Plant and soil biodiversity have non-substitutable stabilizing effects on biomass production
Gaowen Yang1,2*, Masahiro Ryo1,2,3,4, Julien Roy1,2, Stefan Hempel1,2, Matthias C. Rillig1,2
1Institut für Biologie, Freie Universität Berlin, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
2Berlin-Brandenburg Institute of Advanced Biodiversity Research (BBIB), D-14195 Berlin, Germany
3Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Eberswalder Str. 84, 15374 Müncheberg, Germany
4Environment and Natural Science, Brandenburg University of Technology, Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU), 03046 Cottbus, Germany
Gaowen Yang,yanggw@zedat.fu-berlin.de
Masahiro Ryo,masahiroryo@gmail.com
Julien Roy,royjulien@zedat.fu-berlin.de
Stefan Hempel,stefan.hempel@fu-berlin.de
Matthias C. Rillig,rillig@zedat.fu-berlin.de
Short running title : Plant and soil biodiversity affect stability
Keywords : biodiversity loss, community-weighted mean, drought, dilution-to-extinction approach, ecosystem stability, functional diversity, multitrophic biodiversity, species asynchrony, temporal stability
Type of article : Letters
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