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Dr. Y. (Yann) Hautier

Associate Professor 
Science
Biology
Environmental Biology
Ecology and Biodiversity
Ecology and Biodiversity
Hugo R. Kruytgebouw
Padualaan 8
Kamer N310
3584 CH Utrecht

Dr. Y. (Yann) Hautier

Associate Professor
Ecology and Biodiversity
+31 30 253 6843
y.hautier@uu.nl
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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. Li W, …, Hautier Y. Co-dominant species fail to compensation after 13-year of dominant species removal in a natural grassland. Authorea
  9. Zheng J, …, Hautier Y. Aridity modulates the contribution of plant and soil diversity to grassland stability. Global and Planetary Change
  10. Yu Q, …, Hautier Y, …, Han X. Contrasting drought sensitivity of Eurasian and North American grasslands. Nature
  11. Spohn M, …, Hautier Y, …, Seabloom EW. Interactive and unimodal relationships between plant biomass, abiotic factors, and plant diversity in global grasslands. Communications Biology
  12. Wang G, …, Hautier Y, …, Jiang M. Biotic and abiotic drivers of ecosystem temporal stability in herbaceous wetlands in China. Global Change Biology
  13. Nelson RA, …, Hautier Y, …, Harrison S. Forb diversity globally is harmed by nutrient enrichment but can be rescued by large mammalian herbivory. Communications Biology
  14. Fay P, … Hautier Y, …, Wheeler GR. Interactions among nutrients govern the global grassland biomass - precipitation relationship. PNAS
  15. Zhang, …, Hautier Y, …, Borer ET. Dominant species predict plant richness and biomass in global grasslands. Nature Ecology and Evolution
  16. Chen QQ, …, Hautier Y, …, Chase J. Local nutrient addition drives plant biodiversity losses but not biotic homogenization in global grasslands. Nature Communications
  17. Carroll O, …, Hautier Y, … MacDougall AS. Frequent failure of nutrients to increase plant biomass supports the need for precision fertilization in agriculture. Scientific Reports
  18. Zhao Y, …, Hautier Y, …, Yu Q. Resin-coated urea effectively simulates the chronic dynamics of natural nitrogen deposition. Methods in Ecology and Evolution
  19. Pan S, … Hautier Y, …, de Bello F. Reconciling links between diversity and population stability across global plant communities. Authorea
  20. Yan Y, …, Hautier Y, …, Yu Q. Extreme drought decreases the stability of above- but not belowground productivity across Eurasian steppes. Global Change Biology
  21. Li X, …, Hautier Y, and Zhong Z. Nitrogen inputs suppress plant diversity by overriding consumer control. Nature Communications
  22. Song, …, Hautier Y, Wu J. Invasion legacy weakens the positive effect of plant genotype diversity on soil multifunctionality. Plant and Soil
  23. 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
  24. Verschoor M, …, Hautier Y, …, Barry K. Applying complementarity for ecological restoration. Trends in Ecology and Evolution
  25. Chen Y, …, Hautier Y, …, Barry K. ‘Slow-fast’ plant trait spectra are associated with ecological niches across global climatic gradients. Global Ecology and Biogeography
  26. Gao X, …, Hautier Y, …, Yang Y. Grassland degradation alters plant and soil biodiversity-multifunctionality relationships. Nature Plants
  27. Ohlert T, …, Hautier Y, …, Zuo X. Drought intensity and duration interact to magnify losses in primary productivity. Science
  28. 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
  29. Yahdjian L, … Hautier Y, …, Virtanen R. Insights on global rangeland ecosystem services shaped by grazing and fertilization. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
  30. 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

 

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
  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.

