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Response diversity determines the resilience of ecosystems to environmental change by Mori, Akira S., Furukawa, Takuya, Sasaki, Takehiro

“…ABSTRACT A growing body of evidence highlights the importance of biodiversity for ecosystem stability and the maintenance of optimal ecosystem functionality…”
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Dominant species, rather than diversity, regulates temporal stability of plant communities by Sasaki, Takehiro, Lauenroth, William K.

“…A growing body of empirical evidence suggests that the temporal stability of communities typically increases with diversity. The counterview to this is that…”
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Species asynchrony and response diversity determine multifunctional stability of natural grasslands by Sasaki, Takehiro, Lu, Xiaoming, Hirota, Mitsuru, Bai, Yongfei, Allan, Eric

“…A growing body of empirical evidence has suggested that biodiversity affects the simultaneous performance of multiple ecosystem functions (i.e. ecosystem…”
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Urbanization alters the relative importance of local and landscape factors affecting plant communities in the Tokyo megacity by Iwachido, Yuki, Uchida, Kei, Sasaki, Takehiro

“…Plant communities are impacted by local factors (related to environmental filtering) and landscape factors (related to dispersal limitation). While many…”
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Species richness and flower color diversity determine aesthetic preferences of natural-park and urban-park visitors for plant communities by Tomitaka, Mahoro, Uchihara, Shoko, Goto, Akihito, Sasaki, Takehiro

“…Understanding people's perceptions of biological communities has the potential to positively contribute to the rapid development and implementation of policies…”
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Species–genetic diversity correlations depend on ecological similarity between multiple moorland plant species by Ishii, Naohiro I., Hirota, Shun K., Matsuo, Ayumi, Sato, Mitsuhiko P., Sasaki, Takehiro, Suyama, Yoshihisa

“…Species diversity (SD) and genetic diversity (GD) are fundamental aspects of biodiversity and are dependent because they are sympatrically affected by biotic…”
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Patterns of flower-visiting insects depend on flowering phenological shifts along an altitudinal gradient in subalpine moorland ecosystems by Matsubara, Natsuki, Goto, Akihito, Uchida, Kei, Sasaki, Takehiro

“…Alpine and subalpine moorland ecosystems contain unique plant communities, often with many endemic and threatened species, some of which depend on insect…”
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How to measure response diversity by Ross, Samuel R. P.‐J., Petchey, Owen L., Sasaki, Takehiro, Armitage, David W.

“…The insurance effect of biodiversity—that diversity stabilises aggregate ecosystem properties—is mechanistically underlain by inter‐ and intraspecific trait…”
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National geographic distribution and number of TV nature programs across the Japanese archipelago by Tachibana, Kousuke, Uchida, Kei, Aiba, Masahiro, Sasaki, Takehiro

“…•The studied programs broadly dealt with nature, including travel and education ones.•The number of nature programs in Japan was greater in mountainous than…”
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Plant quantity and quality regulate the diversity of arthropod communities in a semi‐arid grassland by Lu, Xiaoming, Zhao, Xuezhen, Tachibana, Taiki, Uchida, Kei, Sasaki, Takehiro, Bai, Yongfei, Koricheva, Julia

“…The quantity (e.g. biomass production) and quality (e.g. leaf nutrient content) of plants can strongly influence arthropod diversity, but few studies have…”
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Responses of plant productivity and carbon fluxes to short-term experimental manipulations of climate change and species loss in a Mongolian grassland by Sasaki, Takehiro, Nambu, Misa, Iwachido, Yuki, Yoshihara, Yu, Batdelger, Gantsetseg, Kinugasa, Toshihiko

“…We examined the responses of primary productivity and carbon fluxes (net ecosystem productivity, gross primary productivity, and ecosystem respiration) to…”
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Coupling structural and functional thresholds for vegetation changes on a Mongolian shrubland by Sasaki, Takehiro, Koyama, Asuka, Okuro, Toshiya

“…•Shrub cover exhibited a threshold response along a grazing gradient.•Wind erosion accelerated when shrub cover reached a threshold value of 5.3%.•The…”
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Plant and microbial community composition jointly determine moorland multifunctionality by Sasaki, Takehiro, Ishii, Naohiro I., Makishima, Daichi, Sutou, Rui, Goto, Akihito, Kawai, Yutaka, Taniguchi, Hayami, Okano, Kunihiro, Matsuo, Ayumi, Lochner, Alfred, Cesarz, Simone, Suyama, Yoshihisa, Hikosaka, Kouki, Eisenhauer, Nico

“…Understanding how ecosystem multifunctionality is maintained in naturally assembled communities is crucial, because human activities benefit from multiple…”
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Potential extinction debt due to habitat loss and fragmentation in subalpine moorland ecosystems by Makishima, Daichi, Sutou, Rui, Goto, Akihito, Kawai, Yutaka, Ishii, Naohiro, Taniguchi, Hayami, Uchida, Kei, Shimazaki, Masaya, Nakashizuka, Tohru, Suyama, Yoshihisa, Hikosaka, Kouki, Sasaki, Takehiro

“…Habitat loss and fragmentation would often induce delayed extinction, referred to as extinction debt. Understanding potential extinction debts would allow us…”
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Consequences of the introduction of exotic and translocated species and future extirpations on the functional diversity of freshwater fish assemblages by Matsuzaki, Shin-ichiro S., Sasaki, Takehiro, Akasaka, Munemitsu

“…Aim: To explore the effects of the introduction of exotic and translocated species and possible future extirpation of native species on the functional…”
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Invasion of exotic piscivores causes losses of functional diversity and functionally unique species in Japanese lakes by Matsuzaki, Shin-ichiro S., Sasaki, Takehiro, Akasaka, Munemitsu

“…Summary Human activities affect not only species richness (SR) but also functional diversity (FD), but the consequences of species loss on FD may vary among…”
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Factors determining on-site perception of ecosystem services and disservices from street trees in a densely urbanized area by Koyata, Hiroki, Iwachido, Yuki, Inagaki, Keiko, Sato, Yuichi, Tani, Mitsukiyo, Ohno, Keiichi, Sadohara, Satoru, Sasaki, Takehiro

“…•On-site perceptions of street trees differed according to age, gender, and season.•Urban building environments did not affect on-site perceptions of street…”
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Differential responses and mechanisms of productivity following experimental species loss scenarios by Sasaki, Takehiro, Yoshihara, Yu, Takahashi, Masaya, Byambatsetseg, Lkhagvasuren, Futahashi, Risa, Nyambayar, Dashzeveg, Suyama, Yoshihisa

“…Experiments that simulate nonrandom species loss from natural communities can offer a fundamentally different understanding of the impacts of species loss on…”
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Catch diversification provides multiple benefits in inland fisheries by Matsuzaki, Shin‐Ichiro S., Shinohara, Ryuichiro, Uchida, Kei, Sasaki, Takehiro, Arlinghaus, Robert

“…Diversification of fisheries and agroecosystems can increase and stabilize production and revenue, despite unpredictable changes in ecosystems and markets…”
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Vulnerability of moorland plant communities to environmental change: consequences of realistic species loss on functional diversity by Sasaki, Takehiro, Katabuchi, Masatoshi, Kamiyama, Chiho, Shimazaki, Masaya, Nakashizuka, Tohru, Hikosaka, Kouki, Devictor, Vincent

“…Understanding the consequences of realistic species loss on the functioning and persistence of vulnerable ecosystems is key to devising conservation strategies…”
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