The Future of Complementarity: Disentangling Causes from Consequences

• Published in: Trends in ecology & evolution (Amsterdam) Vol. 34; no. 2; pp. 167 - 180
• Main Authors: Barry, Kathryn E., Mommer, Liesje, van Ruijven, Jasper, Wirth, Christian, Wright, Alexandra J., Bai, Yongfei, Connolly, John, De Deyn, Gerlinde B., de Kroon, Hans, Isbell, Forest, Milcu, Alexandru, Roscher, Christiane, Scherer-Lorenzen, Michael, Schmid, Bernhard, Weigelt, Alexandra
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.02.2019; Elsevier
• Subjects: Abiotic facilitation; Biodiversity; Biodiversity and Ecology; Biomass; Biotic feedbacks; Complementarity; Complementarity effect; Ecosystem; Ecosystem functioning; ecosystems; Environmental Sciences; Feedback; interspecific variation; Plant-soil feedback; prediction; Resource partitioning; Resource tracers; Stress amelioration; Stress amelioration; Biotic feedbacks; Complementarity; Resource tracers; Abiotic facilitation; Plant-soil feedback; Complementarity effect; Ecosystem functioning; Biodiversity; Resource partitioning

Evidence suggests that biodiversity supports ecosystem functioning. Yet, the mechanisms driving this relationship remain unclear. Complementarity is one common explanation for these positive biodiversity–ecosystem functioning relationships. Yet, complementarity is often indirectly quantified as over...