Highlighted publications

Hautier, Y., Isbell, F., Borer, E. T., Seabloom, E. W., Harpole, W. S., Lind, E. M., MacDougall, A. S., Stevens, C. J., Adler, P. B., Alberti, J., Bakker, J. D., Brudvig, L. A., Buckley, Y. M., Cadotte, M., Caldeira, M. C., Chaneton, E. J., Chu, C., Daleo, P., Dickman, C. R., ... Hector, A. (2018). Local loss and spatial homogenization of plant diversity reduce ecosystem multifunctionality. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 2(1), 50-56. [DOI] [Repository]
Hautier, Y., Tilman, D., Isbell, F., Seabloom, E. W., Borer, E. T., & Reich, P. B. (2015). Anthropogenic environmental changes affect ecosystem stability via biodiversity. Science, 348(6232), 336-340. [DOI] [Repository]
Adler, P. B., Seabloom, E. W., Borer, E. T., Hillebrand, H., Hautier, Y., Hector, A., Stanley Harpole, W., O'Halloran, L. R., Grace, J. B., Michael Anderson, T., Bakker, J. D., Biederman, L. A., Brown, C. S., Buckley, Y. M., Calabrese, L. B., Chu, C.-J., Cleland, E. E., Collins, S. L., Cottingham, K. L., ... Yang, L. H. (2011). Productivity is a poor predictor of plant species richness. Science, 333(6050), 1750-1753. [DOI]
Hector, A., Hautier, Y., Saner, P., Wacker, L., Bagchi, R., Joshi, J., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Spehn, E. M., Bazeley-White, E., Weilenmann, M., Caldeira, M. C., Dimitrakopoulos, P. G., Finn, J. A., Huss-Danell, K., Jumpponen, A., Mulder, C. P. H., Palmborg, C., Pereira, J. S., Siamantziouras, A. S. D., ... Loreau, M. (2010). General stabilizing effects of plant diversity on grassland productivity through population asynchrony and overyielding. Ecology, 91(8), 2213-2220. http://www.academia.edu/17573339/GENERAL_STABILIZING_EFFECTS_OF_PLANT_DIVERSITY_ON_GRASSLAND_PRODUCTIVITY_AT_MULTIPLE_SITES_THROUGH_POPULATION_ASYNCHRONY_AND_OVERYIELDING
Hautier, Y., Niklaus, P. A., & Hector, A. (2009). Competition for light causes plant biodiversity loss after eutrophication. Science, 324(5927), 636-638. [DOI]
Borer, E. T., Seabloom, E. W., Gruner, D. S., Harpole, W. S., Hillebrand, H., Lind, E. M., Adler, P. B., Alberti, J., Anderson, T. M., Bakker, J. D., Biederman, L., Blumenthal, D., Brown, C. S., Brudvig, L. A., Buckley, Y. M., Cadotte, M., Chu, C., Cleland, E. E., Crawley, M. J., ... Yang, L. H. (2014). Herbivores and nutrients control grassland plant diversity via light limitation. Nature, 508(7497), 517-520. [DOI]
Hautier, Y., Seabloom, E. W., Borer, E. T., Adler, P. B., Harpole, W. S., Hillebrand, H., Lind, E. M., MacDougall, A. S., Stevens, C. J., Bakker, J. D., Buckley, Y. M., Chu, C., Collins, S. L., Daleo, P., Damschen, E. I., Davies, K. F., Fay, P. A., Firn, J., Gruner, D. S., ... Hector, A. (2014). Eutrophication weakens stabilizing effects of diversity in natural grasslands. Nature, 508(7497), 521-525. [DOI]
Isbell, F., Craven, D., Connolly, J., Loreau, M., Schmid, B., Beierkuhnlein, C., Bezemer, T. M., Bonin, C., Bruelheide, H., De Luca, E., Ebeling, A., Griffin, J. N., Guo, Q., Hautier, Y., Hector, A., Jentsch, A., Kreyling, J., Lanta, V., Manning, P., ... Eisenhauer, N. (2015). Biodiversity increases the resistance of ecosystem productivity to climate extremes. Nature, 526(7574), 574-577. [DOI] [Repository]
Grace, J. B., Anderson, T. M., Seabloom, E. W., Borer, E. T., Adler, P. B., Harpole, W. S., Hautier, Y., Hillebrand, H., Lind, E. M., Pärtel, M., Bakker, J. D., Buckley, Y. M., Crawley, M. J., Damschen, E. I., Davies, K. F., Fay, P. A., Firn, J., Gruner, D. S., Hector, A., ... Smith, M. D. (2016). Integrative modelling reveals mechanisms linking productivity and plant species richness. Nature, 529(7586), 390-393. [DOI] [Repository]

