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Eutrophication weakens stabilizing effects of diversity in natural grasslands

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  • Yann Hautier

    (Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota
    Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland)

  • Eric W. Seabloom

    (Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota)

  • Elizabeth T. Borer

    (Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota)

  • Peter B. Adler

    (Utah State University)

  • W. Stanley Harpole

    (Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University)

  • Helmut Hillebrand

    (Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, Carl-von-Ossietzky University Oldenburg, D-26111 Oldenburg, Germany)

  • Eric M. Lind

    (Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota)

  • Andrew S. MacDougall

    (University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada)

  • Carly J. Stevens

    (Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YQ, UK)

  • Jonathan D. Bakker

    (School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, University of Washington)

  • Yvonne M. Buckley

    (Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, Queensland 4072, Australia
    School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland)

  • Chengjin Chu

    (State Key Laboratory of Grassland and Agro-Ecosystems, Research Station of Alpine Meadow and Wetland Ecosystems, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China)

  • Scott L. Collins

    (MSC03-2020, University of New Mexico)

  • Pedro Daleo

    (Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (IIMyC) (CONICET-UNMdP), Mar del Plata 7600, Argentina)

  • Ellen I. Damschen

    (University of Wisconsin)

  • Kendi F. Davies

    (University of Colorado)

  • Philip A. Fay

    (Grassland Soil and Water Research Lab)

  • Jennifer Firn

    (Queensland University of Technology, School of Biological Sciences, Brisbane 4000, Australia)

  • Daniel S. Gruner

    (University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA)

  • Virginia L. Jin

    (Agroecosystem Management Research Unit)

  • Julia A. Klein

    (Rangeland and Watershed Stewardship, Colorado State University)

  • Johannes M. H. Knops

    (School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska)

  • Kimberly J. La Pierre

    (Berkeley Initiative for Global Change Biology, University of California)

  • Wei Li

    (Yunnan Academy of Biodiversity, Southwest Forestry University)

  • Rebecca L. McCulley

    (University of Kentucky)

  • Brett A. Melbourne

    (University of Colorado)

  • Joslin L. Moore

    (Australian Research Centre for Urban Ecology, Melbourne, c/o School of Botany, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
    School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Victoria 3800, Australia)

  • Lydia R. O’Halloran

    (Oregon State University)

  • Suzanne M. Prober

    (CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, Wembley, WA 6913, Australia)

  • Anita C. Risch

    (Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland)

  • Mahesh Sankaran

    (School of Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
    National Centre for Biological Sciences, GKVK Campus, Bangalore 560065, India)

  • Martin Schuetz

    (Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland)

  • Andy Hector

    (University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3RB, UK)

Abstract

Experimental eutrophication weakens the stabilizing effects of plant diversity on the productivity of natural grasslands.

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  • Yann Hautier & Eric W. Seabloom & Elizabeth T. Borer & Peter B. Adler & W. Stanley Harpole & Helmut Hillebrand & Eric M. Lind & Andrew S. MacDougall & Carly J. Stevens & Jonathan D. Bakker & Yvonne M., 2014. "Eutrophication weakens stabilizing effects of diversity in natural grasslands," Nature, Nature, vol. 508(7497), pages 521-525, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:508:y:2014:i:7497:d:10.1038_nature13014
    DOI: 10.1038/nature13014
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