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ArticleEcology letters2026

Multiple Community Properties Drive Ecosystem Resistance and Resilience to Extreme Climate Events Across Mesic Grasslands.

Joshua A Ajowele, Ashley L Darst, Nameer R Baker, Rachael R Brenneman, Caitlin Broderick, Seraina L Cappelli, Maowei Liang, Mary Linabury, Matthew A Nieland, Maya Parker-Smith and 5 more

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Article in Ecology letters, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors.

Joshua A AjoweleDepartment of Biology, University of North Carolina Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0001-6405-4150
Ashley L DarstDepartment of Integrative Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5625-7724
Nameer R BakerW.K. Kellogg Biological Station, Michigan State University, Hickory Corners, Michigan, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8827-3307
Rachael R BrennemanDepartment of Biology, University of North Carolina Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0006-3160-3447
Caitlin BroderickKonza Prairie Biological Station, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5944-1706
Seraina L CappelliDepartment of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8141-404X
Maowei LiangCedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve, University of Minnesota, East Bethel, Minnesota, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1517-0497
Mary LinaburyKonza Prairie Biological Station, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7724-9715
Matthew A NielandKonza Prairie Biological Station, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3609-6086
Maya Parker-SmithDepartment of Biology, University of North Carolina Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0003-6746-1303
Smriti Pehim LimbuKonza Prairie Biological Station, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9086-7895
Rosalie S TerryDepartment of Biology, University of North Carolina Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2246-8002
Moriah L YoungDepartment of Integrative Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1761-3148
Max ZaretCedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve, University of Minnesota, East Bethel, Minnesota, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0566-6886
Marissa ZaricorKonza Prairie Biological Station, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1480-6948

Funding

College of Natural Science, Michigan State UniversityDivision of Environmental Biology 0218210Division of Environmental Biology 0620652Division of Environmental Biology 0823341Division of Environmental Biology 1234162Division of Environmental Biology 1440484Division of Environmental Biology 1831944Division of Environmental Biology 1832042Division of Environmental Biology 2025849Division of Environmental Biology 2224712Division of Environmental Biology 2425352Division of Environmental Biology 9011662Division of Integrative Organismal Systems 9632851Flory Cedar Creek Collaboration FundMinnesota Environment and Natural Resources Trust FundNational Institute of Food and Agriculture 2020-67019-31171National Institute of Food and Agriculture 2024-67012-43175National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program DGE: 184-8739Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung P500PB_214352Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung P5R5-3_235083U.S. Forest Service 20-CS-11091500-009U.S. Forest Service 23-CS-11091500-007
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ecosystem resistance and resilience to extreme climate events is impacted by community properties, including biodiversity. However, the relative importance of species richness, evenness and dominance is debated and is further modulated by global change factors such as nutrient addition. Using nearly 40 years of data from naturally-assembled plant communities at three Long-Term Ecological Research sites, we found that while species richness is important for resistance to extreme dry events, dominance is important for resistance to extreme wet events and evenness is important for resilience under ambient (unfertilized) conditions. Furthermore, nutrient addition alters resistance and resilience indirectly by reducing species richness and increasing dominance. Species richness and dominance are also directly reduced by extreme climate events, which may erode resistance and resilience to future events. Our results show that species richness, dominance and evenness shape ecosystem stability under climate extremes and that fertilization fundamentally modifies biodiversity-stability relationships in mesic grasslands.

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BiodiversityClimate ChangeGrasslandaboveground biomassbiodiversityclimate changecontext dependencydroughtecosystem stabilitynitrogennutrientsproductivitywet events

Identifiers

PMID41943985
PMCPMC13054640

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