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Multitrophic interaction networks mediate biodiversity effects on ecosystem multifunctionality
Abstract Biodiversity loss threatens the multifunctionality of ecosystems on which human well-being ultimately depends. Multitrophic species interactions may be key to explaining the ecological consequences of biodiversity loss, but research explicitly linking species interactions and ecosystem multifunctionality remains rare.
Klangvolle Pionierinnen am Staatstheater Braunschweig
Sendung: NDR Kultur | Das Konzert | 21.06.2026 | 13:00 Uhr 115 Min | Verfügbar bis 21.06.2027 Die Dirigentinnen-Karriere der jungen Griechin Nefeli Chadouli nimmt gerade gewaltig Fahrt auf. 2024 hat sie in Berlin ihr Studium abgeschlossen, noch im selben Jahr wurde sie Musikalische Leiterin des Sinfonieorchesters Berlin-Brandenburg. Als Stipendiatin der Taki Alsop Stiftung wurde sie gefördert, beim London Philharmonic Orchestra arbeitet sie in der laufenden Saison als "Fellow Conductor".
Biodiversity resilience in a tropical rainforest
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Abstract The UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration aims to stop biodiversity losses1. Approximately 60% of tropical forests have already been lost or severely degraded2, making restoration essential to achieve conservation goals. Recovery trajectories of trees have been studied intensively3,4, but a comprehensive understanding of biodiversity recovery is lacking.
By Timo Metz, Nina Farwig, Carsten F. Dormann, H. Martin Schaefer, Juan E. Guevara-Andino, Gunnar Brehm, Santiago Burneo, Anne Chao, Robin Chazdon, Robert K. Colwell, Ugo M. Diniz, David Donoso, María-José Endara, Santiago Erazo, Sebastian Escobar, Sebastián Escobar, Ana Falconí-López, Heike Feldhaar, Mishell Garcia Villamarin, Nina Grella, Katrin Heer, Michael Heethoff, Alexander Keller, Anna R. Landim, Sara D. Leonhardt, Eva Lopez, Eva López, Diego Marín-Armijos, Jörg Müller, Karla Neira-Salamea, Eike Lena Neuschulz, Karen Pedersen, Mark-Oliver Rödel, Matthias Schleuning, Thomas Schmitt Verified, Michael Staab, Arianna Tartara, Boris Tinoco, Constance J. Tremlett, Marco Tschapka, Sybille Unsicker, Edith Villa-Galaviz, Nico Blüthgen
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Arthropod species loss underpins biomass declines - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Abstract Recent declines in arthropod diversity, abundance and biomass are central to the global biodiversity crisis. Yet, we lack a mechanistic understanding of the respective contributions of species richness, species identity and abundance to overall biomass change, and how the environment filters these processes.
Losers and winners: responses of grassland arthropods to land‐use components
Introduction In recent years, the alarming decline of populations of grassland species has become increasingly evident. Intensification of grassland management practices have shown to be associated with significant losses in plant species (Jandt et al. 2022). For arthropods, reductions in biomass, species richness, and individual numbers have been reported (Hallmann et al. 2017, Seibold et al. 2019).
Habitat and land‐use intensity shape moth community structure across temperate forest and grassland
1 INTRODUCTION Land-use change and intensification are major drivers of biodiversity loss worldwide (Díaz et al., 2019; Jaureguiberry et al., 2022; Newbold et al., 2015), altering species interactions, ecosystem functions and community dynamics (Allan et al., 2015). These effects are evident in changes to animal communities across ecosystems.
The tree growth–herbivory relationship depends on functional traits across forest biodiversity experiments - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Abstract While studies have demonstrated that higher tree species richness can increase forest productivity, the relationships between tree species richness, tree growth and herbivore damage remain insufficiently explored. Here we investigate these linkages using data from 8,790 trees across 80 species in 9 biodiversity experiments, spanning temperate and subtropical biomes.
Gene Flow Across Large Distances in the Cavity‐Nesting Wasp Deuteragenia subintermedia in a Central European Forest
1 Introduction A decline in the number of insects has been reported by several recent studies for different habitats and scales and is often linked to intensive land use (Forister et al. 2021; Seibold et al. 2019; Wagner 2019), for example by agriculture. However, the decline of insects is also found in forests (Staab et al. 2023), where human land use, for example, due to forestry interventions, is infrequent compared to agricultural land, which usually gets multiple interventions per year.
