Abstract
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.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1639-1642 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Nature Ecology and Evolution |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue number | 11 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Nov 1 2017 |
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