Scaling‐up biodiversity‐ecosystem functioning research

Gonzalez, Andrew; M. Germain, Rachel; S. Srivastava, Diane; Filotas, Élise; E. Dee, Laura; Gravel, Dominique; L. Thompson, Patrick; Isbell, Forest; Wang, Shaopeng; Kéfi, Sonia; M. Montoya, José; R. Zelnik, Yuval; Loreau, Michel

doi:10.1111/ele.13456

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Scaling‐up biodiversity‐ecosystem functioning research

Published in Ecology Letters • Jan 29, 2020

Authors:

Andrew Gonzalez

Rachel M. Germain

Diane S. Srivastava

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 s...

Subject

Ecosystem

Biodiversity

Metacommunity

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