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DESCRIPTION:In recent decades\, we have witnessed global climate changes in
 cluding not only changes in seasonality\, but also in weather extremes. Ex
 treme heavy precipitation events and intense droughts continue to increase
  worldwide. Biological diversity could provide us with natural insurance a
 gainst extreme weather events\, as different plant species may compensate 
 each other's performance under different environmental conditions. In cont
 rast\, biodiversity loss may make ecosystems more vulnerable to climatic e
 xtremes. However\, to what extent biodiversity buffers ecosystems against 
 climate variability remains unclear. In this project\, we manipulate plant
  diversity and precipitation patterns in experimental mesocosms of constru
 cted grassland communities to fully represent forecasted interactive effec
 ts of species loss and climate change. We will measure the impact of chang
 es in precipitation and plant diversity on a suite of essential ecosystem 
 services provided by our natural grassland ecosystems including food for l
 ivestock\, carbon storage\, and the regulation of biogeochemical and water
  cycles. Our new experimental approach will provide the first direct exper
 imental demonstration of how plant diversity buffers the provision of the 
 multiple functions provided by grassland ecosystems against realistic chan
 ges in precipitation. This integrated approach will deliver much-needed pr
 edictive insights into the mechanisms and processes that may buffer grassl
 and ecosystems against the functional impacts of climate change\, thereby 
 providing the necessary knowledge base for future management strategies.\n
 *** invited by Anke Jentsch\, Disturbance Ecology
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SUMMARY:Dr. Yann Hautier\, Institute of Biology\, Ecology and Biodiversity 
 Group\, Utrecht University\, The Netherlands (Homepage): A new experiment 
 to unravel the Impact of Biodiversity and Climate Variability on the funct
 ioning of grasslands
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