Local nutrient addition drives plant diversity losses but not biotic homogenization in global grasslands

Chen, Q., Blowes, S. A., Harpole, W. S., Ladouceur, E., Borer, E. T., MacDougall, A., Martina, J. P., Bakker, J. D., Tognetti, P. M., Seabloom, E. W., Daleo, P., Power, S., Roscher, C., Adler, P. B., Donohue, I., Wheeler, G., Stevens, C., Veen, G. F. C., Risch, A. C. & Wardle, G. M. & 27 others, Hautier, Y., Estrada, C., Hersch-Green, E., Niu, Y., Peri, P. L., Eskelinen, A., Gruner, D. S., Olde Venterink, H., D’Antonio, C., Cadotte, M. W., Haider, S., Eisenhauer, N., Catford, J., Virtanen, R., Morgan, J. W., Tedder, M., Bagchi, S., Caldeira, M. C., Bugalho, M. N., Knops, J. M. H., Dickman, C. R., Hagenah, N., Jentsch, A., Macek, P., Osborne, B. B., Laanisto, L. & Chase, J. M., 27/05/2025, In: Nature Communications. 16, 1, 4903.

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Dominant species predict plant richness and biomass in global grasslands

Zhang, P., Seabloom, E. W., Foo, J., MacDougall, A. S., Harpole, W. S., Adler, P. B., Hautier, Y., Eisenhauer, N., Spohn, M., Bakker, J. D., Lekberg, Y., Young, A. L., Carbutt, C., Risch, A. C., Peri, P. L., Smith, N. G., Stevens, C. J., Prober, S. M., Knops, J. M. H. & Wardle, G. M. & 15 others, Dickman, C. R., Ebeling, A., Roscher, C., Martinson, H. M., Martina, J. P., Power, S. A., Niu, Y., Ren, Z., Du, G., Virtanen, R., Tognetti, P., Tedder, M. J., Jentsch, A., Catford, J. A. & Borer, E. T., 13/05/2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Nature Ecology and Evolution.

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Interactions among nutrients govern the global grassland biomass–precipitation relationship

Fay, P. A., Gherardi, L. A., Yahdjian, L., Adler, P. B., Bakker, J. D., Bharath, S., Borer, E. T., Harpole, W. S., Hersch-Green, E., Huxman, T. E., MacDougall, A. S., Risch, A. C., Seabloom, E. W., Bagchi, S., Barrio, I. C., Biederman, L., Buckley, Y. M., Bugalho, M. N., Caldeira, M. C. & Catford, J. A. & 31 others, Chen, Q., Cleland, E. E., Collins, S. L., Daleo, P., Dickman, C. R., Donohue, I., DuPre, M. E., Eisenhauer, N., Eskelinen, A., Hagenah, N., Hautier, Y., Heckman, R. W., Jónsdóttir, I. S., Knops, J. M. H., Laungani, R., Martina, J. P., McCulley, R. L., Morgan, J. W., Olde Venterink, H., Peri, P. L., Power, S. A., Raynaud, X., Ren, Z., Roscher, C., Smith, M. D., Spohn, M., Stevens, C. J., Tedder, M. J., Virtanen, R., Wardle, G. M. & Wheeler, G. R., 15/04/2025, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 122, 15

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Forb diversity globally is harmed by nutrient enrichment but can be rescued by large mammalian herbivory

Nelson, R. A., Sullivan, L. L., Hersch-Green, E. I., Seabloom, E. W., Borer, E. T., Tognetti, P. M., Adler, P. B., Biederman, L., Bugalho, M. N., Caldeira, M. C., Cancela, J. P., Carvalheiro, L. G., Catford, J. A., Dickman, C. R., Dolezal, A. J., Donohue, I., Ebeling, A., Eisenhauer, N., Elgersma, K. J. & Eskelinen, A. & 31 others, Estrada, C., Garbowski, M., Graff, P., Gruner, D. S., Hagenah, N., Haider, S., Harpole, W. S., Hautier, Y., Jentsch, A., Johanson, N., Koerner, S. E., Lannes, L. S., MacDougall, A. S., Martinson, H., Morgan, J. W., Olde Venterink, H., Orr, D., Osborne, B. B., Peri, P. L., Power, S. A., Raynaud, X., Risch, A. C., Shrestha, M., Smith, N. G., Stevens, C. J., Veen, G. F. C., Virtanen, R., Wardle, G. M., Wolf, A. A., Young, A. L. & Harrison, S. P., 15/03/2025, In: Communications Biology. 8, 1, 444.

