Climate warming is considered to be among the most serious of anthropogenic stresses to
the environment, because it not only has direct effects on biodiversity, but it also exacerbates …

… Wolfgang Weisser (University of Basel) demonstrated difficulties in delineating local
populations of aphids. David Jenkins (University of Illinois, USA) discussed empirical data taken …

Including ecosystem functions into restoration ecology has been repeatedly suggested, yet
there is limited evidence that this is taking place without bias to certain habitats, species, or …

During the last 50 years, agricultural intensification has caused many wild plant and animal
species to go extinct regionally or nationally and has profoundly changed the functioning of …

It remains unclear whether biodiversity buffers ecosystems against climate extremes, which
are becoming increasingly frequent worldwide 1 . Early results suggested that the ecosystem …

Biodiversity is rapidly declining 1 , and this may negatively affect ecosystem processes 2 ,
including economically important ecosystem services 3 . Previous studies have shown that …

Recent reports of local extinctions of arthropod species 1 , and of massive declines in arthropod
biomass 2 , point to land-use intensification as a major driver of decreasing biodiversity. …

Global change, especially land‐use intensification, affects human well‐being by impacting
the delivery of multiple ecosystem services (multifunctionality). However, whether biodiversity …

Functional biodiversity research explores drivers and functional consequences of
biodiversity changes. Land use change is a major driver of changes of biodiversity and of …

Many experiments have shown that loss of biodiversity reduces the capacity of ecosystems
to provide the multiple services on which humans depend 1 , 2 . However, experiments …