Publications

2025

Scholarly publications

Ohlert, T., Smith, M. D., Collins, S. L., Knapp, A. K., Dukes, J. S., Sala, O., Wilkins, K. D., Munson, S. M., Anderson, M. I., Avolio, M. L., Chen, A., Hayden, M. T., Holdrege, M. C., Slette, I. J., Wilfahrt, P., Beier, C., Fraser, L. H., Jentsch, A., Loik, M. E., ... Zuo, X. (2025). Drought intensity and duration interact to magnify losses in primary productivity. Science (New York, N.Y.), 390(6770), 284-289. [DOI]
Verschoor, M. R., Hautier, Y., Kowalchuk, G. A., Temmink, R. J. M., van Kuijk, M., Ladouceur, E. R., Wright, A. J., & Barry, K. E. (2025). Applying complementarity in ecological restoration. Trends in ecology & evolution. Advance online publication. [DOI]
Chen, Y., Lembrechts, J. J., Hautier, Y., Xu, D., Li, Y., Dong, Y., & Mao, L. (2025). Identifying divergence time and paleoclimate change hotspots for better conservation under future climate change. Biological Conservation, 312, Article 111499. Advance online publication. [DOI]
Chen, Y., Hautier, Y., Kowalchuk, G., & Barry, K. (2025). ‘Slow-Fast’ Plant Trait Spectra Are Associated With Ecological Niches Across Global Climatic Gradients. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 34(9), Article e70115. [DOI] [Portal]
Zheng, J., Zhang, Y., He, Y., Shen, R., Lu, X., Li, S., Hou, G., Jiang, L., Zhu, J., & Hautier, Y. (2025). Aridity modulates the contribution of plant and soil diversity to grassland stability. Global and Planetary Change, 254, Article 105019. [DOI] [Portal]
Huang, M., Reich, P. B., Wang, S., Feng, Y., Hong, P., Barry, K. E., He, M., Lyu, S., Zhou, S., Mohanbabu, N., Isbell, F., & Hautier, Y. (2025). Nitrogen and CO2 enrichment interact to decrease biodiversity impact on complementarity and selection effects. Nature Communications, 16(1), Article 7445. [DOI] [Portal]
Wang, S., Barry, K. E., Kowalchuk, G. A., Eisenhauer, N., Pan, X., Verschoor, M. R., Soons, M. B., & Hautier, Y. (2025). Plant Diversity Maintains Soil Detritivore Activity Under Drought. Global Change Biology, 31(8), Article e70377. [DOI] [Portal]
Song, W., Cheng, C., Liu, Z., He, S., Xue, S., Chen, X., Zhang, J., Wu, L., Zhang, Q., Zhou, G., Hautier, Y., Ju, R., Li, B., & Wu, J. (2025). Invasion legacy weakens the positive effect of plant genotype diversity on soil multifunctionality. Plant and Soil. Advance online publication. [DOI]
Li, X., Pearson, D. E., Ortega, Y. K., Jiang, L., Wang, S., Gao, Q., Wang, D., Hautier, Y., & Zhong, Z. (2025). Nitrogen inputs suppress plant diversity by overriding consumer control. Nature Communications, 16(1), Article 5855. [DOI] [Portal]
Shen, R., Zhang, Y., Zhu, J., He, Y., Zheng, Z., Zhao, G., Cong, N., Zhao, B., Zhang, X., Jiang, L., & Hautier, Y. (2025). The stability of plant richness, composition, and cover responds nonlinearly to warming in a decade-long experiment. Ecology, 106(7), Article e70142. [DOI]
Yan, Y., Xu, C., Hautier, Y., Wang, H., Ke, Y., Wu, H., Wang, J., Cheng, C., Zuo, X., Luo, W., Smith, M. D., Knapp, A. K., Collins, S. L., & Yu, Q. (2025). Extreme Drought Decreases the Stability of Above- but Not Below-Ground Productivity Across Eurasian Steppes. Global Change Biology, 31(6), Article e70303. [DOI]
Zhao, Y., Ke, Y., Wu, H., Xu, C., Li, X., Hautier, Y., Borer, E. T., & Yu, Q. (2025). Resin-coated urea effectively simulates the chronic dynamics of natural nitrogen deposition. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 16(7), 1397-1403. [DOI] [Portal]