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More evidence gaps than grikes: how limestone pavements have fallen through the cracks of British conservation

Stevens, C., 7/03/2025, In: British and Irish Botany. 7, 1, p. 1-9 9 p.

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Phosphorus addition diminishes the negative effect of nitrogen addition on methane sink in subtropical forest soils

Liu, Y., Xiao, W., Feng, J., Fernández-Martínez, M., Stevens, C., Zheng, Z. & Zhou, X., 1/02/2025, In: Science of the Total Environment. 963, 178461.

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Large changes in vegetation composition seen over the last 50 years in British limestone pavements

Stevens, C., 31/01/2025, In: Functional Ecology. 39, 1, p. 128-139 12 p.

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Interactive and unimodal relationships between plant biomass, abiotic factors, and plant diversity in global grasslands

Spohn, M., Bagchi, S., Bakker, J. D., Borer, E. T., Carbutt, C., Catford, J. A., Dickman, C. R., Eisenhauer, N., Eskelinen, A., Hagenah, N., Hautier, Y., Koerner, S. E., Komatsu, K. J., Laanisto, L., Lekberg, Y., Martina, J. P., Martinson, H., Pärtel, M., Peri, P. L. & Risch, A. C. & 8 others, Smith, N. G., Stevens, C., Veen, G. F. C., Virtanen, R., Yahdjian, L., Young, A. L., Young, H. S. & Seabloom, E. W., 21/01/2025, In: Communications Biology. 8, 1, 97.

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Soil microbiomes show consistent and predictable responses to extreme events

Knight, C. G., Nicolitch, O., Griffiths, R. I., Goodall, T., Jones, B., Weser, C., Langridge, H., Davison, J., Dellavalle, A., Eisenhauer, N., Gongalsky, K. B., Hector, A., Jardine, E., Kardol, P., Maestre, F. T., Schädler, M., Semchenko, M., Stevens, C., Tsiafouli, M. & Vilhelmsson, O. & 2 others, Wanek, W. & de Vries, F. T., 19/12/2024, In: Nature. 636, 8043, p. 690-696 7 p., 19.

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Genome size influences plant growth and biodiversity responses to nutrient fertilization in diverse grassland communities

Morton, J. A., Arnillas, C. A., Biedermann, L., Borer, E. T., Brudvig, L. A., Buckley, Y. M., Cadotte, M. W., Davies, K., Donohue, I., Ebeling, A., Eisenhauer, N., Estrada, C., Haider, S., Hautier, Y., Jentsch, A., Martinson, H., McCulley, R. L., Raynaud, X., Roscher, C. & Seabloom, E. W. & 7 others, Stevens, C. J., Vesela, K., Wallace, A., Leitch, I. J., Leitch, A. R., Hersch-Green, E. I. & Tanentzap, A. J. (Editor), 11/12/2024, In: Plos Biology. 22, 12, e3002927.

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Change in functional trait diversity mediates the effects of nutrient addition on grassland stability

Chen, Q., Wang, S., Seabloom, E. W., Isbell, F., Borer, E. T., Bakker, J. D., Bharath, S., Roscher, C., Peri, P. L., Power, S. A., Donohue, I., Stevens, C., Ebeling, A., Nogueira, C., Caldeira, M. C., MacDougall, A. S., Moore, J. L., Bagchi, S., Jentsch, A. & Tedder, M. & 3 others, Kirkman, K., Alberti, J. & Hautier, Y., 30/11/2024, In: Journal of Ecology. 112, 11, p. 2598-2612 15 p.

