Approximately 25 years ago, ecologists became increasingly interested in the question of
whether ongoing biodiversity loss matters for the functioning of ecosystems. As such, a new …

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 …

Increasing plant diversity can increase ecosystem functioning, stability, and services in both
natural and managed grasslands, but the effects of herbivore diversity, and especially of …

The importance of biodiversity for the integrated functioning of ecosystems remains unclear
because most evidence comes from analyses of biodiversity's effect on individual functions …

The phyllosphere—the aerial surfaces of plants, including leaves—is a ubiquitous global
habitat that harbors diverse bacterial communities. Phyllosphere bacterial communities have …

The global biodiversity crisis concerns not only unprecedented loss of species within
communities, but also related consequences for ecosystem function. Community ecology …

Humans are altering the composition of biological communities through a variety of activities
that increase rates of species invasions and species extinctions, at all scales, from local to …

Species diversity is a major determinant of ecosystem productivity, stability, invasibility, and
nutrient dynamics. Hundreds of studies spanning terrestrial, aquatic, and marine ecosystems …

Functional diversity is a component of biodiversity that generally concerns the range of
things that organisms do in communities and ecosystems. Here, we review how functional …

Aboveground-Belowground Linkages provides the most up-to-date and comprehensive
synthesis of recent advances in our understanding of the roles that interactions between …