Global-change drivers of ecosystem functioning modulated by natural variability and saturating responses

Sensitivity of global terrestrial ecosystems to climate variability

(2016) Alistair W. R. Seddon et al.   NATURE

Enhanced precipitation variability effects on water losses and ecosystem functioning: differential response of arid and mesic regions

(2015) Osvaldo E. Sala et al.   CLIMATIC CHANGE

Enhanced interannual precipitation variability increases plant functional diversity that in turn ameliorates negative impact on productivity

(2015) Laureano A. Gherardi et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Characterizing differences in precipitation regimes of extreme wet and dry years: implications for climate change experiments

(2015) Alan K. Knapp et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Biodiversity increases the resistance of ecosystem productivity to climate extremes

(2015) Forest Isbell et al.   NATURE

Enhanced precipitation variability decreases grass- and increases shrub-productivity

(2015) Laureano A. Gherardi et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Controls of Carrying Capacity: Degradation, Primary Production, and Forage Quality Effects in a Patagonian Steppe

(2015) Rodolfo A. Golluscio et al.   Rangeland Ecology & Management

Anthropogenic environmental changes affect ecosystem stability via biodiversity

(2015) Y. Hautier et al.   SCIENCE

Planetary boundaries: Guiding human development on a changing planet

(2015) W. Steffen et al.   SCIENCE

Creating a safe operating space for iconic ecosystems

(2015) M. Scheffer et al.   SCIENCE

Biotic vs. Abiotic Control of Decomposition: A Comparison of the Effects of Simulated Extinctions and Changes in Temperature

(2014) Luz Boyero et al.   PLoS One

Grasses have larger response than shrubs to increased nitrogen availability: A fertilization experiment in the Patagonian steppe

(2013) Laura Yahdjian et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Precipitation legacies in desert grassland primary production occur through previous-year tiller density

(2012) Lara G. Reichmann et al.   ECOLOGY

Coordinated distributed experiments: an emerging tool for testing global hypotheses in ecology and environmental science

(2012) Lauchlan H Fraser et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

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

(2012) David U. Hooper et al.   NATURE

Legacies of precipitation fluctuations on primary production: theory and data synthesis

(2012) O. E. Sala et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

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 plant species traits on ecosystem processes: experiments in the Patagonian steppe

(2011) Pedro Flombaum et al.   ECOLOGY

Nitrogen limitation in arid-subhumid ecosystems: A meta-analysis of fertilization studies

(2011) L. Yahdjian et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Responses of terrestrial ecosystems to temperature and precipitation change: a meta-analysis of experimental manipulation

(2010) ZHUOTING WU et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Biodiversity maintenance mechanisms differ between native and novel exotic-dominated communities

(2009) Brian J. Wilsey et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Contingent productivity responses to more extreme rainfall regimes across a grassland biome

(2009) JANA L. HEISLER-WHITE et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Interactive and cumulative effects of multiple human stressors in marine systems

(2008) Caitlin Mullan Crain et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Global nitrogen deposition and carbon sinks

(2008) Dave S. Reay et al.   Nature Geoscience

Higher effect of plant species diversity on productivity in natural than artificial ecosystems

(2008) P. Flombaum et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA