Biodiversity effects on ecosystem functioning change along environmental stress gradients

2013 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 568-569 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bastian Steudel ◽  
Andy Hector ◽  
Thomas Friedl ◽  
Christian Löfke ◽  
Maike Lorenz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Stress ◽  
Ecosystem Functioning ◽  
Stress Gradients ◽  
Biodiversity Effects

Biodiversity effects on ecosystem functioning change along environmental stress gradients

2012 ◽  
Vol 15 (12) ◽  
pp. 1397-1405 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bastian Steudel ◽  
Andy Hector ◽  
Thomas Friedl ◽  
Christian Löfke ◽  
Maike Lorenz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Stress ◽  
Ecosystem Functioning ◽  
Stress Gradients ◽  
Biodiversity Effects

Biodiversity effects on ecosystem functioning respond unimodally to environmental stress

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (8) ◽  
pp. 1191-1199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan M. Baert ◽  
Nico Eisenhauer ◽  
Colin R. Janssen ◽  
Frederik De Laender
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Stress ◽  
Ecosystem Functioning ◽  
Biodiversity Effects

Biodiversity effects on ecosystem functioning: insights from aquatic systems

Oikos ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 104 (3) ◽  
pp. 419-422 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark O. Gessner ◽  
Pablo Inchausti ◽  
Lennart Persson ◽  
David G. Raffaelli ◽  
Paul S. Giller
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Functioning ◽  
Aquatic Systems ◽  
Biodiversity Effects

scholarly journals Avoiding artifacts when varying the number of species in ecological network models

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pablo Moisset de Espanes ◽  
Rodrigo Ramos-Jiliberto ◽  
José Soto-San Martín
Keyword(s):  
Mathematical Models ◽  
Ecosystem Functioning ◽  
Scale Invariance ◽  
Ecological Theory ◽  
Network Models ◽  
Species Traits ◽  
Testing Procedure ◽  
Ecological Network ◽  
Species Numbers ◽  
Biodiversity Effects

Ecological theory recognizes the importance of the variety of species for maintaining the functioning of ecosystems and their derived services. We assert that when studying the effects of shifts in biodiversity levels using mathematical models, their dynamics must be sensitive to the variety of species traits but not to raw species numbers, a property that we call scale–invariance. We present a testing procedure for verifying scale–invariance of ecological network models —with or without trait adaptation— expressed as ODEs. Furthermore, we applied our test to several influential models used for evaluating biodiversity effects on ecosystem functioning. In most of the surveyed studies the equations failed our test. This raises doubts about the validity of previous results and calls for revisiting the theory derived from these studies. Our results foster the creation of artifact–free models, a necessary step towards building a more robust theory of biodiversity–driven ecosystem functioning.

scholarly journals No evidence of biodiversity effects on stream ecosystem functioning across green and brown food web pathways

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naiara López‐Rojo ◽  
Luz Boyero ◽  
Javier Pérez ◽  
Ana Basaguren ◽  
Bradley J. Cardinale
Keyword(s):  
Food Web ◽  
Ecosystem Functioning ◽  
Stream Ecosystem ◽  
Biodiversity Effects
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