A positive relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem stability has been reported in
many ecosystems; however, it has yet to be determined whether and how spatial scale …

The diversity–stability hypothesis states that current losses of biodiversity can impair the
ability of an ecosystem to dampen the effect of environmental perturbations on its …

The past two decades have seen great progress in understanding the mechanisms of
ecosystem stability in local ecological systems. There is, however, an urgent need to extend …

The stability of ecosystems determines whether they can sustainably provide key functions
and services in the background of global changes. Ecosystem stability, particularly its …

While positive effects of biodiversity on temporal stability of communities have been
demonstrated in theoretical and empirical studies, diversity–stability relationships at the …

Aim Understanding the biodiversity–stability relationship has become a central issue in
ecology and conservation biology. Although the stabilizing effects of tree species diversity …

Biodiversity generally promotes ecosystem stability. To assess whether the diversity–stability
relationship observed under ambient nitrogen (N) conditions still holds under N enriched …

Recent theoretical studies suggest that the stability of ecosystem processes is not governed
by diversity per se, but by multitrophic interactions in complex communities. However …

Understanding the mechanisms underlying community stability has become an urgent need
to protect ecosystems from global change and resulting biodiversity loss. While community …

A growing body of empirical evidence has suggested that biodiversity affects the
simultaneous performance of multiple ecosystem functions (ie ecosystem multifunctionality) …