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., ... Chase, J. M. (2025). Local nutrient addition drives plant diversity losses but not biotic homogenization in global grasslands. Nature Communications, 16(1), 1-8. Article 4903. [DOI] [Portal]
Bondaruk, V. F., Xu, C., Wilfahrt, P., Yahdjian, L., Yu, Q., Borer, E. T., Jentsch, A., Seabloom, E. W., Smith, M. D., Alberti, J., Oñatibia, G. R., Dieguez, H., Carbognani, M., Kübert, A., Power, S. A., Eisenhauer, N., Isbell, F., Auge, H., Chandregowda, M. H., ... Hautier, Y. (2025). Aridity modulates grassland biomass responses to combined drought and nutrient addition. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 9(6), 937-946. [DOI]
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., ... Hersch-Green, E. I. (2025). Correction: Genome size influences plant growth and biodiversity responses to nutrient fertilization in diverse grassland communities. PLoS Biology, 23(5), Article e3003195. [DOI] [Portal]
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., ... Borer, E. T. (2025). Dominant species predict plant richness and biomass in global grasslands. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 9(6), 924-936. Article 2607. [DOI]
Carroll, O. H., Seabloom, E. W., Borer, E. T., Harpole, W. S., Wilfahrt, P., Arnillas, C. A., Bakker, J. D., Blumenthal, D. M., Boughton, E., Bugalho, M. N., Caldeira, M., Campbell, M. M., Catford, J., Chen, Q., Dickman, C. R., Donohue, I., DuPre, M. E., Eskelinen, A., Estrada, C., ... MacDougall, A. S. (2025). Frequent failure of nutrients to increase plant biomass supports the need for precision fertilization in agriculture. Scientific Reports, 15(1), 1-12. Article 14564. [DOI] [Portal]
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., ... Wheeler, G. R. (2025). Interactions among nutrients govern the global grassland biomass-precipitation relationship. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 122(15), Article e2410748122. [DOI] [Portal]
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., ... Harrison, S. P. (2025). Forb diversity globally is harmed by nutrient enrichment but can be rescued by large mammalian herbivory. Communications Biology, 8(1), Article 444. [DOI] [Portal]
Song, Z., Zuo, X., Wang, S., Li, X., Hu, Y., Qiao, J., Wang, C., Fry, E. L., Sardans, J., Peñuelas, J., & Hautier, Y. (2025). Resource-enhancing global changes shift soil multifunctionality towards faster cycling in arid grasslands. Applied Soil Ecology, 208, Article 105987. [DOI] [Portal]
Sandoval-Calderon, A. P., Meijer, M. J. J., Wang, S., van Kuijk, M., Verweij, P., & Hautier, Y. (2025). Andean grassland stability across spatial scales increases with camelid grazing intensity despite biotic homogenization. Journal of Ecology, 113(4), 931-942. [DOI] [Portal]
Yu, Q., Xu, C., Wu, H., Ke, Y., Zuo, X., Luo, W., Ren, H., Gu, Q., Wang, H., Ma, W., Knapp, A. K., Collins, S. L., Rudgers, J. A., Luo, Y., Hautier, Y., Wang, C., Wang, Z., Jiang, Y., Han, G., ... Han, X. (2025). Contrasting drought sensitivity of Eurasian and North American grasslands. Nature, 639(8053), 114-118. [DOI] [Portal]
Wang, G., Hu, N., Hautier, Y., Middleton, B., Wang, M., Zhao, M., Meng, J., Ma, Z., Liu, B., Liu, Y., & Jiang, M. (2025). Biotic and Abiotic Drivers of Ecosystem Temporal Stability in Herbaceous Wetlands in China. Global Change Biology, 31(1), Article e70056. [DOI] [Portal]
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., ... Seabloom, E. W. (2025). Interactive and unimodal relationships between plant biomass, abiotic factors, and plant diversity in global grasslands. Communications Biology, 8(1), Article 97. [DOI] [Portal]

