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SUBMITTER: Langenheder S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3480835 | biostudies-other | 2012
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Langenheder Silke S Bulling Mark T MT Prosser James I JI Solan Martin M
BMC ecology 20120730
<h4>Background</h4>Theory suggests that biodiversity can act as a buffer against disturbances and environmental variability via two major mechanisms: Firstly, a stabilising effect by decreasing the temporal variance in ecosystem functioning due to compensatory processes; and secondly, a performance enhancing effect by raising the level of community response through the selection of better performing species. Empirical evidence for the stabilizing effect of biodiversity is readily available, wher ...[more]