#soil biota diversity and #plant diversity both contributed to ecosystem #stability in #grasslands #EcologyLetters

After climate and soil environmental variables were controlled for, both the α- and β-diversity of plants and soil biota (mainly via nematodes) together with precipitation explained most variation in ecosystem stability (measured with NDVI)

https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.14202

Our new paper is now online in
#EcologyLetters
We show that #nutrient availability strongly controls insect herbivore biomass when predators are few, but that there is a switch from bottom up to top-down control when predators are common.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ele.14161#.Y9BYGpK_KKg

New paper out led by @annekempel in #EcologyLetters

#Nutrient availability controls #insect #herbivore biomass when #predators are few, but bottom-up control switches to top-down control when they are common.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ele.14161

In the latest issue of #EcologyLetters former #PhDstudent Patrick Thomas summarises results from more than 100 experiments measuring #zooplankton growth and reproduction in response to food quality. A great baseline for our understanding of the producer-herbivore link in marine and freshwater ecosystems.
#metaanalyses #researchsynthesis
#PlanktonEcologyLab

@MarenPlankton

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ele.14125