Publication Details |
| Category | Text Publication |
| Reference Category | Journals |
| DOI | 10.1111/ele.70451 |
| Title (Primary) | Temporal decoupling of biodiversity effects on grassland productivity and stability |
| Author | Meng, B.; Huang, Y.; Roscher, C.; Sasaki, T.; Wang, S.; Eisenhauer, N. |
| Source Titel | Ecology Letters |
| Year | 2026 |
| Department | iDiv; PHYDIV; BioP |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 9 |
| Page From | e70451 |
| Language | englisch |
| Topic | T5 Future Landscapes |
| Data and Software links | https://doi.org/10.25829/WH40-D577 |
| Keywords | biodiversity; ecosystem functioning; interspecific interaction; stability; temporal dynamic |
| Abstract | One key unresolved question in ecology is what drives temporal trends in biodiversity–stability relationships and how these trends link to ecosystem functioning. This knowledge gap reflects a limited understanding of interspecific interactions in biodiversity–stability relationships. Using plant productivity data from a 20-year grassland biodiversity experiment, complemented by a paired 5-year experiment that controlled for legacy effects, we disentangled the contributions of species-specific dynamics and interaction-dependent processes to plant community stability. Over 20 years, the stabilising effects of biodiversity strengthened, driven mainly by increasing asynchrony in species-specific dynamics rather than shifts in interaction-dependent effects. While biodiversity's stabilising effect initially increased alongside productivity, this coupling weakened over time as interaction-dependent effects on productivity and stability became decoupled. Our findings reveal the dynamic nature of biodiversity effects on plant community stability, underscoring the importance of understanding long-term ecosystem trajectories. |
| Meng, B., Huang, Y., Roscher, C., Sasaki, T., Wang, S., Eisenhauer, N. (2026): Temporal decoupling of biodiversity effects on grassland productivity and stability Ecol. Lett. 29 (9), e70451 10.1111/ele.70451 |
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