Scheduling upcoming semester and lecture archive BayCEER Kolloquium
Global change drivers, such as droughts, floods, and N deposition, have widespread impact on ecosystem functions and services of terrestrial ecosystems. While biodiversity stabilizes ecosystem functioning over time, its importance in modulating in response to global change drivers is uncertain.
Using a comprehensive dataset of grassland plant diversity experiments, we examined the degree to which multiple aspects of biodiversity (taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic) enhance i) temporal stability and ii) resistance and resilience to climate extremes. Our results suggest that biodiversity increases resistance to a wide range of climate events, yet minimally influences resilience. Thus, global change drivers that drive biodiversity loss, therefore, may reduce ecosystem stability and limit recovery of ecosystem functioning following extreme climate events.
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Invited by Anke Jentsch, Disturbance Ecology
BayCEER Colloquium: |
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Th. 2024-04-18 The Canvas of Change: Creative Marketing for Behaviour Change, Sustainability and Social Good |
Th. 2024-04-18 Survival, 'dormancy', and resuscitation of microorganisms in water-limited environments: insights from coastal salt flats and desert soil crusts |
BayCEER Short Courses: |
Tu. 2024-04-16 Geographical information system and R environment for conservation biology |
Ecological-Botanical Garden: |
Su. 2024-04-07 Führung | Talking Tree: Was Bäume über´s Klima erzählen |
Fr. 2024-04-19 Führung | Gesteine im Ökologisch-Botanischen Garten |