A comparison of the strength of biodiversity effects across multiple functions

Allan, Eric; Weisser, Wolfgang W.; Fischer, Markus; Schulze, Ernst-Detlef; Weigelt, Alexandra; Roscher, Christiane; Baade, Jussi; Barnard, Romain L.; Beßler, Holger; Buchmann, Nina; Ebeling, Anne; Eisenhauer, Nico; Engels, Christof; Fergus, Alexander J. F.; Gleixner, Gerd; Gubsch, Marlén; Halle, Stefan; Klein, Alexandra M.; Kertscher, Ilona; Kuu, Annely; Lange, Markus; Roux, Xavier; Meyer, Sebastian T.; Migunova, Varvara D.; Milcu, Alexandru; Niklaus, Pascal A.; Oelmann, Yvonne; Pašalić, Esther; Petermann, Jana S.; Poly, Franck; Rottstock, Tanja; Sabais, Alexander C. W.; Scherber, Christoph; Scherer-Lorenzen, Michael; Scheu, Stefan; Steinbeiss, Sibylle; Schwichtenberg, Guido; Temperton, Vicky; Tscharntke, Teja; Voigt, Winfried; Wilcke, Wolfgang; Wirth, Christian; Schmid, Bernhard     «

Allan, Eric; Weisser, Wolfgang W.; Fischer, Markus; Schulze, Ernst-Detlef; Weigelt, Alexandra; Roscher, Christiane; Baade, Jussi; Barnard, Romain L.; Beßler, Holger; Buchmann, Nina; Ebeling, Anne; Eisenhauer, Nico; Engels, Christof; Fergus, Alexander J. F.; Gleixner, Gerd; Gubsch, Marlén; Halle, Stefan; Klein, Alexandra M.; Kertscher, Ilona; Kuu, Annely; Lange, Markus; Roux, Xavier; Meyer, Sebastian T.; Migunova, Varvara D.; Milcu, Alexandru; Niklaus, Pascal A.; Oelmann, Yvonne; Pašalić, Esther;...     »

This paper is the second large meta-analysis of the Jena Biodiversity Experiment that compares effects of plant species richness on more than 500 different ecosystem variables, all measured within the same diversity plots. The paper shows that plant species richness affects a multitude of ecological processes, but not all of them (about 40-50%). It also shows that diversity effects are stronger on a) aboveground than belowground variables, b) diversity- than abundance-related variables, and c) variables related to the C- than to the N-cycle. In contrast to other synthesis works that compile data from different experiments this study is unique in that measurements and sampling efforts are highly standardized.     «

This paper is the second large meta-analysis of the Jena Biodiversity Experiment that compares effects of plant species richness on more than 500 different ecosystem variables, all measured within the same diversity plots. The paper shows that plant species richness affects a multitude of ecological processes, but not all of them (about 40-50%). It also shows that diversity effects are stronger on a) aboveground than belowground variables, b) diversity- than abundance-related variables, and c) v...     »