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Varying soil moisture and pH with alpine meadow degradation affect nitrogen preference of dominant species

Lai, C., Hu, Q., Sun, J., Li, C., Chen, X., Chen, B., Xue, X., Chen, J., Hou, F., Xu, G., Du, W., Stevens, C., Peng, F. & Zhou, J., 30/11/2024, In: Biology and Fertility of Soils. 60, p. 1041-1053 12 p.

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Widening global variability in grassland biomass since the 1980s

MacDougall, A. S., Esch, E., Chen, Q., Carroll, O., Bonner, C., Ohlert, T., Siewert, M., Sulik, J., Schweiger, A., Borer, E. T., Naidu, D., Bagchi, S., Hautier, Y., Wilfahrt, P., Larson, K., Olofsson, J., Cleland, E., Muthukrishnan, R., O’Halloran, L. & Alberti, J. & 66 others, Anderson, T. M., Arnillas, C. A., Bakker, J. D., Barrio, I. C., Biederman, L., Boughton, E. H., Brudvig, L. A., Bruschetti, M., Buckley, Y., Bugalho, M. N., Cadotte, M. W., Caldeira, M. C., Catford, J. A., D’Antonio, C., Davies, K., Daleo, P., Dickman, C. R., Donohue, I., DuPre, M. E., Elgersma, K., Eisenhauer, N., Eskelinen, A., Estrada, C., Fay, P. A., Feng, Y., Gruner, D. S., Hagenah, N., Haider, S., Harpole, W. S., Hersch-Green, E., Jentsch, A., Kirkman, K., Knops, J. M. H., Laanisto, L., Lannes, L. S., Laungani, R., Lkhagva, A., Macek, P., Martina, J. P., McCulley, R. L., Melbourne, B., Mitchell, R., Moore, J. L., Morgan, J. W., Muraina, T. O., Niu, Y., Pärtel, M., Peri, P. L., Power, S. A., Price, J. N., Prober, S. M., Ren, Z., Risch, A. C., Smith, N. G., Sonnier, G., Standish, R. J., Stevens, C. J., Tedder, M., Tognetti, P., Veen, G. F., Virtanen, R., Wardle, G. M., Waring, E., Wolf, A. A., Yahdjian, L. & Seabloom, E. W., 31/10/2024, In: Nature Ecology and Evolution. 8, p. 1877-1888 11 p.

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Atmospheric nitrogen deposition is related to plant biodiversity loss at multiple spatial scales

van der Plas, F., Hautier, Y., Ceulemans, T., Alard, D., Bobbink, R., Diekmann, M., Dise, N. B., Dorland, E., Dupré, C., Gowing, D. & Stevens, C., 31/08/2024, In: Global Change Biology. 30, 8, e17445.

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Metal ions steer the duality in microbial community recovery from nitrogen enrichment by shaping functional groups

Chen, M., Zheng, Y., Zhai, X., Ma, F., Chen, J., Stevens, C., Zhang, W. & Tian, Q., 30/08/2024, In: Global Change Biology. 30, 8, e17475.

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Canopy and understory nitrogen additions differently affect soil microbial residual carbon in a temperate forest

Chen, Y., Zhang, Y., Zhang, X., Stevens, C., Fu, S., Feng, T., Li, X., Chen, Q., Liu, S. & Hu, S., 31/07/2024, In: Global Change Biology. 30, 7, e17427.

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Sustainable Plasticulture in Chinese Agriculture: a Review of Challenges and Routes to Achieving Long-term Food and Ecosecurity

Cusworth, S., Davies, B., McAinsh, M., Stevens, C. & Wang, W., 31/03/2024, In: Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering (FASE). 11, 1, p. 155-168 14 p.

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A nationwide assessment of microplastic abundance in agricultural soils: The influence of plastic crop covers within the United Kingdom

Cusworth, S. J., Davies, W. J., McAinsh, M. R. & Stevens, C. J., 1/03/2024, In: Plants, People, Planet. 6, 2, p. 304-314 10 p.

