Plant and soil biodiversity have non‐substitutable stabilising effects on biomass production

• Published in: Ecology letters Vol. 24; no. 8; pp. 1582 - 1593
• Main Authors: Yang, Gaowen, Ryo, Masahiro, Roy, Julien, Hempel, Stefan, Rillig, Matthias C., Knops, Johannes
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Paris Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.08.2021
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Biodiversity loss; Biomass; biomass production; community‐weighted mean; dilution‐to‐extinction approach; drought; Ecological function; ecosystem stability; energy; Environmental changes; functional diversity; Functional groups; Grasslands; Microcosms; multitrophic biodiversity; phytomass; Plant biomass; Plant diversity; soil; Soil investigations; Soil stability; Soil stabilization; Soils; species asynchrony; species diversity; Sustainable production; temporal stability; terrestrial ecosystems

The stability of plant biomass production in the face of environmental change is fundamental for maintaining terrestrial ecosystem functioning, as plant biomass is the ultimate source of energy for nearly all life forms. However, most studies have focused on the stabilising effect of plant diversity...