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2026

1. Zhang Z, …, Hautier Y. Decoupled stability of above- and belowground productivity across global change drivers. Global Change Biology
2. Huang M, …, Hautier Y. Plant diversity within communities, not among them, stabilizes grassland productivity across spatial scales. Nature Communications
3. Zhou T, …, Hautier Y. Dose-dependent destabilizing effects of nitrogen addition on grassland community stability. Plant and Soil
4. Wang T, …, Hautier Y. Tree diversity enhances nitrogen retention and accelerates phosphorus cycling. Global Change Biology
5. Pan X, …, Hautier Y. Relating functional traits within and across species to the stabilization of grassland productivity. Journal of Ecology, Special Feature - Functional traits in primary producers: recent advances and future directions
6. Pan X, …, Hautier Y. Biodiversity stabilizes productivity via trait–mediated drought resistance. ResearchSquare
7. Yan H, …, Hautier Y. Tree diversity–soil organic carbon relationships strengthen under colder and more arid conditions. New Phytologist
8. Li H, …, Hautier Y. Shrub encroachment constrains precipitation-driven shifts in herbaceous biomass-diversity relationships. Global Change Biology
9. Ding N, …, Hautier Y. Plant compositional dynamics explain the destabilizing effect of eutrophication on grassland productivity. Journal of Ecology
10. Zuo X, …, Hautier Y. Aridity regulates scale-dependent effects of multiple resource additions on productivity stability in Eurasian grasslands. Nature Communications (in Press)
11. Ma W, …, Hautier Y. Demographic and growth dynamics jointly shape grassland productivity under extreme drought. Global Change Biology
12. Yu Z, …, Hautier Y. Nitrogen weakens tree diversity effects on productivity through altered plant-fungi interactions. Nature Communications (in Press)
13. Wang Y, …, Hautier Y. Reconciling biodiversity–ecosystem functioning relationships across systems. Research Square
14. Da M, …, Hautier Y, … Yu Z. Neighborhood tree diversity alleviates soil magnesium limitation via optimized foliar resorption and transpiration-driven uptake. New Phytologist
15. He H, …, Hautier Y, …, Wang X. Latitudinal patterns and processes shaping temperate forest stability. Journal of Ecology
16. Pan X, Hautier Y, …, de Bello F. Reconciling links between diversity and population stability across global plant communities. New Phytologist
17. Yahdjian L, … Hautier Y, …, Virtanen R. Insights on global rangeland ecosystem services shaped by grazing and fertilization. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
18. Wan N, …, Hautier Y, …, Scherber C. Global evidence that plant diversity suppresses pests and promotes plant performance and crop production. Nature Ecology and Evolution
19. Li W, …, Hautier Y, …, Zhu J. Co-dominant species fail to compensation after 13-year of dominant species removal in a natural grassland. Ecography
20. Fang H, …, Hautier Y, …, Wu G. Mixed grazing maintains spatial invariability of alpine grassland community biomass by changing species-level spatial covariation and invariability. Journal of Applied Ecology
21. Spohn M, …, Hautier Y, …, Zhang P. Intense solar radiation constrains plant species richness in global grasslands. PNAS
22. Worthy S, … Hautier Y, … Funk JL. Functional group mediates the role of traits in drought response: A global study on herbaceous species. Nature Ecology and Evolution
23. Wang J, …, Hautier Y, … Niu S. Plant diversity is key for microbial necromass carbon accrual in alpine grasslands. Communications Earth & Environment
24. Yan Y, Hautier Y, …, Yu Q. Climate and plant species richness shape productivity allocation under extreme drought across Eurasian steppes. Journal of Plant Ecology
25. Yue Y, …, Hautier Y, …, Wang L. Grazing livestock species composition influences community assembly and determines scale-dependent plant diversity. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
26. Kingsland-Mengi A, …, Hautier Y, …, Barry KE. Higher soil organic carbon in diverse plant communities linked to sustained biomass production during short-term drought. Research Square
27. Hong P, …, Hautier Y, …, Wang S. Mechanistic links between coexistence, productivity, and stability in experimental grasslands. PNAS
28. Isbell F, …, Hautier Y, …, Zirbel CR. Predicting temporal stability and resilience from resistance and recovery. Nature
29. Li H, …, Hautier Y, …, Wei C. Genome size-driven shifts in grassland productivity and species composition under nitrogen enrichment and mowing. Ecological Monographs (in Press)
30. Bertuol Garcia D, …, Hautier Y, …, Shackelford N. Long-term aridity shapes grassland drought resistance and modulates the roles of plant diversity and functional composition. Journal of Ecology
31. Wan N, …, Hautier Y, …, Schreber C. Plant diversity modifies multi-trophic interactions in croplands, grasslands and forests. Science Advances
32. He M, …, Hautier Y, …, Isbell F. Prolonged nutrient enrichment slows the recovery of biodiversity and productivity after its cessation. Global Change Biology
33. Bender F, …, Hautier Y, …, van der Heijden M. Soil Health assessment using buried cotton underpants with the help of 1000 citizen scientists. Plants, People, Planet (in Press)
34. Zhou X, …, Hautier Y, …, Li W. Dominant grasses, not subordinate forbs, sustain ecosystem multifunctionality across spatial scales. Global Change Biology

