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2025

• Yu Q, …, Hautier Y, …, Han X. C3 steppes are more sensitive to extreme drought than C4 grasslands. Nature (in Press)
• Spohn M, …, Hautier Y, …, Seabloom EW. Interactive and unimodal relationships between plant biomass, abiotic factors, and plant diversity in global grasslands. Communications Biology
• Wang G, …, Hautier Y, …, Jiang M. Biotic and abiotic drivers of ecosystem temporal stability in herbaceous wetlands in China. Global Change Biology (in Press)

2024

• Zheng L, …, Hautier Y. Effects of plant diversity on productivity strengthen over time due to trait-dependent shifts in species overyielding. Nature Communications
• He M, …, Hautier Y. Cumulative nitrogen enrichment alters the drivers of grassland overyielding. Communications Biology
• Li X, …, Hautier Y. Context-dependent impact of changes in precipitation on the stability of grassland biomass. Functional Ecology
• Sandoval-Calderon AP, ..., Hautier Y. The effect of livestock grazing on plant diversity and productivity of mountainous grasslands in South America - a meta-analysis. Ecology and Evolution
• Zhu J, …, Hautier Y. Herbivore exclusion stabilizes alpine grassland biomass production across spatial scales. Global Change Biology
• Chen Q, …, Hautier Y. Change in functional trait diversity mediates the effects of nutrient addition on grassland stability. Journal of Ecology
• Sandoval-Calderon AP, …, Hautier Y. Camelid herding regulates biotic homogenization in Andean grasslands. Ecological Indicators
• Hautier Y, …, Soons M. The Biodiversity and Climate Variability Experiment (BioCliVE): Quantifying the role of biodiversity in buffering ecosystems against climatic variability. Research Ideas and Outcomes
• Shi B, …, Hautier Y, …, Sun W. Aridity drives the response of soil total and particulate organic carbon to drought in temperate grasslands and shrublands. Science Advances
• van der Plas F, …, Hautier Y, …, Stevens C. Atmospheric nitrogen deposition is related to plant biodiversity loss at multiple spatial scales. Global Change Biology
• Mori A, …, Hautier Y, …, Isbell F. Forest biodiversity protection and its future benefits to society are intertwined with climate change action. One Earth 
• Sandoval-Calderon AP, …, Hautier Y, …, Verweij P. Mining expansion may reduce livestock but facilitate vicuñas recovery in tropical Puna of South America. Frontiers in Conservation Science
• MacDougall A, …, Hautier Y, ..., Seabloom EW. Widening global variability in grassland biomass since the 1980s. Nature Ecology and Evolution (in Press)
• Smith MD, ..., Hautier Y, ..., Zuo X. Extreme drought impacts have been underestimated in grasslands and shrublands globally. PNAS
• Wang S, …, Hautier Y, …, Feng Y. Towards mechanistic integration of the causes and consequences of biodiversity. Trends in Ecology and Evolution
• Wan NF, ..., Hautier Y, …, Scherber C. Species richness promotes plant productivity by suppressing plant antagonists. Research Square
• Wu A, Zhou G, Hautier Y, …, Chang R. Effects of climate variability and soil environment on plant diversity drive ecosystem stability in intact natural forests. Authorea
• Chen QQ, …, Hautier Y, …, Chase J. Nutrient addition in grasslands worldwide reveals proportional plant diversity decline across spatial scales but little change in beta diversity. BioRxiv
• Zhang P, …, Hautier Y, …, Borer ET. Dominant species predict plant richness and biomass in global grasslands. Research Square
• Sullivan L, …, Hautier Y, …, Harrison S. Forb diversity globally is harmed by nutrient enrichment but can be rescued by large mammalian herbivory. Research Square
• Morton JA, …, Hautier Y, …, Hersch-Green EI. Genome size influences plant growth and biodiversity responses to nutrient fertilization in diverse grassland communities. PLOS Biology (in Press)
• Li G, …, Hautier Y, …, Wang L. Moderate grassland use counteracts the combined negative impact of nitrogen deposition and plant diversity decline on carbon exchange. Catena

