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Biodiversity at multiple trophic levels is needed for ecosystem multifunctionality

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  • Santiago Soliveres

    (Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern)

  • Fons van der Plas

    (Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern
    Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre BIK-F)

  • Peter Manning

    (Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern
    Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre BIK-F)

  • Daniel Prati

    (Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern)

  • Martin M. Gossner

    (Institute of Ecology, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena
    Technische Universität München, Terrestrial Ecology Research Group, School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan)

  • Swen C. Renner

    (Institute of Zoology, University of Natural Resources and Life Science
    Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, National Zoological Park)

  • Fabian Alt

    (Geocology, University of Tuebingen)

  • Hartmut Arndt

    (University of Cologne, Institute for Zoology)

  • Vanessa Baumgartner

    (Leibniz Institute DSMZ German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures)

  • Julia Binkenstein

    (Chair of Nature Conservation and Landscape Ecology, Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Freiburg)

  • Klaus Birkhofer

    (Lund University)

  • Stefan Blaser

    (Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern)

  • Nico Blüthgen

    (Ecological Networks, Biology, Technische Universität Darmstadt)

  • Steffen Boch

    (Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern
    Botanical Garden, University of Bern)

  • Stefan Böhm

    (Institute of Zoology, University of Natural Resources and Life Science)

  • Carmen Börschig

    (Agroecology, Georg-August University of Göttingen)

  • Francois Buscot

    (UFZ-Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
    German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig)

  • Tim Diekötter

    (Kiel University)

  • Johannes Heinze

    (Biodiversity Research/Systematic Botany, University of Potsdam
    Berlin-Brandenburg Institute of Advanced Biodiversity Research (BBIB))

  • Norbert Hölzel

    (Institute of Landscape Ecology, University of Münster)

  • Kirsten Jung

    (Institute of Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation Genomics, University of Ulm)

  • Valentin H. Klaus

    (Institute of Landscape Ecology, University of Münster)

  • Till Kleinebecker

    (Institute of Landscape Ecology, University of Münster)

  • Sandra Klemmer

    (UFZ-Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research)

  • Jochen Krauss

    (Biocentre, University of Würzburg)

  • Markus Lange

    (Institute of Ecology, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena
    Technische Universität München, Terrestrial Ecology Research Group, School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan
    Max-Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry)

  • E. Kathryn Morris

    (Xavier University
    Plant Ecology, Institut für Biologie, Freie Universität Berlin)

  • Jörg Müller

    (Biodiversity Research/Systematic Botany, University of Potsdam)

  • Yvonne Oelmann

    (Geocology, University of Tuebingen)

  • Jörg Overmann

    (Leibniz Institute DSMZ German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures)

  • Esther Pašalić

    (Institute of Ecology, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena
    Technische Universität München, Terrestrial Ecology Research Group, School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan)

  • Matthias C. Rillig

    (Berlin-Brandenburg Institute of Advanced Biodiversity Research (BBIB)
    Plant Ecology, Institut für Biologie, Freie Universität Berlin)

  • H. Martin Schaefer

    (Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg)

  • Michael Schloter

    (Research Unit for Environmental Genomics; Helmholtz Zentrum München
    Helmholtz Zentrum München)

  • Barbara Schmitt

    (Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern)

  • Ingo Schöning

    (Institute of Ecology, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena
    Max-Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry)

  • Marion Schrumpf

    (Max-Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry)

  • Johannes Sikorski

    (Leibniz Institute DSMZ German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures)

  • Stephanie A. Socher

    (Universität Salzburg)

  • Emily F. Solly

    (Max-Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
    Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL)

  • Ilja Sonnemann

    (Functional Biodiversity, Institute of Biology, Freie Universität Berlin)

  • Elisabeth Sorkau

    (Geocology, University of Tuebingen)

  • Juliane Steckel

    (Biocentre, University of Würzburg)

  • Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter

    (Biocentre, University of Würzburg)

  • Barbara Stempfhuber

    (Research Unit for Environmental Genomics; Helmholtz Zentrum München
    Helmholtz Zentrum München)

  • Marco Tschapka

    (Institute of Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation Genomics, University of Ulm
    Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Panama)

  • Manfred Türke

    (Institute of Ecology, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena
    Technische Universität München, Terrestrial Ecology Research Group, School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan
    German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig
    Institute for Biology, Leipzig University)

  • Paul C. Venter

    (University of Cologne, Institute for Zoology)

  • Christiane N. Weiner

    (Ecological Networks, Biology, Technische Universität Darmstadt)

  • Wolfgang W. Weisser

    (Institute of Ecology, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena
    Technische Universität München, Terrestrial Ecology Research Group, School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan)

  • Michael Werner

    (Biocentre, University of Würzburg)

  • Catrin Westphal

    (Agroecology, Georg-August University of Göttingen)

  • Wolfgang Wilcke

    (Institute of Geography and Geoecology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT))

  • Volkmar Wolters

    (Justus Liebig University Giessen)

  • Tesfaye Wubet

    (UFZ-Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
    German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig)

  • Susanne Wurst

    (Functional Biodiversity, Institute of Biology, Freie Universität Berlin)

  • Markus Fischer

    (Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern
    Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre BIK-F
    Botanical Garden, University of Bern)

  • Eric Allan

    (Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern
    Centre for Development and Environment, University of Bern)

Abstract

Both a high number of species and abundance in multiple trophic levels are required for ecosystems to continue to provide the services humans require of them.

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  • Santiago Soliveres & Fons van der Plas & Peter Manning & Daniel Prati & Martin M. Gossner & Swen C. Renner & Fabian Alt & Hartmut Arndt & Vanessa Baumgartner & Julia Binkenstein & Klaus Birkhofer & St, 2016. "Biodiversity at multiple trophic levels is needed for ecosystem multifunctionality," Nature, Nature, vol. 536(7617), pages 456-459, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:536:y:2016:i:7617:d:10.1038_nature19092
    DOI: 10.1038/nature19092
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