In collaboration with NutNet scientists, we used a globally coordinated experimental network and demonstrated that both alpha and beta diversity contributes to stabilizing natural grassland ecosystems, a prediction made by Wang & Loreau (2014, 2016). Furthermore, our results showed that eutrophication can dampen the stabilizing effects of biodiversity at both local and regional scales. The paper, now published in Nature Communications, was led by Dr Yann Hautier and co-corresponded by Yann and Shaopeng.

See press release by Utrecht University Faculty of Science:

https://phys.org/news/2020-10-fertilization-threatens-grassland-stability.html