2025

1. Bondaruk VF*, Xu C*, …, Hautier Y. Aridity modulates grassland biomass responses to combined drought and nutrient addition. Nature Ecology and Evolution
2. Huang M, …, Hautier Y. Nitrogen and CO2 enrichment interact to decrease biodiversity impact on complementarity and selection effects. Nature Communications
3. Sandoval-Calderon AP, …, Hautier Y. Andean grassland stability across spatial scales increases with camelid grazing intensity despite biotic homogenization. Journal of Ecology
4. Song Z, …, Hautier Y. Resource-enhancing global changes shift soil multifunctionality towards faster cycling in arid grasslands. Applied Soil Ecology
5. Shen R, …, Hautier Y. The stability of plant richness, composition, and cover responds nonlinearly to warming in a decade-long experiment. Ecology
6. Wang S, …, Hautier Y Plant diversity maintains soil detritivore activity under drought. Global Change Biology
7. Mayr J, …, Hautier Y#, Barry K#. Scale-dependent Impacts of Beta Diversity on Temporal Stability via Spatial Asynchrony. Authorea
8. Zheng J, …, Hautier Y. Aridity modulates the contribution of plant and soil diversity to grassland stability. Global and Planetary Change
9. Yu Q, …, Hautier Y, …, Han X. Contrasting drought sensitivity of Eurasian and North American grasslands. Nature
10. Spohn M, …, Hautier Y, …, Seabloom EW. Interactive and unimodal relationships between plant biomass, abiotic factors, and plant diversity in global grasslands. Communications Biology
11. Wang G, …, Hautier Y, …, Jiang M. Biotic and abiotic drivers of ecosystem temporal stability in herbaceous wetlands in China. Global Change Biology
12. Nelson RA, …, Hautier Y, …, Harrison S. Forb diversity globally is harmed by nutrient enrichment but can be rescued by large mammalian herbivory. Communications Biology
13. Fay P, … Hautier Y, …, Wheeler GR. Interactions among nutrients govern the global grassland biomass - precipitation relationship. PNAS
14. Zhang, …, Hautier Y, …, Borer ET. Dominant species predict plant richness and biomass in global grasslands. Nature Ecology and Evolution
15. Chen QQ, …, Hautier Y, …, Chase J. Local nutrient addition drives plant biodiversity losses but not biotic homogenization in global grasslands. Nature Communications
16. Carroll O, …, Hautier Y, … MacDougall AS. Frequent failure of nutrients to increase plant biomass supports the need for precision fertilization in agriculture. Scientific Reports
17. Zhao Y, …, Hautier Y, …, Yu Q. Resin-coated urea effectively simulates the chronic dynamics of natural nitrogen deposition. Methods in Ecology and Evolution
18. Yan Y, …, Hautier Y, …, Yu Q. Extreme drought decreases the stability of above- but not belowground productivity across Eurasian steppes. Global Change Biology
19. Li X, …, Hautier Y, and Zhong Z. Nitrogen inputs suppress plant diversity by overriding consumer control. Nature Communications
20. Song, …, Hautier Y, Wu J. Invasion legacy weakens the positive effect of plant genotype diversity on soil multifunctionality. Plant and Soil
21. He Y, …, Hautier Y, Jiang L. Initial plant diversity modulates the effect of nutrient enrichment on grassland stability across a climate gradient in China. Journal of Plant Ecology
22. Verschoor M, …, Hautier Y, …, Barry K. Applying complementarity for ecological restoration. Trends in Ecology and Evolution
23. Chen Y, …, Hautier Y, …, Barry K. ‘Slow-fast’ plant trait spectra are associated with ecological niches across global climatic gradients. Global Ecology and Biogeography
24. Gao X, …, Hautier Y, …, Yang Y. Grassland degradation alters plant and soil biodiversity-multifunctionality relationships. Nature Plants
25. Ohlert T, …, Hautier Y, …, Zuo X. Drought intensity and duration interact to magnify losses in primary productivity. Science
26. Zhang J, …, Hautier Y, … Xu Z. Distinct effects of drought and nitrogen enrichment on the compositional and productivity stability of temperate grasslands. Journal of Plant Ecology
27. Verschoor MR, …, Hautier Y, …, Lembrechts JJ. Limited Impact of Middle Shield Installation on Temperature Measurements Using Tomst Tms4 Sensors in Grassland Experiments. Social Science Research Network
28. Chen Y, …,  Hautier Y, …, Mao L. Identifying divergence time and paleoclimate change hotspots for better conservation under future climate change. Biological Conservation