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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., ... Hersch-Green, E. I. (2024). Genome size influences plant growth and biodiversity responses to nutrient fertilization in diverse grassland communities. PLoS Biology, 22(12), Article e3002927. [DOI] [Portal]
Hautier, Y., Barry, K., Hefting, M., van Kuijk, M., Pos, E., Verduyn, B., Johannes, R., Kowalchuk, G., & Soons, M. (2024). The Biodiversity and Climate Variability Experiment (BioCliVE): Quantifying the role of biodiversity in buffering ecosystems against climatic variability. Research Ideas and Outcomes, 10, Article e133454. [DOI] [Portal]
Li, G., Wang, Y., Hautier, Y., Song, X., Zhou, Y., Zhang, M., & Wang, L. (2024). Moderate grassland use counteracts the combined negative impact of nitrogen deposition and plant diversity decline on carbon exchange. Catena, 247, Article 108558. [DOI] [Portal]
Mori, A. S., Gonzalez, A., Seidl, R., Reich, P. B., Dee, L., Ohashi, H., Hautier, Y., Loreau, M., & Isbell, F. (2024). Urgent climate action is needed to ensure effectiveness of protected areas for biodiversity benefits. One Earth, 7(10), 1874-1885. [DOI] [Portal]
Shi, B., Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Knapp, A. K., Smith, M. D., Reed, S., Osborne, B., Carrillo, Y., Maestre, F. T., Zhu, Y., Chen, A., Wilkins, K., Holdrege, M. C., Kulmatiski, A., Picon-Cochard, C., Roscher, C., Power, S., Byrne, K. M., Churchill, A. C., Jentsch, A., ... Sun, W. (2024). Aridity drives the response of soil total and particulate organic carbon to drought in temperate grasslands and shrublands. Science advances, 10(40), Article eadq2654. [DOI] [Portal]
Sandoval-Calderon, A. P., Soons, M. B., Kuijk, M. V., Verweij, P. A., Barry, K. E., & Hautier, Y. (2024). Camelid herding may homogenize Andean grassland plant communities. Ecological Indicators, 167, Article 112590. [DOI] [Portal]
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., ... Hautier, Y. (2024). Change in functional trait diversity mediates the effects of nutrient addition on grassland stability. Journal of Ecology, 112(11), 2598-2612. [DOI] [Portal]
MacDougall, A. S., Esch, E., Chen, Q., Carroll, O., Bonner, C., Ohlert, T., Siewert, M., Sulik, J., Schweiger, A. K., Borer, E. T., Naidu, D., Bagchi, S., Hautier, Y., Wilfahrt, P., Larson, K., Olofsson, J., Cleland, E., Muthukrishnan, R., O’Halloran, L., ... Seabloom, E. W. (2024). Correction to: Widening global variability in grassland biomass since the 1980s (Nature Ecology & Evolution, (2024), 10.1038/s41559-024-02500-x). Nature Ecology and Evolution, 8(10), 2003. [DOI] [Portal]
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. (2024). Atmospheric nitrogen deposition is related to plant biodiversity loss at multiple spatial scales. Global Change Biology, 30(8), Article e17445. [DOI] [Portal]
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., ... Seabloom, E. W. (2024). Widening global variability in grassland biomass since the 1980s. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 8(10), 1877–1888. [DOI] [Portal]
Sandoval-Calderon, A. P., van Kuijk, M., Hautier, Y., Alberto, H., & Verweij, P. A. (2024). Mining expansion may reduce livestock but facilitate vicuñas recovery in tropical Puna of South America. Frontiers in Conservation Science, 5, 1-11. Article 1405392. [DOI] [Portal]