2023

• Daleo P, ..., Hautier Y. Environmental heterogeneity modulates the effect of biodiversity on the spatial variability of grassland biomass. Nature Communications
• Chen Q, ..., Hautier Y. Multidimensional responses of ecological stability to eutrophication in grasslands. Nature Communications
• Zhang P, ..., Hautier Y. Space resource utilization of dominant species integrates abundance- and functional-based processes for better predictions of plant diversity dynamics. Oikos
• Huang M, ..., Hautier Y. Aridity and soil fertility, not species richness, interact to affect temporal stability of primary productivity along a natural gradient in northern China. Oikos
• Qiao X, Hautier Y, ..., von Gadow K. Biodiversity contributes to stabilizing ecosystem productivity across spatial scales as much as environmental heterogeneity in a large temperate forest region. Forest Ecology and Management
• Song Z, Hautier Y, Wang C. Grassland stability decreases with increasing number of global change factors: A meta-analysis. Science of The Total Environment
• Zhang M, ..., Hautier Y, ..., Wang L. Experimental impacts of grazing on grassland biodiversity and function are explained by aridity. Nature Communications
• Qiao X, ..., Hautier Y, ..., von Gadow K. Latitudinal patterns of forest ecosystem stability across spatial scales as affected by biodiversity and environmental heterogeneity. Global Change Biology
• Frey B, ..., Hautier Y, ..., Risch AC. Long-term N-addition alters the community structure of functionally important N-cycling soil microorganisms across global grasslands. Soil Biology and Biochemistry
• Dee LE, ..., Hautier Y, ..., Seabloom EW. Clarifying the effect of biodiversity on productivity in natural ecosystems with longitudinal data and new methods for causal inference. Nature Communications
• Garbowski M, ..., Hautier Y, ..., Harpole S. Nutrient enrichment alters seasonal beta-diversity in global grasslands. Journal of Ecology
• Bakker JD, ... Hautier Y, ..., Wardle GM. Compositional variation in grassland plant communities. Ecosphere
• Zhang Z, ..., Hautier Y, ..., Knapp AK. Effects of intra-annual precipitation patterns on grassland productivity moderated by the dominant species phenology. Frontiers in Plant Science
• Qiao X, ..., Hautier Y, ..., van Gadow K. Selective logging destabilizes the function and composition of forest ecosystems at multiple scales. Oikos
• Spohn M, ..., Hautier Y, ..., Yahdjian L. The positive effect of plant diversity on soil organic carbon depends on climate. Nature Communications
• Suonan J, Lu X, Li X, Hautier Y, Wang C. Nitrogen addition strengthens the stabilizing effect of biodiversity on productivity by increasing plant trait diversity and species asynchrony in the artificial grassland communities in grasslands. Frontiers in Plant Science
• Siebert J, Sünnemann M, Hautier Y, ..., Eisenhauer N. Drivers of soil biological activity across global grasslands. Communications Biology

