<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">BIODIVERSITY PROTECTS GRASSLAND STABILITY</span><br></div><div><abbr title="Science" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline-style:none;font-style:italic;font-size:12px;font-family:'Lucida Grande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:15.6000003814697px;vertical-align:baseline;display:inline">Science</abbr><span style="font-family:'Lucida Grande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:15.6000003814697px"> </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline-style:none;font-size:12px;font-family:'Lucida Grande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:15.6000003814697px;vertical-align:baseline;display:inline">17 April 2015<span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline-style:none;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;text-align:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;display:inline">: </span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline-style:none;font-size:12px;font-family:'Lucida Grande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:15.6000003814697px;vertical-align:baseline;display:inline"><br style="display:inline"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline-style:none;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;text-align:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;display:inline">Vol. </span>348 </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline-style:none;font-size:12px;font-family:'Lucida Grande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:15.6000003814697px;vertical-align:baseline;display:inline"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline-style:none;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;text-align:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;display:inline">no. </span>6232 </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline-style:none;font-size:12px;font-family:'Lucida Grande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:15.6000003814697px;vertical-align:baseline;display:inline"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline-style:none;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;text-align:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;display:inline">pp. </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline-style:none;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;text-align:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;display:inline">298</span></span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline-style:none;font-size:12px;font-family:'Lucida Grande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:15.6000003814697px;vertical-align:baseline;display:inline"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline-style:none;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;text-align:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;display:inline"><br></span></span></div><div><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline-style:none;font-size:12px;font-family:'Lucida Grande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:15.6000003814697px;vertical-align:baseline;display:inline"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline-style:none;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;text-align:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;display:inline"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:12.8000001907349px;line-height:19.2000007629395px">How biodiversity interacts with ecosystem stability and productivity is key to understanding the impacts of environmental changes on ecosystem functions. In a series of decade-long experiments in temperate grassland, Hautier </span><em style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline-style:none;font-size:12.8000001907349px;line-height:19.2000007629395px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51)">et al.</em><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:12.8000001907349px;line-height:19.2000007629395px"> manipulated nitrogen, water, carbon dioxide, herbivory, and fire. In all cases, plant species diversity was important for preserving ecosystem function during environmental change. Hence, the preservation and restoration of biodiversity buffer ecosystems against anthropogenic assault.</span><br></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Article:</span></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://www.sciencemag.org/content/348/6232/298.9.full?utm_campaign=email-sci-twis&utm_src=email" target="_blank">http://www.sciencemag.org/content/348/6232/298.9.full?utm_campaign=email-sci-twis&utm_src=email</a></font><br></div></div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