Functional differences stabilize beetle communities by weakening interspecific temporal synchrony

Negative relationships between species richness and temporal variability are common but weak in natural systems

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Multiple facets of biodiversity drive the diversity–stability relationship

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Compensatory dynamics stabilize aggregate community properties in response to multiple types of perturbations

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Nitrogen enrichment weakens ecosystem stability through decreased species asynchrony and population stability in a temperate grassland

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Coexistence and emergent neutrality generate synchrony among competitors in fluctuating environments

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Land use imperils plant and animal community stability through changes in asynchrony rather than diversity

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Functional traits, convergent evolution, and periodic tables of niches

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Environmental changes drive the temporal stability of semi-arid natural grasslands through altering species asynchrony

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Global effects of land use on local terrestrial biodiversity

(2015) Tim Newbold et al.   NATURE

IMp: The customizable LEGO® Pinned Insect Manipulator

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Landscape simplification filters species traits and drives biotic homogenization

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Diversity, Functional Similarity, and Top-Down Control Drive Synchronization and the Reliability of Ecosystem Function

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Temporal stability in forest productivity increases with tree diversity due to asynchrony in species dynamics

(2014) Xavier Morin et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Stabilizing effects of diversity on aboveground wood production in forest ecosystems: linking patterns and processes

(2014) Tommaso Jucker et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Synchronous dynamics of zooplankton competitors prevail in temperate lake ecosystems

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

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Response diversity to land use occurs but does not consistently stabilise ecosystem services provided by native pollinators

(2013) Daniel P. Cariveau et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Predicting ecosystem stability from community composition and biodiversity

(2013) Claire de Mazancourt et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Biodiversity and ecosystem stability: a synthesis of underlying mechanisms

(2013) Michel Loreau et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Carabids.org - a dynamic online database of ground beetle species traits (Coleoptera, Carabidae)

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National patterns of functional diversity and redundancy in predatory ground beetles and bees associated with key UK arable crops

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Phylogenetic diversity promotes ecosystem stability

(2012) Marc W. Cadotte et al.   ECOLOGY

Evaluating life-history strategies of reef corals from species traits

(2012) Emily S. Darling et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Understanding diversity-stability relationships: towards a unified model of portfolio effects

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Functionally similar species have similar dynamics

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Identifying population- and community-level mechanisms of diversity-stability relationships in experimental grasslands

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Resilience and stability in bird guilds across tropical countryside

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A distance-based framework for measuring functional diversity from multiple traits

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A multispecies perspective on ecological impacts of climatic forcing

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The Causes and Consequences of Compensatory Dynamics in Ecological Communities

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Niches versus neutrality: uncovering the drivers of diversity in a species-rich community

(2009) Remi Vergnon et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

The merging of community ecology and phylogenetic biology

(2009) Jeannine Cavender-Bares et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Land-use intensification reduces functional redundancy and response diversity in plant communities

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Zero Sum, the Niche, and Metacommunities: Long‐Term Dynamics of Community Assembly

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AN EMPIRICAL EVALUATION OF THE INSURANCE HYPOTHESIS IN DIVERSITY–STABILITY MODELS

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ENVIRONMENTAL FLUCTUATIONS INDUCE SCALE-DEPENDENT COMPENSATION AND INCREASE STABILITY IN PLANKTON ECOSYSTEMS

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NEW MULTIDIMENSIONAL FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY INDICES FOR A MULTIFACETED FRAMEWORK IN FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

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Coherent ecological dynamics induced by large-scale disturbance

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