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Agricultural fertilisers contribute substantially to microplastic concentrations in UK soils

Cusworth, S. J., Davies, W. J., McAinsh, M. R., Gregory, A. S., Storkey, J. & Stevens, C. J., 2/01/2024, In: Communications Earth & Environment. 5, 1, 7.

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Drivers of soil microbial and detritivore activity across global grasslands

Siebert, J., Sünnemann, M., Hautier, Y., Risch, A. C., Bakker, J. D., Biederman, L., Blumenthal, D. M., Borer, E. T., Bugalho, M. N., Broadbent, A. A. D., Caldeira, M. C., Cleland, E., Davies, K. F., Eskelinen, A., Hagenah, N., Knops, J. M. H., MacDougall, A. S., McCulley, R. L., Moore, J. L. & Power, S. A. & 6 others, Price, J. N., Seabloom, E. W., Standish, R., Stevens, C. J., Zimmermann, S. & Eisenhauer, N., 1/12/2023, In: Communications Biology. 6, 1, 1220.

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Nothing lasts forever: Dominant species decline under rapid environmental change in global grasslands

Wilfahrt, P. A., Seabloom, E. W., Bakker, J. D., Biederman, L., Bugalho, M. N., Cadotte, M. W., Caldeira, M. C., Catford, J. A., Chen, Q., Donohue, I., Ebeling, A., Eisenhauer, N., Haider, S., Heckman, R. W., Jentsch, A., Koerner, S. E., Komatsu, K. J., Laungani, R., MacDougall, A. & Martina, J. P. & 22 others, Martinson, H., Moore, J. L., Niu, Y., Ohlert, T., Venterink, H. O., Orr, D., Peri, P., Pos, E., Price, J., Raynaud, X., Ren, Z., Roscher, C., Smith, N. G., Stevens, C. J., Sullivan, L. L., Tedder, M., Tognetti, P. M., Veen, C., Wheeler, G., Young, A. L., Young, H. & Borer, E. T., 1/11/2023, In: Journal of Ecology. 111, 11, p. 2472-2482 11 p.

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The positive effect of plant diversity on soil carbon depends on climate

Spohn, M., Bagchi, S., Biederman, L. A., Borer, E. T., Bråthen, K. A., Bugalho, M. N., Caldeira, M. C., Catford, J. A., Collins, S. L., Eisenhauer, N., Hagenah, N., Haider, S., Hautier, Y., Knops, J. M. H., Koerner, S. E., Laanisto, L., Lekberg, Y., Martina, J. P., Martinson, H. & McCulley, R. L. & 10 others, Peri, P. L., Macek, P., Power, S. A., Risch, A. C., Roscher, C., Seabloom, E. W., Stevens, C., Veen, G. F., Virtanen, R. & Yahdjian, L., 19/10/2023, In: Nature Communications. 14, 1, 6624.

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Multidimensional responses of grassland stability to eutrophication

Chen, Q., Wang, S., Borer, E. T., Bakker, J. D., Seabloom, E. W., Harpole, W. S., Eisenhauer, N., Lekberg, Y., Buckley, Y. M., Catford, J. A., Roscher, C., Donohue, I., Power, S. A., Daleo, P., Ebeling, A., Knops, J. M. H., Martina, J. P., Eskelinen, A., Morgan, J. W. & Risch, A. C. & 11 others, Caldeira, M. C., Bugalho, M. N., Virtanen, R., Barrio, I. C., Niu, Y., Jentsch, A., Stevens, C. J., Gruner, D. S., MacDougall, A. S., Alberti, J. & Hautier, Y., 11/10/2023, In: Nature Communications. 14, 1, 6375.

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Near and far: engaging students with place through <i>Minecraft</i>

Hobbs, L., Behenna, S., Bentley, S. & Stevens, C., 30/09/2023, In: Geography. 108, 3, p. 134-140 7 p.

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Different nitrogen saturation thresholds for above-, below-, and total net primary productivity in a temperate steppe

Yang, G.-J., Stevens, C., Zhang, Z.-J., Lü, X.-T. & Han, X.-G., 31/08/2023, In: Global Change Biology. 29, 16, p. 4586-4594 9 p.

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