2024

1. Zheng L, …, Hautier Y. Effects of plant diversity on productivity strengthen over time due to trait-dependent shifts in species overyielding. Nature Communications
2. He M, …, Hautier Y. Cumulative nitrogen enrichment alters the drivers of grassland overyielding. Communications Biology
3. Li X, …, Hautier Y. Context-dependent impact of changes in precipitation on the stability of grassland biomass. Functional Ecology (Top cites article 2025)
4. 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
5. Zhu J, …, Hautier Y. Herbivore exclusion stabilizes alpine grassland biomass production across spatial scales. Global Change Biology
6. Chen Q, …, Hautier Y. Change in functional trait diversity mediates the effects of nutrient addition on grassland stability. Journal of Ecology
7. Sandoval-Calderon AP, …, Hautier Y. Camelid herding regulates biotic homogenization in Andean grasslands. Ecological Indicators
8. 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
9. 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
10. van der Plas F, …, Hautier Y, …, Stevens C. Atmospheric nitrogen deposition is related to plant biodiversity loss at multiple spatial scales. Global Change Biology
11. Mori A, …, Hautier Y, …, Isbell F. Forest biodiversity protection and its future benefits to society are intertwined with climate change action. One Earth 
12. 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
13. MacDougall A, …, Hautier Y, ..., Seabloom EW. Widening global variability in grassland biomass since the 1980s. Nature Ecology and Evolution
14. Smith MD, ..., Hautier Y, ..., Zuo X. Extreme drought impacts have been underestimated in grasslands and shrublands globally. PNAS
15. Wang S, …, Hautier Y, …, Feng Y. Towards mechanistic integration of the causes and consequences of biodiversity. Trends in Ecology and Evolution
16. Wan NF, ..., Hautier Y, …, Scherber C. Species richness promotes plant productivity by suppressing plant antagonists. Research Square
17. 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
18. Morton JA, …, Hautier Y, …, Hersch-Green EI. Genome size influences plant growth and biodiversity responses to nutrient fertilization in diverse grassland communities. PLOS Biology
19. 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

1. Daleo P, ..., Hautier Y. Environmental heterogeneity modulates the effect of biodiversity on the spatial variability of grassland biomass. Nature Communications
2. Chen Q, ..., Hautier Y. Multidimensional responses of ecological stability to eutrophication in grasslands. Nature Communications
3. Zhang P, ..., Hautier Y. Space resource utilization of dominant species integrates abundance- and functional-based processes for better predictions of plant diversity dynamics. Oikos
4. 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
5. 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
6. Song Z, Hautier Y, Wang C. Grassland stability decreases with increasing number of global change factors: A meta-analysis. Science of The Total Environment
7. Zhang M, ..., Hautier Y, ..., Wang L. Experimental impacts of grazing on grassland biodiversity and function are explained by aridity. Nature Communications
8. 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
9. 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
10. 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
11. Garbowski M, ..., Hautier Y, ..., Harpole S. Nutrient enrichment alters seasonal beta-diversity in global grasslands. Journal of Ecology
12. Bakker JD, ... Hautier Y, ..., Wardle GM. Compositional variation in grassland plant communities. Ecosphere
13. 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
14. Qiao X, ..., Hautier Y, ..., van Gadow K. Selective logging destabilizes the function and composition of forest ecosystems at multiple scales. Oikos
15. Spohn M, ..., Hautier Y, ..., Yahdjian L. The positive effect of plant diversity on soil organic carbon depends on climate. Nature Communications
16. 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
17. Siebert J, Sünnemann M, Hautier Y, ..., Eisenhauer N. Drivers of soil biological activity across global grasslands. Communications Biology

