Biodiversity at multiple trophic levels is needed for ecosystem multifunctionality

Santiago Soliveres (), Fons van der Plas, Peter Manning, Daniel Prati, Martin M. Gossner, Swen C. Renner, Fabian Alt, Hartmut Arndt, Vanessa Baumgartner, Julia Binkenstein, Klaus Birkhofer, Stefan Blaser, Nico Blüthgen, Steffen Boch, Stefan Böhm, Carmen Börschig, Francois Buscot, Tim Diekötter, Johannes Heinze, Norbert Hölzel, Kirsten Jung, Valentin H. Klaus, Till Kleinebecker, Sandra Klemmer, Jochen Krauss, Markus Lange, E. Kathryn Morris, Jörg Müller, Yvonne Oelmann, Jörg Overmann, Esther Pašalić, Matthias C. Rillig, H. Martin Schaefer, Michael Schloter, Barbara Schmitt, Ingo Schöning, Marion Schrumpf, Johannes Sikorski, Stephanie A. Socher, Emily F. Solly, Ilja Sonnemann, Elisabeth Sorkau, Juliane Steckel, Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter, Barbara Stempfhuber, Marco Tschapka, Manfred Türke, Paul C. Venter, Christiane N. Weiner, Wolfgang W. Weisser, Michael Werner, Catrin Westphal, Wolfgang Wilcke, Volkmar Wolters, Tesfaye Wubet, Susanne Wurst, Markus Fischer and Eric Allan
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Santiago Soliveres: Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern
Fons van der Plas: Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern
Peter Manning: Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern
Daniel Prati: Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern
Martin M. Gossner: Institute of Ecology, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena
Swen C. Renner: Institute of Zoology, University of Natural Resources and Life Science
Fabian Alt: Geocology, University of Tuebingen
Hartmut Arndt: University of Cologne, Institute for Zoology
Vanessa Baumgartner: Leibniz Institute DSMZ German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures
Julia Binkenstein: Chair of Nature Conservation and Landscape Ecology, Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Freiburg
Klaus Birkhofer: Lund University
Stefan Blaser: Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern
Nico Blüthgen: Ecological Networks, Biology, Technische Universität Darmstadt
Steffen Boch: Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern
Stefan Böhm: Institute of Zoology, University of Natural Resources and Life Science
Carmen Börschig: Agroecology, Georg-August University of Göttingen
Francois Buscot: UFZ-Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Tim Diekötter: Kiel University
Johannes Heinze: Biodiversity Research/Systematic Botany, University of Potsdam
Norbert Hölzel: Institute of Landscape Ecology, University of Münster
Kirsten Jung: Institute of Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation Genomics, University of Ulm
Valentin H. Klaus: Institute of Landscape Ecology, University of Münster
Till Kleinebecker: Institute of Landscape Ecology, University of Münster
Sandra Klemmer: UFZ-Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Jochen Krauss: Biocentre, University of Würzburg
Markus Lange: Institute of Ecology, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena
E. Kathryn Morris: Xavier University
Jörg Müller: Biodiversity Research/Systematic Botany, University of Potsdam
Yvonne Oelmann: Geocology, University of Tuebingen
Jörg Overmann: Leibniz Institute DSMZ German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures
Esther Pašalić: Institute of Ecology, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena
Matthias C. Rillig: Berlin-Brandenburg Institute of Advanced Biodiversity Research (BBIB)
H. Martin Schaefer: Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg
Michael Schloter: Research Unit for Environmental Genomics; Helmholtz Zentrum München
Barbara Schmitt: Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern
Ingo Schöning: Institute of Ecology, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena
Marion Schrumpf: Max-Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
Johannes Sikorski: Leibniz Institute DSMZ German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures
Stephanie A. Socher: Universität Salzburg
Emily F. Solly: Max-Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
Ilja Sonnemann: Functional Biodiversity, Institute of Biology, Freie Universität Berlin
Elisabeth Sorkau: Geocology, University of Tuebingen
Juliane Steckel: Biocentre, University of Würzburg
Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter: Biocentre, University of Würzburg
Barbara Stempfhuber: Research Unit for Environmental Genomics; Helmholtz Zentrum München
Marco Tschapka: Institute of Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation Genomics, University of Ulm
Manfred Türke: Institute of Ecology, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena
Paul C. Venter: University of Cologne, Institute for Zoology
Christiane N. Weiner: Ecological Networks, Biology, Technische Universität Darmstadt
Wolfgang W. Weisser: Institute of Ecology, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena
Michael Werner: Biocentre, University of Würzburg
Catrin Westphal: Agroecology, Georg-August University of Göttingen
Wolfgang Wilcke: Institute of Geography and Geoecology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Volkmar Wolters: Justus Liebig University Giessen
Tesfaye Wubet: UFZ-Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Susanne Wurst: Functional Biodiversity, Institute of Biology, Freie Universität Berlin
Markus Fischer: Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern
Eric Allan: Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern

Nature, 2016, vol. 536, issue 7617, 456-459

Abstract: Both a high number of species and abundance in multiple trophic levels are required for ecosystems to continue to provide the services humans require of them.

Date: 2016
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