TY  - JOUR
A1  - Meyer, Sebastian Tobias
A1  - Ptacnik, Robert
A1  - Hillebrand, Helmut
A1  - Bessler, Holger
A1  - Buchmann, Nina
A1  - Ebeling, Anne
A1  - Eisenhauer, Nico
A1  - Engels, Christof
A1  - Fischer, Markus
A1  - Halle, Stefan
A1  - Klein, Alexandra-Maria
A1  - Oelmann, Yvonne
A1  - Roscher, Christiane
A1  - Rottstock, Tanja
A1  - Scherber, Christoph
A1  - Scheu, Stefan
A1  - Schmid, Bernhard
A1  - Schulze, Ernst-Detlef
A1  - Temperton, Vicky M.
A1  - Tscharntke, Teja
A1  - Voigt, Winfried
A1  - Weigelt, Alexandra
A1  - Wilcke, Wolfgang
A1  - Weisser, Wolfgang W.
T1  - Biodiversity-multifunctionality relationships depend on identity and number of measured functions
JF  - Nature Ecology & Evolution
N2  - Biodiversity ensures ecosystem functioning and provisioning of ecosystem services, but it remains unclear how biodiversity-ecosystem multifunctionality relationships depend on the identity and number of functions considered. Here, we demonstrate that ecosystem multifunctionality, based on 82 indicator variables of ecosystem functions in a grassland biodiversity experiment, increases strongly with increasing biodiversity. Analysing subsets of functions showed that the effects of biodiversity on multifunctionality were stronger when more functions were included and that the strength of the biodiversity effects depended on the identity of the functions included. Limits to multifunctionality arose from negative correlations among functions and functions that were not correlated with biodiversity. Our findings underline that the management of ecosystems for the protection of biodiversity cannot be replaced by managing for particular ecosystem functions or services and emphasize the need for specific management to protect biodiversity. More plant species from the experimental pool of 60 species contributed to functioning when more functions were considered. An individual contribution to multifunctionality could be demonstrated for only a fraction of the species.
Y1  - 2017
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-017-0391-4
SN  - 2397-334X
VL  - 2
IS  - 1
SP  - 44
EP  - 49
PB  - Nature Publ. Group
CY  - London
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Guerrero-Ramirez, Nathaly Rokssana
A1  - Craven, Dylan
A1  - Reich, Peter B.
A1  - Ewel, John J.
A1  - Isbell, Forest
A1  - Koricheva, Julia
A1  - Parrotta, John A.
A1  - Auge, Harald
A1  - Erickson, Heather E.
A1  - Forrester, David I.
A1  - Hector, Andy
A1  - Joshi, Jasmin Radha
A1  - Montagnini, Florencia
A1  - Palmborg, Cecilia
A1  - Piotto, Daniel
A1  - Potvin, Catherine
A1  - Roscher, Christiane
A1  - van Ruijven, Jasper
A1  - Tilman, David
A1  - Wilsey, Brian
A1  - Eisenhauer, Nico
T1  - Diversity-dependent temporal divergence of ecosystem functioning in experimental ecosystems
JF  - Nature ecology & evolution
N2  - The effects of biodiversity on ecosystem functioning generally increase over time, but the underlying processes remain unclear. Using 26 long-term grassland and forest experimental ecosystems, we demonstrate that biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationships strengthen mainly by greater increases in functioning in high-diversity communities in grasslands and forests. In grasslands, biodiversity effects also strengthen due to decreases in functioning in low-diversity communities. Contrasting trends across grasslands are associated with differences in soil characteristics.
Y1  - 2017
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-017-0325-1
SN  - 2397-334X
VL  - 1
IS  - 11
SP  - 1639
EP  - 1642
PB  - Nature Publ. Group
CY  - London
ER  -