Advancing the quantification of land-use intensity in forests: the ForMIX index combining tree species composition, tree removal, deadwood availability, and stand maturity
Abstract Many forests have a long history of human land use, which relates to species communities and ecosystem processes, making robust and quantitative measures of land-use intensity in forests desirable. We here introduce the ForMIX (Forest Management IndeX), a compound index combining altered tree species composition, tree removal, deadwood availability and stand maturity, which are each calculated as the deviation from expectations in a natural old-growth forest reference.
Plant diversity enhances ecosystem multifunctionality via multitrophic diversity - Nature Ecology & Evolution
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Abstract Ecosystem functioning depends on biodiversity at multiple trophic levels, yet relationships between multitrophic diversity and ecosystem multifunctionality have been poorly explored, with studies often focusing on individual trophic levels and functions and on specific ecosystem types. Here, we show that plant diversity can affect ecosystem functioning both directly and by affecting other trophic levels.
By Yi Li, Andreas Schuldt, Nico Eisenhauer, Yuanyuan Huang, Georg Albert, Cynthia Albracht, Michael Bonkowski, Helge Bruelheide, Douglas Chesters, Marcel Ciobanu, Felix Fornoff, Gerd Gleixner, Anna Heintz-Buschart, Alexandra-Maria Klein, Markus Lange, Shan Li, Qi Li, Yingbin Li, Arong Luo, Sebastian Meyer, Goddert von Oheimb, Gemma Rutten, Thomas Scholten, Michael Staab, Ming-Qiang Wang, Chao-Dong Zhu, Bernhard Schmid, Keping Ma, Maximilian Bröcher, Liangdong Guo, Marcel D. Solbach
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Forest structure and heterogeneity increase diversity and alter composition of host-parasitoid networks
INTRODUCTION Parasitism can be quantified and visualised as a network of directed bipartite interactions (Dormann et al., 2009; Thierry et al., 2019) between parasitoids and their hosts. Bipartite networks can quantify and visualise parasitism at varying spatial and temporal scales (Mora et al., 2020; Torné-Noguera et al., 2020) and along environmental gradients (Fisogni et al., 2022).
Author Correction: Multitrophic arthropod diversity mediates tree diversity effects on primary productivity - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Correction to: Nature Ecology & Evolution https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-023-02049-1, published online 27 April 2023. In the version of the article initially published, the number of a grant from the National Natural Science Foundation of China was listed in the Acknowledgements as 32161123003 instead of 32222055. The error has been corrected in the HTML and PDF versions of the article. About this article Li, Y., Schmid, B., Schuldt, A. et al.
Multitrophic arthropod diversity mediates tree diversity effects on primary productivity - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Abstract Forests sustain 80% of terrestrial biodiversity and provide essential ecosystem services. Biodiversity experiments have demonstrated that plant diversity correlates with both primary productivity and higher trophic diversity. However, whether higher trophic diversity can mediate the effects of plant diversity on productivity remains unclear.
Insect decline in forests depends on species’ traits and may be mitigated by management - Communications Biology
Abstract Insects are declining, but the underlying drivers and differences in responses between species are still largely unclear. Despite the importance of forests, insect trends therein have received little attention. Using 10 years of standardized data (120,996 individuals; 1,805 species) from 140 sites in Germany, we show that declines occurred in most sites and species across trophic groups.
Ecology: Mammals, interaction networks and the relevance of scale
Summary A new study shows that large mammals in an African savanna not only modify the vegetation but also strongly alter interaction networks between plants and pollinators. These insights raise fundamental yet unresolved questions about spatial dimensions of experiments, species interaction networks and ecosystems. To read this article in full you will need to make a payment Purchase one-time access Read-It-Now Purchase access to all full-text HTML articles for 6 or 36 hr at a low cost.
Multiple plant diversity components drive consumer communities across ecosystems
Abstract Humans modify ecosystems and biodiversity worldwide, with negative consequences for ecosystem functioning. Promoting plant diversity is increasingly suggested as a mitigation strategy. However, our mechanistic understanding of how plant diversity affects the diversity of heterotrophic consumer communities remains limited.
Top 10 New Species: Cartwheeling Spider, Psychedelic Sea Slug
For 20 years, divers off the Japanese coast had wondered what was making mysterious "crop circles" on the ocean floor. In 2014, scientists discovered the culprit behind the intricate patterns—a new species of pufferfish, Torquigener albomaculosus. Now, this marine artist is being honored as one of the Top 10 New Species for 2015.
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