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Biodiversity increases the resistance of ecosystem productivity to climate extremes

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  • Forest Isbell

    (Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota Twin Cities)

  • Dylan Craven

    (German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig
    Institute of Biology, Leipzig University)

  • John Connolly

    (Ecological and Environmental Modelling Group, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University College Dublin)

  • Michel Loreau

    (Centre for Biodiversity Theory and Modelling, Experimental Ecology Station, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Bernhard Schmid

    (Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich)

  • Carl Beierkuhnlein

    (BayCEER, University of Bayreuth)

  • T. Martijn Bezemer

    (Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW))

  • Catherine Bonin

    (Iowa State University)

  • Helge Bruelheide

    (German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig
    Institute of Biology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg)

  • Enrica de Luca

    (Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich)

  • Anne Ebeling

    (Institute of Ecology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena)

  • John N. Griffin

    (Swansea University)

  • Qinfeng Guo

    (USDA FS, Eastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center, RTP)

  • Yann Hautier

    (Ecology and Biodiversity Group, Utrecht University)

  • Andy Hector

    (University of Oxford)

  • Anke Jentsch

    (Disturbance Ecology, BayCEER, University of Bayreuth)

  • Jürgen Kreyling

    (Institute of Botany and Landscape Ecology, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University Greifswald)

  • Vojtěch Lanta

    (Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia)

  • Pete Manning

    (Institute for Plant Sciences, University of Bern)

  • Sebastian T. Meyer

    (School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technische Universität München)

  • Akira S. Mori

    (Graduate School of Environment and Information Sciences, Yokohama National University)

  • Shahid Naeem

    (Evolution, and Environmental Biology, Columbia University)

  • Pascal A. Niklaus

    (Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich)

  • H. Wayne Polley

    (Grassland, Soil and Water Research Laboratory)

  • Peter B. Reich

    (University of Minnesota Twin Cities
    Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, University of Western Sydney)

  • Christiane Roscher

    (German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig
    UFZ Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Community Ecology)

  • Eric W. Seabloom

    (Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota Twin Cities)

  • Melinda D. Smith

    (Colorado State University, Fort Collins)

  • Madhav P. Thakur

    (German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig
    Institute of Biology, Leipzig University)

  • David Tilman

    (Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota Twin Cities
    Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, University of California)

  • Benjamin F. Tracy

    (Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences, Smyth Hall 0404, Virginia Tech)

  • Wim H. van der Putten

    (Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW)
    Laboratory of Nematology, Wageningen University and Research Centre)

  • Jasper van Ruijven

    (Nature Conservation and Plant Ecology Group, Wageningen University)

  • Alexandra Weigelt

    (German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig
    Institute of Biology, Leipzig University)

  • Wolfgang W. Weisser

    (School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technische Universität München)

  • Brian Wilsey

    (Evolution and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University)

  • Nico Eisenhauer

    (German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig
    Institute of Biology, Leipzig University)

Abstract

Data from experiments that manipulated grassland biodiversity across Europe and North America show that biodiversity increases an ecosystem’s resistance to, although not resilience after, climate extremes.

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  • Forest Isbell & Dylan Craven & John Connolly & Michel Loreau & Bernhard Schmid & Carl Beierkuhnlein & T. Martijn Bezemer & Catherine Bonin & Helge Bruelheide & Enrica de Luca & Anne Ebeling & John N. , 2015. "Biodiversity increases the resistance of ecosystem productivity to climate extremes," Nature, Nature, vol. 526(7574), pages 574-577, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:526:y:2015:i:7574:d:10.1038_nature15374
    DOI: 10.1038/nature15374
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