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Abstract
For the past 20 years, research on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning (B-EF) has only implicitly considered the underlying role of environmental change. We illustrate that explicitly reintroducing environmental change drivers in B-EF research is needed to predict the functioning of ecosystems facing changes in biodiversity. Next we show how this reintroduction improves experimental control over community composition and structure, which helps to provide mechanistic insight on how multiple aspects of biodiversity relate to function and how biodiversity and function relate in food webs. We also highlight challenges for the proposed reintroduction and suggest analyses and experiments to better understand how random biodiversity changes, as studied by classic approaches in B-EF research, contribute to the shifts in function that follow environmental change.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 905-915 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Trends in Ecology and Evolution |
Volume | 31 |
Issue number | 12 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Dec 2016 |
Keywords
- biodiversity
- environmental change
- food webs
- modeling
- richness
- traits
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Phytoplankton diversity and ecosystem functioning along gradients of grazing and toxicity
De Laender, F. & KULKARNI, D.
1/07/15 → 1/07/16
Project: Research
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sEcoToxDiv: Workshop funded by the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) to organize a workshop on “Ecotoxicology for B-EF research: designing novel multi-trophic B-EF experiments
De Laender, F. & Van den Brink, P. J.
15/12/14 → 1/05/15
Project: Research
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Biodiversity, ecosystem functioning and environmental stress
1/01/14 → 31/12/16
Project: Research Axis
Equipment
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High Performance Computing Technology Platform
Benoît Champagne (Manager)
Technological Platform High Performance ComputingFacility/equipment: Technological Platform
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ECOSUMMIT 2016
Frédérik De Laender (Invited Speaker)
2016 → …Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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Biodiversity, chemicals, and ecosystem functioning. Colloquium of the Institute for Environmental Sciences
Frédérik De Laender (Invited speaker)
5 Feb 2015Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk