Nature Communications (Dec 2022)
Biodiversity–stability relationships strengthen over time in a long-term grassland experiment
- Cameron Wagg,
- Christiane Roscher,
- Alexandra Weigelt,
- Anja Vogel,
- Anne Ebeling,
- Enrica de Luca,
- Anna Roeder,
- Clemens Kleinspehn,
- Vicky M. Temperton,
- Sebastian T. Meyer,
- Michael Scherer-Lorenzen,
- Nina Buchmann,
- Markus Fischer,
- Wolfgang W. Weisser,
- Nico Eisenhauer,
- Bernhard Schmid
Affiliations
- Cameron Wagg
- Department of Geography, Remote Sensing Laboratories, University of Zürich
- Christiane Roscher
- UFZ, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Department of Physiological Diversity
- Alexandra Weigelt
- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig
- Anja Vogel
- Department of Geography, Remote Sensing Laboratories, University of Zürich
- Anne Ebeling
- Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Jena
- Enrica de Luca
- Department of Geography, Remote Sensing Laboratories, University of Zürich
- Anna Roeder
- UFZ, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Department of Physiological Diversity
- Clemens Kleinspehn
- Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern
- Vicky M. Temperton
- Institute of Ecology, Leuphana University
- Sebastian T. Meyer
- Terrestrial Ecology Research Group, Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Management, Center for Food and Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technische Universitat Munchen, Hans-Carl-von-Carlowitz-Platz 2
- Michael Scherer-Lorenzen
- Geobotany, Faculty of Biology, University Freiburg
- Nina Buchmann
- Institute of Agricultural Sciences, ETH Zurich
- Markus Fischer
- Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern
- Wolfgang W. Weisser
- Terrestrial Ecology Research Group, Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Management, Center for Food and Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technische Universitat Munchen, Hans-Carl-von-Carlowitz-Platz 2
- Nico Eisenhauer
- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig
- Bernhard Schmid
- Department of Geography, Remote Sensing Laboratories, University of Zürich
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35189-2
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 13,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 11
Abstract
Biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationships may change over time. Here, Wagg et al. show that richness-productivity and richness stability relationships grow stronger over time in an experimental grassland community, and shed light on the ecological mechanisms.
