ReviewEcology letters2020
Scaling-up biodiversity-ecosystem functioning research.
Review in Ecology letters, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 75 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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75 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- A meta-analysis on decomposition quantifies afterlife effects of plant diversity as a global change driver.Nature communications · 2020Pooled it
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- Dominant Grasses, Not Subordinate Forbs, Sustain Ecosystem Multifunctionality Across Spatial Scales.Global change biology · 2026Article
- Dispersal mode and spatial heterogeneity shape the interaction between adaptation and dispersal in multitrophic metacommunities.Scientific reports · 2026Article
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- Shaping research in marine functional connectivity for integrated and effective marine science and management.Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 2026Review
- Stand structural attributes exert stronger and scale-dependent control on forest biomass than tree diversity across typical forest ecosystems in China.Plant diversity · 2026Article
- Estimating species commonness and prevalence through unsupervised methods.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Effects of Straw Returning on Physicochemical Properties and Microbial Characteristics of Agricultural Soil.Current microbiology · 2025Review
- Remote sensing and foraging data illustrate landscape-scale considerations for coastal restoration and avian management.Ecological applications : a publication of the Ecological Society of America · 2025Article
- Testing whether connectivity stabilizes metacommunities and rescues declining diversity in a 25-y grassland study.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Article
- Connectivity and nutrient enrichment affect the productivity and stability of aquatic meta-ecosystems.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2025Article
- Co-Extinctions and Co-Compensatory Species Responses to Climate Change Moderate Ecosystem Futures.Global change biology · 2025Article
- Improving forest ecosystem functions by optimizing tree species spatial arrangement.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Phylogenetic Structure Shifts Across Life-History Stages in Response to Microtopography and Competition in Subtropical Forests.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
15 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
A rich body of knowledge links biodiversity to ecosystem functioning (BEF), but it is primarily focused on small scales. We review the current theory and identify six expectations for scale dependence in the BEF relationship: (1) a nonlinear change in the slope of the BEF relationship with spatial scale; (2) a scale-dependent relationship between ecosystem stability and spatial extent; (3) coexistence within and among sites will result in a positive BEF relationship at larger scales; (4) temporal autocorrelation in environmental variability affects species turnover and thus the change in BEF slope with scale; (5) connectivity in metacommunities generates nonlinear BEF and stability relationships by affecting population synchrony at local and regional scales; (6) spatial scaling in food web structure and diversity will generate scale dependence in ecosystem functioning. We suggest directions for synthesis that combine approaches in metaecosystem and metacommunity ecology and integrate cross-scale feedbacks. Tests of this theory may combine remote sensing with a generation of networked experiments that assess effects at multiple scales. We also show how anthropogenic land cover change may alter the scaling of the BEF relationship. New research on the role of scale in BEF will guide policy linking the goals of managing biodiversity and ecosystems.
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