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Abstract Stability can be desirable for many natural and social systems. Temporal stability, the invariability of a system over time, can be enhanced by resisting displacement during perturbations, accelerating recovery after them, or both1,2,3,4. Likewise, resilience (sensu proximity to unperturbed levels after a perturbation5,6,7,8,9,10) also has components of withstanding (resistance) and recovering after perturbations11,12.
Introduction The diversity–stability relationship has been the subject of longstanding debate, and understanding its drivers remains a central focus in ecology (MacArthur, 1955; Goodman, 1975; Loreau & de Mazancourt, 2013; de Bello et al., 2021). Early ecological theory suggested that complex, diverse ecosystems are inherently more stable than simpler ones (Odum & Eugene, 1953; MacArthur, 1955; Elton & Charles, 1958).
1 INTRODUCTION Measures of cover and biomass are widely used in plant community ecology for assessing species abundance (understood as a general term characterizing quantity of species in a community). Each has advantages and disadvantages, but little attention has been paid to directly comparing the two.
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