2022

1. Eskelinen A, ..., Hautier Y. Light competition drives herbivore and nutrient effects on plant diversity. Nature (News and Views, Cover)
2. Chen QQ, ..., Hautier Y. Nutrients and herbivores impact grassland stability across multiple spatial scales through different pathways. Global Change Biology
3. 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
4. Wang Y, ..., Hautier Y, ..., Hao Y. Unimodal productivity-biodiversity relationship along the gradient of multidimensional resources across Chinese grasslands. National Science Review
5. 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
6. 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
7. 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
8. Liang M, ..., Hautier Y, ..., Zarnetske P. Consistent stabilizing effects of plant diversity across spatial scales and climatic gradients. Nature Ecology and Evolution
9. Price JN, ..., Hautier Y, ..., Wardle GM. Evolutionary history of grazing and resources determine herbivore exclusion effects on plant diversity. Nature Ecology and Evolution
10. Ladouceur E, ...,  Hautier Y, ..., Harpole WS. Linking changes in species composition and biomass in a globally distributed grassland experiment. Ecology Letters
11. Zheng L, ..., Hautier Y, ..., Yan E. Functionally diverse tree stands reduce herbaceous diversity and productivity via canopy packing. Functional Ecology
12. Timmers R, ..., Hautier Y, ..., Soons MB. Conservation of birds in fragmented landscapes requires protected areas. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
13. 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
14. 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
15. Li M, ..., Hautier Y, ..., Wei Z. Resource availability drives bacteria community resistance to pathogen invasion via altering bacterial pairwise interactions. Environmental Microbiology
16. Zhang Z, Hautier Y, ..., Zhang G. Species richness and asynchrony maintain the stability of primary productivity against seasonal climatic variability. Frontiers in Plant Science
17. Jessen MT, ..., Hautier Y, ..., Eskelinen A. Grazing and light modify Silene latifolia responses to nutrients and future climate. PlosOne
18. Muehleisen A, ..., Hautier Y, ..., Hallett L. Nutrient addition drives declines in grassland species richness primarily via enhanced species loss. Journal of Ecology

2021

1. Wagg C*, Hautier Y*,Pellkofer S*, ..., van der Heijden MGA. Diversity and asynchrony in soil microbial communities stabilizes ecosystem functioning. eLife
2. Mori AS, ..., Hautier Y, ..., Isbell F. Biodiversity–productivity relationships are key to nature-based climate solutions. Nature Climate Change
3. Liang M, ..., Hautier Y, ..., Wang S. Grazing-induced biodiversity loss impairs grassland ecosystem stability at multiple scales. Ecology Letters
4. Hong P, ..., Hautier Y, ..., Wang S. Biodiversity promotes ecosystem functioning across taxonomic groups despite environmental changes. Ecology Letters
5. Carroll O, ..., Hautier Y, ..., MacDougall A. Nutrient identity modifies the destabilizing effects of eutrophication in grasslands. Ecology Letters
6. Wilfahrt PA, ..., Hautier Y, ..., Borer ET. Temporal rarity is a better predictor of local extinction risk than spatial rarity. Ecology
7. Tognetti PM, ..., Hautier Y, ..., Sankaran M. Negative effects of nitrogen override positive effects of phosphorus on grassland legumes worldwide. PNAS
8. 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
9. Arnillas CA, ..., Hautier Y, ..., Cadotte M. Opposing community assembly patterns for dominant and non-dominant plant species in herbaceous ecosystems globally. Ecology and Evolution
10. 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
11. 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