2022

• Eskelinen A, ..., Hautier Y. Light competition drives herbivore and nutrient effects on plant diversity. Nature (News and Views, Cover)
• Chen QQ, ..., Hautier Y. Nutrients and herbivores impact grassland stability across multiple spatial scales through different pathways. Global Change Biology
• Huang M, ..., Hautier Y. Intra- and interspecific variability of specific leaf area mitigate the reduction of community stability in response to warming and nitrogen addition. Oikos
• Wang Y, ..., Hautier Y, ..., Hao Y. Unimodal productivity-biodiversity relationship along the gradient of multidimensional resources across Chinese grasslands. National Science Review
• Isbell F, ..., Hautier Y, ..., Palmer MS. Expert perspectives on global biodiversity loss and its drivers and impacts on people. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
• Yang GJ, Hautier Y, ..., Han XG. Decoupled responses of above- and below-ground stability of productivity to nitrogen addition at the local and larger spatial scale. Global Change Biology
• Berlinches de Gea A, Hautier Y, Geisen S. Interactive effects of global change drivers as determinants of the link between soil biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. Global Change Biology
• Liang M, ..., Hautier Y, ..., Zarnetske P. Consistent stabilizing effects of plant diversity across spatial scales and climatic gradients. Nature Ecology and Evolution
• Price JN, ..., Hautier Y, ..., Wardle GM. Evolutionary history of grazing and resources determine herbivore exclusion effects on plant diversity. Nature Ecology and Evolution
• Ladouceur E, ...,  Hautier Y, ..., Harpole WS. Linking changes in species composition and biomass in a globally distributed grassland experiment. Ecology Letters
• Zheng L, ..., Hautier Y, ..., Yan E. Functionally diverse tree stands reduce herbaceous diversity and productivity via canopy packing. Functional Ecology
• Timmers R, ..., Hautier Y, ..., Soons MB. Conservation of birds in fragmented landscapes requires protected areas. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
• Zhang Z, ..., Hautier Y, ..., Qing H. Intra-annual growing season climate variability drives the community intra-annual stability of a temperate grassland by altering intra-annual species asynchrony and richness in Inner Mongolia, China. Ecology and Evolution
• Wu A, ..., Hautier Y, ..., Chang R. Tree diversity depending on environmental gradients promotes biomass stability via species asynchrony in China’s forest ecosystems. Ecological Indicators
• Li M, ..., Hautier Y, ..., Wei Z. Resource availability drives bacteria community resistance to pathogen invasion via altering bacterial pairwise interactions. Environmental Microbiology
• Zhang Z, Hautier Y, ..., Zhang G. Species richness and asynchrony maintain the stability of primary productivity against seasonal climatic variability. Frontiers in Plant Science
• Jessen MT, ..., Hautier Y, ..., Eskelinen A. Grazing and light modify Silene latifolia responses to nutrients and future climate. PlosOne
• Muehleisen A, ..., Hautier Y, ..., Hallett L. Nutrient addition drives declines in grassland species richness primarily via enhanced species loss. Journal of Ecology

2021

• Wagg C*, Hautier Y*,Pellkofer S*, ..., van der Heijden MGA. Diversity and asynchrony in soil microbial communities stabilizes ecosystem functioning. eLife
• Mori AS, ..., Hautier Y, ..., Isbell F. Biodiversity–productivity relationships are key to nature-based climate solutions. Nature Climate Change
• Liang M, ..., Hautier Y, ..., Wang S. Grazing-induced biodiversity loss impairs grassland ecosystem stability at multiple scales. Ecology Letters
• Hong P, ..., Hautier Y, ..., Wang S. Biodiversity promotes ecosystem functioning across taxonomic groups despite environmental changes. Ecology Letters
• Carroll O, ..., Hautier Y, ..., MacDougall A. Nutrient identity modifies the destabilizing effects of eutrophication in grasslands. Ecology Letters
• Wilfahrt PA, ..., Hautier Y, ..., Borer ET. Temporal rarity is a better predictor of local extinction risk than spatial rarity. Ecology
• Tognetti PM, ..., Hautier Y, ..., Sankaran M. Negative effects of nitrogen override positive effects of phosphorus on grassland legumes worldwide. PNAS
• Yang X, ..., Hautier Y, Zhang T. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi increase temporal stability of community productivity under warming and nitrogen addition. Science of the Total Environment
• Arnillas CA, ..., Hautier Y, ..., Cadotte M. Opposing community assembly patterns for dominant and non-dominant plant species in herbaceous ecosystems globally. Ecology and Evolution
• O’Connor M, ..., Hautier Y, ..., Isbell F. Grand challenges in biodiversity-ecosystem functioning research in the era of science-policy platforms require explicit consideration of feedbacks. Proceedings of the Royal Society B
• Hu J, Wei Z, ..., Hautier Y, ..., Jousset A. Introduction of probiotic bacterial consortia promotes plant growth via impacts on the resident rhizosphere microbiome. Proceedings of the Royal Society B

