Biodiversity promotes ecosystem functioning despite environmental change

• Published in: Ecology letters Vol. 25; no. 2; pp. 555 - 569
• Main Authors: Hong, Pubin, Schmid, Bernhard, De Laender, Frederik, Eisenhauer, Nico, Zhang, Xingwen, Chen, Haozhen, Craven, Dylan, De Boeck, Hans J., Hautier, Yann, Petchey, Owen L., Reich, Peter B., Steudel, Bastian, Striebel, Maren, Thakur, Madhav P., Wang, Shaopeng, Mori, Akira
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.02.2022; John Wiley and Sons Inc
• Subjects: Biodiversity; biodiversity conservation; Carbon dioxide; Complementarity; Drought; Droughts; Ecological function; Ecosystem; ecosystem function; Ecosystem management; Ecosystems; environmental change; Environmental changes; Factorial experiments; Meta-analysis; Nutrients; Phytoplankton; Species richness; stress gradient hypothesis; Sustainable ecosystems; Syntheses; Synthesis; Wildlife conservation; meta-analysis; stress gradient hypothesis; biodiversity; ecosystem function; environmental change

Three decades of research have demonstrated that biodiversity can promote the functioning of ecosystems. Yet, it is unclear whether the positive effects of biodiversity on ecosystem functioning will persist under various types of global environmental change drivers. We conducted a meta‐analysis of 4...