Biodiversity increases the resistance of ecosystem productivity to climate extremes

Forest Isbell (), Dylan Craven, John Connolly, Michel Loreau, Bernhard Schmid, Carl Beierkuhnlein, T. Martijn Bezemer, Catherine Bonin, Helge Bruelheide, Enrica de Luca, Anne Ebeling, John N. Griffin, Qinfeng Guo, Yann Hautier, Andy Hector, Anke Jentsch, Jürgen Kreyling, Vojtěch Lanta, Pete Manning, Sebastian T. Meyer, Akira S. Mori, Shahid Naeem, Pascal A. Niklaus, H. Wayne Polley, Peter B. Reich, Christiane Roscher, Eric W. Seabloom, Melinda D. Smith, Madhav P. Thakur, David Tilman, Benjamin F. Tracy, Wim H. van der Putten, Jasper van Ruijven, Alexandra Weigelt, Wolfgang W. Weisser, Brian Wilsey and Nico Eisenhauer
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Forest Isbell: Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Dylan Craven: German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig
John Connolly: Ecological and Environmental Modelling Group, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University College Dublin
Michel Loreau: Centre for Biodiversity Theory and Modelling, Experimental Ecology Station, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Bernhard Schmid: Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich
Carl Beierkuhnlein: BayCEER, University of Bayreuth
T. Martijn Bezemer: Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW)
Catherine Bonin: Iowa State University
Helge Bruelheide: German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig
Enrica de Luca: Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich
Anne Ebeling: Institute of Ecology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena
John N. Griffin: Swansea University
Qinfeng Guo: USDA FS, Eastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center, RTP
Yann Hautier: Ecology and Biodiversity Group, Utrecht University
Andy Hector: University of Oxford
Anke Jentsch: Disturbance Ecology, BayCEER, University of Bayreuth
Jürgen Kreyling: Institute of Botany and Landscape Ecology, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University Greifswald
Vojtěch Lanta: Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia
Pete Manning: Institute for Plant Sciences, University of Bern
Sebastian T. Meyer: School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technische Universität München
Akira S. Mori: Graduate School of Environment and Information Sciences, Yokohama National University
Shahid Naeem: Evolution, and Environmental Biology, Columbia University
Pascal A. Niklaus: Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich
H. Wayne Polley: Grassland, Soil and Water Research Laboratory
Peter B. Reich: University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Christiane Roscher: German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig
Eric W. Seabloom: Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Melinda D. Smith: Colorado State University, Fort Collins
Madhav P. Thakur: German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig
David Tilman: Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Benjamin F. Tracy: Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences, Smyth Hall 0404, Virginia Tech
Wim H. van der Putten: Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW)
Jasper van Ruijven: Nature Conservation and Plant Ecology Group, Wageningen University
Alexandra Weigelt: German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig
Wolfgang W. Weisser: School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technische Universität München
Brian Wilsey: Evolution and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University
Nico Eisenhauer: German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig

Nature, 2015, vol. 526, issue 7574, 574-577

Abstract: Data from experiments that manipulated grassland biodiversity across Europe and North America show that biodiversity increases an ecosystem’s resistance to, although not resilience after, climate extremes.

Date: 2015
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