2020

• Hautier Y, ..., Wang S. General destabilizing effects of eutrophication on grassland productivity at multiple spatial scales. Nature Communications
• Eskelinen A, ..., Hautier Y. Resource-enhancing global changes drive a whole-ecosystem shift to faster cycling but decrease diversity. Ecology
• Zhang P, ..., Hautier Y. Fast and furious: Early differences in growth rate drive short-term plant dominance and exclusion under eutrophication. Ecology and Evolution
• Zhang B, Hautier Y, ..., Chen S. Species responses to changing precipitation depend on trait plasticity rather than trait means and intraspecific variation. Functional Ecology
• van’t Veen H, ..., Hautier Y, Pellissier L. A landscape-scale assessment of the relationship between grassland functioning, community diversity and functional traits. Ecology and Evolution
• Sitters J, ..., Hautier Y, ..., Veen GF. Nutrient availability controls the impact of mammalian herbivores on soil carbon and nitrogen pools in grasslands. Global Change Biology
• Seabloom EW, ..., Hautier Y, ..., Borer ET. Increasing effects of chronic nutrient enrichment on plant diversity loss and ecosystem productivity over time. Ecology
• Gilbert B, ..., Hautier Y, ..., Fay PA. Climate and local environment structure asynchrony and the stability of primary production in grasslands. Global Ecology and Biogeography
• Broadbent AD, ..., Hautier Y, ..., Stevens CJ. Dominant native and non-native graminoids differ in key leaf traits irrespective of nutrient availability. Global Ecology and Biogeography
   

2019

• Zhang P, ..., Hautier Y. SRUD: A simple non-destructive method for accurate quantification of plant diversity dynamics. Journal of Ecology, (Editor’s choice, Top downloaded paper 2018-2019)
• Cleland EE, ..., Hautier Y, ..., Seabloom EW Belowground Biomass Response to Nutrient Enrichment Depends on Light Limitation Across Globally Distributed Grasslands. Ecosystems
• Firn J, ..., Hautier Y, ..., Risch AC. Leaf nutrients not specific leaf area are consistent indicators of elevated nutrient inputs. Nature Ecology and Evolution
• Risch AC, ..., Hautier Y, ..., Moser B. Soil net nitrogen mineralisation across global grasslands. Nature communication

2018

• Hautier Y, ..., Hector H. Local loss and spatial homogenization of plant diversity reduce ecosystem multifunctionality. Nature Ecology and Evolution
• Hautier Y, Vojtech E, Hector A. The importance of competition for light depends on productivity and disturbance. Ecology and Evolution (Editor’s choice)
• Groeneweg D, ..., Hautier Y. Polycultures in agroforestry. 4th European Agroforestry Conference-Agroforestry as Sustainable Land Use
• Craven D, ..., Hautier Y, ..., Manning P. Multiple facets of biodiversity drive the diversity-stability relationship. Nature Ecology and Evolution
• Mortensen B, ..., Hautier Y, ..., Seabloom EW. Herbivores safeguard plant diversity by reducing variability in dominance. Journal of Ecology
• Hodapp D, ..., Hautier Y, ..., Hillebrand H. Spatial heterogeneity in species composition constrains plant community responses to herbivory and fertilization. Ecology Letters

2017 

• Harpole WS, ..., Hautier Y, ..., Stevens CJ. Out of the shadows: multiple nutrient limitations drive relationships among biomass, light and plant diversity. Functional Ecology
• Seabloom EW, ..., Hautier Y, ..., Tilman D. Food webs obscure the strength of plant diversity effects on primary productivity. Ecology Letters

2016 

• Harpole WS, ..., Hautier Y, ..., Wragg PD. Addition of multiple limiting resources reduces grassland diversity. Nature
• Craven D, ..., Hautier Y, ..., Eisenhauer N. Plant diversity effects on grassland productivity are robust to both nutrient enrichment and drought. Phil Trans B Phil Trans R. Soc. B
• Tredennick AT, ..., Hautier Y, ..., YangLH. Comment on "Worldwide evidence of a unimodal relationship between productivity and plant species richness". Science
• Grace JB, ..., Hautier Y, ..., Smith MD. Integrative modeling reveals mechanisms linking productivity and plant species richness. Nature

