve J., Montoya, Jose M., Wang, Shaopeng, Aussenac, Raphaël, Germain, Rachel, Thompson, Patrick L., Gonzalez, Andrew, Dee, Laura E.

“…ABSTRACT Biological insurance theory predicts that, in a variable environment, aggregate ecosystem properties will vary less in more diverse communities…”
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Low multifunctional redundancy of soil fungal diversity at multiple scales by Mori, Akira S, Isbell, Forest, Fujii, Saori, Makoto, Kobayashi, Matsuoka, Shunsuke, Osono, Takashi, Casper, Brenda

“…Theory suggests that biodiversity might help sustain multiple ecosystem functions. To evaluate possible biodiversity–multifunctionality relationships in a…”
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Impacts of Biodiversity Loss Escalate Through Time as Redundancy Fades by Reich, Peter B., Tilman, David, Isbell, Forest, Mueller, Kevin, Hobbie, Sarah E., Flynn, Dan F. B., Eisenhauer, Nico

“…Plant diversity generally promotes biomass production, but how the shape of the response curve changes with time remains unclear. This is a critical knowledge…”
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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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