Biodiversity and ecosystem multifunctionality

By Andy Hector, Robert Bagchi. Nature, 2007

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Synthesis and future research directions linking tree diversity to growth, survival, and damage in a global network of tree diversity experiments (2018, background): “Yet, additional studies of other ecosystem functions in grasslands quickly proliferated, consolidating the current consensus that biodiversity supports ecosystem functioning and multifunctionality (Cardinale et al., 2006; Hector and Bagchi, 2007; Hooper et al., 2005; Tilman et al., 2012).”
Ecological stoichiometry in leaves, roots, litters and soil among different plant communities in a desertified region of Northern China (2018, background): “91, significantly lower than 16 (Hector and Bagchi, 2007), but higher than the global average level (13.”
Species richness effects on ecosystem multifunctionality depend on evenness, composition and spatial pattern (2012, methodology): “These results support previous experimental studies using vascular plants and bacteria (Hector & Bagchi 2007; Gamfeldt, Hillebrand & Jonsson 2008; He et al. 2009; Zavaleta et al. 2010;Mouillot et al. 2011) and suggest that the probability of sustainingmultiple ecosystem functions is enhanced as the…”
Impacts of Biodiversity Loss Escalate Through Time as Redundancy Fades (2012, background): “Experiments in grasslands regularly indicate strong plant diversity effects on biomass production (1–16), and some analyses indicate that relatively few of the species in any diverse mixture promote productivity (1, 5).”
An improved model to predict the effects of changing biodiversity levels on ecosystem function (2013, background): “Models that imply values of h in this latter range (e.g. the presence-absence model (Hector & Bagchi 2007; Isbell et al. 2011) should be treated with caution and should be strongly supported by the data.”
The links between ecosystem multifunctionality and above- and belowground biodiversity are mediated by climate (2015, background): “In total, we collected data that quantify key ecosystem functions and related variables: (1) aboveground biomass, (2) root biomass, (3) soil organic carbon, (4) soil nitrogen, (5) soil available nitrogen, (6) soil phosphorus, (7) plant nitrogen (nitrogen pools in aboveground biomass), and (8) plant ”
Biodiversity effects on productivity and stability of marine macroalgal communities: the role of environmental context (2009, background): “We conclude that overall values of biodiversity are considerable when more functions of the ecosystem are considered (Duffy et al. 2003, Hector and Bagchi 2007, Gamfeldt et al. 2008); e.g. both productivity and spatial stability.”
Investigating the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem multifunctionality: challenges and solutions (2013, methodology): “However, accumulated evidence suggests that the impact of diversity is different, and potentially stronger, when multiple functions are considered together (Hector & Bagchi 2007; Gamfeldt, Hillebrand & Jonsson 2008).”
Revisiting Remane’s concept: evidence for high plankton diversity and a protistan species maximum in the horohalinicum of the Baltic Sea (2011, background): “…occupies the major area of the Baltic Sea, such high protistan diversity is fairly concordant with the species–area relationship established for protists (Gaston 2000, Fenchel & Finlay 2004, Fuhrman 2009), which play a key role in maintaining sustainable ecosystem functions (Hector & Bagchi 2007).”
How fundamental plant functional trait relationships scale‐up to trade‐offs and synergies in ecosystem services (2012, background): “…investigated (Reiss et al. 2009), and only a few recent studies have demonstrated that increasing numbers of species are required to sustain levels in increasing numbers of ecosystem functions (Hector & Bagchi 2007; Gamfeldt, Hillebrand & Jonsson 2008; Zavaleta et al. 2010; Isbell et al. 2011).”