Linking the influence and dependence of people on biodiversity across scales

Estimating local biodiversity change: a critique of papers claiming no net loss of local diversity

(2016) Andrew Gonzalez et al.   ECOLOGY

Ecosystem multifunctionality in metacommunities

(2016) Patrick L. Thompson et al.   ECOLOGY

Biodiversity and ecosystem stability across scales in metacommunities

(2016) Shaopeng Wang et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Shifting grassland plant community structure drives positive interactive effects of warming and diversity on aboveground net primary productivity

(2016) Jane M. Cowles et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Browsing by an invasive herbivore promotes development of plant and soil communities during primary succession

(2016) Peter J. Bellingham et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Integrative modelling reveals mechanisms linking productivity and plant species richness

(2016) James B. Grace et al.   NATURE

Biodiversity at multiple trophic levels is needed for ecosystem multifunctionality

(2016) Santiago Soliveres et al.   NATURE

A general biodiversity-function relationship is mediated by trophic level

(2016) Mary I. O'Connor et al.   OIKOS

Plant diversity effects on grassland productivity are robust to both nutrient enrichment and drought

(2016) Dylan Craven et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Locally rare species influence grassland ecosystem multifunctionality

(2016) Santiago Soliveres et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Opinion: Why protect nature? Rethinking values and the environment

(2016) Kai M. A. Chan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Biodiversity enhances reef fish biomass and resistance to climate change

(2016) J. Emmett Duffy et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Understanding the value of plant diversity for ecosystem functioning through niche theory

(2016) Lindsay A. Turnbull et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Ecological selectivity of the emerging mass extinction in the oceans

(2016) J. L. Payne et al.   SCIENCE

Positive biodiversity-productivity relationship predominant in global forests

(2016) J. Liang et al.   SCIENCE

Reconciling Biodiversity Indicators to Guide Understanding and Action

(2016) Samantha L.L. Hill et al.   Conservation Letters

Ecological constraints increase the climatic debt in forests

(2016) Romain Bertrand et al.   Nature Communications

The social costs of nitrogen

(2016) B. L. Keeler et al.   Science Advances

Recent Trends in Local-Scale Marine Biodiversity Reflect Community Structure and Human Impacts

(2015) Robin Elahi et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Does the biogeographic origin of species matter? Ecological effects of native and non-native species and the use of origin to guide management

(2015) Yvonne M. Buckley et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Biodiversity increases the resistance of ecosystem productivity to climate extremes

(2015) Forest Isbell et al.   NATURE

Global effects of land use on local terrestrial biodiversity

(2015) Tim Newbold et al.   NATURE

The dispersal of alien species redefines biogeography in the Anthropocene

(2015) C. Capinha et al.   SCIENCE

The IPBES Conceptual Framework — connecting nature and people

(2015) Sandra Díaz et al.   Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Biodiversity enhances ecosystem multifunctionality across trophic levels and habitats

(2015) Jonathan S. Lefcheck et al.   Nature Communications

Habitat fragmentation and its lasting impact on Earth's ecosystems

(2015) N. M. Haddad et al.   Science Advances

Accelerated modern human-induced species losses: Entering the sixth mass extinction

(2015) G. Ceballos et al.   Science Advances

Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning

(2014) David Tilman et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Linking Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: Current Uncertainties and the Necessary Next Steps

(2014) Patricia Balvanera et al.   BIOSCIENCE

The biodiversity-dependent ecosystem service debt

(2014) Forest Isbell et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Changes in the global value of ecosystem services

(2014) Robert Costanza et al.   GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS

Eutrophication weakens stabilizing effects of diversity in natural grasslands

(2014) Yann Hautier et al.   NATURE

Selection for niche differentiation in plant communities increases biodiversity effects

(2014) Debra Zuppinger-Dingley et al.   NATURE

Defaunation in the Anthropocene

(2014) R. Dirzo et al.   SCIENCE

Whose conservation?

(2014) G. M. Mace   SCIENCE

Assemblage Time Series Reveal Biodiversity Change but Not Systematic Loss

(2014) M. Dornelas et al.   SCIENCE

The biodiversity of species and their rates of extinction, distribution, and protection

(2014) S. L. Pimm et al.   SCIENCE

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

(2013) Kevin Gross et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

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

Targeting global conservation funding to limit immediate biodiversity declines

(2013) A. Waldron et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Global meta-analysis reveals no net change in local-scale plant biodiversity over time

(2013) M. Vellend et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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

Bringing Ecosystem Services into Economic Decision-Making: Land Use in the United Kingdom

(2013) I. J. Bateman et al.   SCIENCE

Higher levels of multiple ecosystem services are found in forests with more tree species

(2013) Lars Gamfeldt et al.   Nature Communications

A meta-analysis of declines in local species richness from human disturbances

(2013) Grace E. P. Murphy et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Functional traits, the phylogeny of function, and ecosystem service vulnerability

(2013) Sandra Díaz et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Biodiversity loss and its impact on humanity

(2012) Bradley J. Cardinale et al.   NATURE

Financial Costs of Meeting Global Biodiversity Conservation Targets: Current Spending and Unmet Needs

(2012) D. P. McCarthy et al.   SCIENCE

The Functions of Biological Diversity in an Age of Extinction

(2012) S. Naeem et al.   SCIENCE

Impacts of Biodiversity Loss Escalate Through Time as Redundancy Fades

(2012) P. B. Reich et al.   SCIENCE

Plant Species Richness and Ecosystem Multifunctionality in Global Drylands

(2012) F. T. Maestre et al.   SCIENCE

The functional role of producer diversity in ecosystems

(2011) Bradley J. Cardinale et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

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

Biodiversity, phenology and temporal niche differences between native- and novel exotic-dominated grasslands

(2011) Brian J. Wilsey et al.   PERSPECTIVES IN PLANT ECOLOGY EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATICS

More diverse plant communities have higher functioning over time due to turnover in complementary dominant species

(2011) E. Allan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Terrestrial Ecosystem Responses to Species Gains and Losses

(2011) D. A. Wardle et al.   SCIENCE

Trophic Downgrading of Planet Earth

(2011) James A. Estes et al.   SCIENCE

Biodiversity and ecosystem services: a multilayered relationship

(2011) Georgina M. Mace et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Connectivity, non-random extinction and ecosystem function in experimental metacommunities

(2010) Philip Staddon et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

The effect of biodiversity on tree productivity: from temperate to boreal forests

(2010) Alain Paquette et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Population diversity and the portfolio effect in an exploited species

(2010) Daniel E. Schindler et al.   NATURE

Global Biodiversity: Indicators of Recent Declines

(2010) S. H. M. Butchart et al.   SCIENCE

The influence of plant diversity on people’s perception and aesthetic appreciation of grassland vegetation

(2009) Petra Lindemann-Matthies et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Modeling multiple ecosystem services, biodiversity conservation, commodity production, and tradeoffs at landscape scales

(2009) Erik Nelson et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Science for managing ecosystem services: Beyond the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment

(2009) S. R. Carpenter et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Scaling environmental change through the community-level: a trait-based response-and-effect framework for plants

(2008) KATHARINE N. SUDING et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Plant functional composition influences rates of soil carbon and nitrogen accumulation

(2008) D. A. Fornara et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Diversity and productivity peak at intermediate dispersal rate in evolving metacommunities

(2008) P. A. Venail et al.   NATURE

Evolutionary history and the effect of biodiversity on plant productivity

(2008) M. W. Cadotte et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Ocean acidification causes bleaching and productivity loss in coral reef builders

(2008) K. R. N. Anthony et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA