Elevated CO 2 and N Gradually Weaken the Influence of Diversity on Ecosystem Stability

作者：Neha Mohanbabu, Forest Isbell, Sarah E. Hobbie, Peter B. Reich · 发表于：Ecology Letters · 年份：2025 · DOI：10.1111/ele.70170 · 被引用次数：5 · 研究领域：Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies、Fire effects on ecosystems、Species Distribution and Climate Change

ABSTRACT Biodiversity promotes ecosystem productivity and stability, positive impacts that often strengthen over time. But ongoing global changes such as rising atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) levels and anthropogenic nitrogen (N) deposition may modulate the impact of biodiversity on ecosystem productivity and stability over time. Using a quarter‐century grassland biodiversity‐global change experiment we show that diversity increasingly enhanced productivity over time irrespective of global change treatments. In contrast, the positive influence of diversity on ecosystem stability strengthened over time under ambient conditions but weakened to varying degrees under global change treatments, largely driven by a greater reduction in species asynchrony under global changes. Thus, over 25 years, CO 2 and N enrichment gradually eroded some of the positive effects of biodiversity on ecosystem stability. As elevated CO 2 , N eutrophication, and biodiversity loss increasingly co‐occur in grasslands globally, our results raise concerns about their potential joint detrimental effects on long‐term grassland stability.