Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning

A. Introduction1: Naeem, Loreau, Inchausti: Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning: the emergence of a synthetic framework 2: Mooney: The debate on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning B. Core areas of debate: biodiversity and ecosystem processes in grassland ecosystems3: Tilman et al: Plant diversity and composition: effects on productivity and nutrient dynamics of experimental grasslands 4: Hector, Loreau & Schmid: Biodiversity manipulation experiments: studies replicated at multiple sites 5: Huston & McBride: Evaluating the relative strengths of biotic versus abiotic controls of ecosystem processes 6: Schmid et al: The design and analysis of biodiversity experiments C. New perspectives on ecosystem stability7: Loreau et al: A new look at the relationship between stability and diversity 8: Hughes et al: Do species interactions buffer environmental variation (in theory)? 9: de Ruiter et al: Biodiversity and stability in soil ecosystems: patterns, processes and the effects of disturbance 10: Levine, Kennedy & Naeem: Neighbourhood-scale effects of species diversity on biological invasions and their relation to community patterns D. Extending the scope to other systems11: Petchey et al: Contributions of aquatic model systems to our understanding of biodiversity and ecosystem functioning 12: Emmerson & Huxham: How can marine ecology contribute to the biodiversity-ecosystem functioning debate? 13: Rafaelli et al: Multitrophic dynamics and ecosystem processes 14: Wardle & van der Putten: Biodiversity, ecosystem functioning, and the aboveground-belowground linkages 15: Mikola, Bardgett & Hedlund: Biodiversity and ecosystem function in soil decomposer food webs 16: van der Heijden & Cornelissen: The critical role of plant-microbe interactions on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning: arbuscular mycorrhizal associations as an example E. Extending the scope to other dimensions17: Hooper et al: Species diversity, functional diversity and ecosystem functioning 18: Bengtsson et al: Slippin' and slidin' between the scales: the scaling components of the biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relations 19: Vendermeer et al: Effect of biodiversity on ecosystem functioning in managed ecosystems F. Synthesis20: Loreau, Naeem & Inchausti: Perspectives and challenges