Anthropogenic environmental changes affect ecosystem stability via biodiversity

Eutrophication weakens stabilizing effects of diversity in natural grasslands

(2014) Yann Hautier et al.   NATURE

Species Richness and the Temporal Stability of Biomass Production: A New Analysis of Recent Biodiversity Experiments

(2013) Kevin Gross et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Diversity loss with persistent human disturbance increases vulnerability to ecosystem collapse

(2013) A. S. MacDougall et al.   NATURE

Nutrient enrichment, biodiversity loss, and consequent declines in ecosystem productivity

(2013) F. Isbell et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Diversity-dependent stability under mowing and nutrient addition: evidence from a 7-year grassland experiment

(2012) Haijun Yang et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

A global synthesis reveals biodiversity loss as a major driver of ecosystem change

(2012) David U. Hooper et al.   NATURE

Biodiversity impacts ecosystem productivity as much as resources, disturbance, or herbivory

(2012) D. Tilman et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Effects of fire, grazing and topographic variation on vegetation structure in tallgrass prairie

(2011) Scott L. Collins et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

High plant diversity is needed to maintain ecosystem services

(2011) Forest Isbell et al.   NATURE

Has the Earth’s sixth mass extinction already arrived?

(2011) Anthony D. Barnosky et al.   NATURE

The effects of long-term fertilization on the temporal stability of alpine meadow communities

(2011) Zhongling Yang et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

General stabilizing effects of plant diversity on grassland productivity through population asynchrony and overyielding

(2010) A. Hector et al.   ECOLOGY

Mechanisms contributing to stability in ecosystem function depend on the environmental context

(2010) Emily Grman et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

A framework for assessing ecosystem dynamics in response to chronic resource alterations induced by global change

(2009) Melinda D. Smith et al.   ECOLOGY

Separating the influence of resource ‘availability’ from resource ‘imbalance’ on productivity-diversity relationships

(2009) Bradley J. Cardinale et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Biodiversity, productivity and the temporal stability of productivity: patterns and processes

(2009) Forest I. Isbell et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

A safe operating space for humanity

(2009) Johan Rockström et al.   NATURE

Competition for Light Causes Plant Biodiversity Loss After Eutrophication

(2009) Y. Hautier et al.   SCIENCE