Reintroducing Environmental Change Drivers in Biodiversity–Ecosystem Functioning Research

Frederik De Laender, Jason R. Rohr, Roman Ashauer, Donald J. Baird, Uta Berger, Nico Eisenhauer, Volker Grimm, Udo Hommen, Lorraine Maltby, Carlos J. Meliàn, Francesco Pomati, Ivo Roessink (+2 others)
2016 Trends in Ecology & Evolution  
39 For the past 20 years, research on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning (B-EF) has only 40 implicitly considered the underlying role of environmental change. We illustrate that 41 explicitly re-introducing environmental change drivers in B-EF research is needed to predict 42 the functioning of ecosystems facing changes in biodiversity. Next, we show how this re-43 introduction improves experimental control over community composition and structure, 44 which helps to obtain mechanistic
more » ... t about how multiple aspects of biodiversity relate to 45 function, and how biodiversity and function relate in food-webs. We also highlight 46 challenges for the proposed re-introduction, and suggest analyses and experiments to better 47
doi:10.1016/j.tree.2016.09.007 pmid:27742415 pmcid:PMC5118049 fatcat:tx7bnc3w7nh2tnm2epwmkrlbbm