1. Hautier Y, ..., Wang S. General destabilizing effects of eutrophication on grassland productivity at multiple spatial scales. Nature Communications
2. Eskelinen A, ..., Hautier Y. Resource-enhancing global changes drive a whole-ecosystem shift to faster cycling but decrease diversity. Ecology
3. Zhang P, ..., Hautier Y. Fast and furious: Early differences in growth rate drive short-term plant dominance and exclusion under eutrophication. Ecology and Evolution
4. Zhang B, Hautier Y, ..., Chen S. Species responses to changing precipitation depend on trait plasticity rather than trait means and intraspecific variation. Functional Ecology
5. 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
6. 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
7. Seabloom EW, ..., Hautier Y, ..., Borer ET. Increasing effects of chronic nutrient enrichment on plant diversity loss and ecosystem productivity over time. Ecology
8. Gilbert B, ..., Hautier Y, ..., Fay PA. Climate and local environment structure asynchrony and the stability of primary production in grasslands. Global Ecology and Biogeography
9. 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

1. 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)
2. Cleland EE, ..., Hautier Y, ..., Seabloom EW Belowground Biomass Response to Nutrient Enrichment Depends on Light Limitation Across Globally Distributed Grasslands. Ecosystems
3. Firn J, ..., Hautier Y, ..., Risch AC. Leaf nutrients not specific leaf area are consistent indicators of elevated nutrient inputs. Nature Ecology and Evolution
4. Risch AC, ..., Hautier Y, ..., Moser B. Soil net nitrogen mineralisation across global grasslands. Nature communication

2018

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

2017 

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

2016 

1. Harpole WS, ..., Hautier Y, ..., Wragg PD. Addition of multiple limiting resources reduces grassland diversity. Nature
2. 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
3. Tredennick AT, ..., Hautier Y, ..., YangLH. Comment on "Worldwide evidence of a unimodal relationship between productivity and plant species richness". Science
4. Grace JB, ..., Hautier Y, ..., Smith MD. Integrative modeling reveals mechanisms linking productivity and plant species richness. Nature

2015 

1. Hautier Y, ..., Reich PB. Anthopogenic environmental changes impact ecosystem stability via biodiversity. Science
2. 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
3. Isbell F, ..., Hautier Y, ..., Eisenhauer N. Biodiversity increases the resistance of ecosystem productivity to climate extremes. Nature
4. Seabloom EW, ..., Hautier Y, ..., Yang LH. Plant species’ origin determines dominance and response to nutrient enrichment. Nature Communications
5. Fay PA, ..., Hautier Y, ..., Yang LH. Grassland productivity limited by multiple nutrients. Nature Plants
6. Stevens CJ*, Lind EM*, Hautier Y, ..., Wragg PD. Anthropogenic nitrogen deposition predicts local grassland primary production worldwide. Ecology
7. Prober SM, ..., Hautier Y, ..., Fierer N. Plant diversity predicts beta but not alpha diversity of soil microbes across grasslands worldwide. Ecology Letters

2014

1. Hautier Y, ..., Hector A. Eutrophication weakens stabilizing effects of diversity in natural grasslands. Nature
2. Borer ET, ..., Hautier Y, ..., Yang LH. Herbivores and nutrients control grassland plant diversity via light limitation. Nature
3. 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

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

2012

1. Albrecht M, Schmid B, Hautier Y, Mueller CB. Diverse pollinator communities enhance plant reproductive success. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences
2. 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
3. Grace JB, ..., Hautier Y, ..., Yang LH. Response to comments on "Productivity is a poor predictor of plant species richness". Science
4. Turnbull LA, ..., Hautier Y, ..., Rees M. Plant growth rates and seed size: a re-evaluation. Ecology

2011

1. Adler PB, ..., Hautier Y, ..., Yang LH. Productivity is a poor predictor of plant species richness. Science
2. 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
3. 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
4. Firn J, ..., Hautier Y, ..., Buckley YM. Abundance of introduced species at home predicts abundance away in herbaceous communities. Ecology Letters

2010

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

2009

1. Hautier Y, Niklaus PA, Hector A. Competition for light causes plant biodiversity loss after eutrophication. Science (Editor’s choice)
2. 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.