2015 

• Hautier Y, ..., Reich PB. Anthopogenic environmental changes impact ecosystem stability via biodiversity. Science
• Yang Z*, Hautier Y*, ..., Du G. Abundance- and functional-based mechanisms of plant diversity loss with fertilization in the presence and absence of herbivores. Oecologia
• Isbell F, ..., Hautier Y, ..., Eisenhauer N. Biodiversity increases the resistance of ecosystem productivity to climate extremes. Nature
• Seabloom EW, ..., Hautier Y, ..., Yang LH. Plant species’ origin determines dominance and response to nutrient enrichment. Nature Communications
• Fay PA, ..., Hautier Y, ..., Yang LH. Grassland productivity limited by multiple nutrients. Nature Plants
• Stevens CJ*, Lind EM*, Hautier Y, ..., Wragg PD. Anthropogenic nitrogen deposition predicts local grassland primary production worldwide. Ecology
• Prober SM, ..., Hautier Y, ..., Fierer N. Plant diversity predicts beta but not alpha diversity of soil microbes across grasslands worldwide. Ecology Letters

 2014

• Hautier Y, ..., Hector A. Eutrophication weakens stabilizing effects of diversity in natural grasslands. Nature
• Borer ET, ..., Hautier Y, ..., Yang LH. Herbivores and nutrients control grassland plant diversity via light limitation. Nature
• MacDougall AS, ..., Hautier Y, ..., Stevens CJ. Anthropogenic-based regional-scale factors most consistently explain plot-level exotic diversity in grasslands. Global Ecology and Biogeography

2013

• Seabloom EW, ..., Hautier Y, ..., Yang L. Predicting invasion in grassland ecosystems: is exotic dominance the real embarrassment of richness? Global Change Biology
• Lind EM, ..., Hautier Y, ..., Wragg PD. Life-history constraints in grassland plant species: a growth-defence trade-off is the norm. Ecology Letters

2012

• Albrecht M, Schmid B, Hautier Y, Mueller CB. Diverse pollinator communities enhance plant reproductive success. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences
• Hector A, von Felten S, Hautier Y, Weilenmann M, Bruelheide H. Effects of dominance and diversity on productivity along Ellenberg's experimental water table gradients. PLoS One
• Grace JB, ..., Hautier Y, ..., Yang LH. Response to comments on "Productivity is a poor predictor of plant species richness". Science
• Turnbull LA, ..., Hautier Y, ..., Rees M. Plant growth rates and seed size: a re-evaluation. Ecology

2011

• Adler PB, ..., Hautier Y, ..., Yang LH. Productivity is a poor predictor of plant species richness. Science
• Hector A, Bell T, Hautier Y, ..., Schmid B. BUGS in the analysis of biodiversity experiments: Species richness and composition are of similar importance for grassland productivity. PLoS One
• Steudel B, Hautier Y, Hector A, Kessler M. Diverse marsh plant communities are more consistently productive across a range of different environmental conditions through functional complementarity. Journal of Applied Ecology
• Firn J, ..., Hautier Y, ..., Buckley YM. Abundance of introduced species at home predicts abundance away in herbaceous communities. Ecology Letters

2010

• Hautier Y, ..., Turnbull LA. Modelling the growth of parasitic plants. Journal of Ecology (Editor’s choice and Harper Award)
• Hautier Y, ..., Hector A. Effects of seed predators of different body size on seed mortality in Bornean logged forest. Plos One
• Hector A, Hautier Y, ..., Loreau M. General stabilizing effects of plant diversity on grassland productivity through population asynchrony and overyielding. Ecology

2009

• Hautier Y, Niklaus PA, Hector A. Competition for light causes plant biodiversity loss after eutrophication. Science (Editor’s choice)
• Hautier Y, ..., Guisan A. Changes in reproductive investment with altitude in an alpine plant. Journal of Plant Ecology

Book chapters

Hautier Y, van der Plas F (2022). Biodiversity and temporal stability of naturally assembled ecosystems across spatial scales in a changing world. In Loreau M, Hector A and Isbell F (Eds) The Ecological and Societal Sonsequences of Biodiversity Loss. ISTE.

Randin CF, ..., Hautier Y and Lecomte N (2010). La compétition interspécifique. In: Thomas F, Lefevre T and Raymond M (Eds) Biologie Evolutive (Evolution des interactions entre espèces). De Boeck.

PhD thesis

Hautier, Y. (08.03.2010) Mechanisms of maintenance and restoration of plant diversity. University of Zurich, Switzerland.