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  • Ecological sciences
  • Ecosystem studies

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  • Biodiversity's impact on ecosystem functioning typically grows over time.
  • The specific mechanisms driving this strengthening are not fully understood.

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  • To investigate how biodiversity affects ecosystem functioning over time in diverse ecosystems.
  • To identify the processes responsible for the strengthening of biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationships.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of 26 long-term experimental grassland and forest ecosystems.
  • Comparison of biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationships across different community diversity levels.

Main Results:

  • Biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationships strengthen primarily through enhanced functioning in high-diversity communities (grasslands and forests).
  • In grasslands, reduced functioning in low-diversity communities also contributes to strengthening.
  • Soil characteristics correlate with contrasting trends observed in grasslands.

Conclusions:

  • The strengthening of biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationships is a dynamic process influenced by community diversity.
  • Ecosystem type (grassland vs. forest) and soil properties can modulate these effects.