Fresh waters are particularly vulnerable to climate change because (i) many species within
these fragmented habitats have limited abilities to disperse as the environment changes;(ii) …

Over 100 gigatons of terrestrial plant biomass are produced globally each year. Ninety
percent of this biomass escapes herbivory and enters the dead organic matter pool, thus …

Two decades of intensive research have provided compelling evidence for a link between
biodiversity and ecosystem functioning (B-EF). Whereas early B-EF research concentrated …

The relationship between detritivore diversity and decomposition can provide information on
how biogeochemical cycles are affected by ongoing rates of extinction, but such evidence …

Species interactions can influence ecosystem functioning by enhancing or suppressing the
activities of species that drive ecosystem processes, or by causing changes in biodiversity …

Dramatic advances have been made recently in the study of biodiversity–ecosystem
functioning (B‐EF) relations and food web ecology. These fields are now starting to …

Understanding the consequences of species loss in complex ecological communities is one
of the great challenges in current biodiversity research. For a long time, this topic has been …

Freshwater ecosystems are important for global biodiversity and provide essential
ecosystem services. There is consensus in the scientific literature that freshwater …

Final ecosystem services (ie services that directly benefit humanity) depend fundamentally
upon the various processes, regulated by organisms, which underpin ecosystem functioning …

Cross‐boundary flows of energy and nutrients link biodiversity and functioning in adjacent
ecosystems. The composition of forest tree species can affect the structure and functioning of …