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Two papers accepted in Ecology

一月 29, 2021

One paper used 39 biodiversity experiments to test the relationship between diversity and stability across scales. In particular, we tested and verified one key prediction by Wang & Loreau (2016 Ecology Letters), namely beta diversity can lead to a higher spatial asynchrony and thus stabilize ecosystems at large scales. This finding provides insights for understanding the implications of ongoing biotic homogenization.

Collaborated paper published in Nature Communications

十月 30, 2020

   

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.