Sandoval-Calderon, A. P., Rubio Echazarra, N., van Kuijk, M., Verweij, P. A., Soons, M., & Hautier, Y. (2024). The effect of livestock grazing on plant diversity and productivity of mountainous grasslands in South America: A meta-analysis. Ecology and Evolution, 14(4), Article e11076. [DOI] [Repository]
Wang, S., Hong, P., Adler, P. B., Allan, E., Hautier, Y., Schmid, B., Spaak, J. W., & Feng, Y. (2024). Towards mechanistic integration of the causes and consequences of biodiversity. Trends in ecology & evolution, 39(7), 689-700. [DOI] [Portal]
Li, X., Zuo, X., Qiao, J., Hu, Y., Wang, S., Yue, P., Cheng, H., Song, Z., Chen, M., & Hautier, Y. (2024). Context-dependent impact of changes in precipitation on the stability of grassland biomass. Functional Ecology, 38(5), 1185-1198. [DOI] [Repository]
He, M., Barry, K. E., Soons, M. B., Allan, E., Cappelli, S. L., Craven, D., Doležal, J., Isbell, F., Lanta, V., Lepš, J., Liang, M., Mason, N., Palmborg, C., Pichon, N. A., da Silveira Pontes, L., Reich, P. B., Roscher, C., & Hautier, Y. (2024). Cumulative nitrogen enrichment alters the drivers of grassland overyielding. Communications Biology, 7(1), Article 309. [DOI] [Repository]
Zheng, L., Barry, K. E., Guerrero-Ramírez, N. R., Craven, D., Reich, P. B., Verheyen, K., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Eisenhauer, N., Barsoum, N., Bauhus, J., Bruelheide, H., Cavender-Bares, J., Dolezal, J., Auge, H., Fagundes, M. V., Ferlian, O., Fiedler, S., Forrester, D. I., Ganade, G., ... Hautier, Y. (2024). Effects of plant diversity on productivity strengthen over time due to trait-dependent shifts in species overyielding. Nature Communications, 15(1), Article 2078. [DOI] [Repository]
Zhu, J., Zhang, Y., Wu, J., Zhang, X., Yu, G., Shen, Z., Yang, X., He, Y., Jiang, L., & Hautier, Y. (2024). Herbivore exclusion stabilizes alpine grassland biomass production across spatial scales. Global Change Biology, 30(1), Article e17155. [DOI] [Repository]
Smith, M. D., Wilkins, K. D., Holdrege, M. C., Wilfahrt, P., Collins, S. L., Knapp, A. K., Sala, O. E., Dukes, J. S., Phillips, R. P., Yahdjian, L., Gherardi, L. A., Ohlert, T., Beier, C., Fraser, L. H., Jentsch, A., Loik, M. E., Maestre, F. T., Power, S. A., Yu, Q., ... Hefting, M. (2024). Extreme drought impacts have been underestimated in grasslands and shrublands globally. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 121(4), 1-10. Article e2309881120. [DOI] [Repository]

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Bakker, J. D., Price, J. N., Henning, J. A., Batzer, E. E., Ohlert, T. J., Wainwright, C. E., Adler, P. B., Alberti, J., Arnillas, C. A., Biederman, L. A., Borer, E. T., Brudvig, L. A., Buckley, Y. M., Bugalho, M. N., Cadotte, M. W., Caldeira, M. C., Catford, J. A., Chen, Q., Crawley, M. J., ... Wardle, G. M. (2023). Compositional variation in grassland plant communities. Ecosphere, 14(6), Article e4542. [DOI] [Repository]
Suonan, J., Lu, X., Li, X., Hautier, Y., & Wang, C. (2023). Nitrogen addition strengthens the stabilizing effect of biodiversity on productivity by increasing plant trait diversity and species asynchrony in the artificial grassland communities. Frontiers in Plant Science, 14, 1-12. Article 1301461. [DOI] [Repository]
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., ... Eisenhauer, N. (2023). Drivers of soil microbial and detritivore activity across global grasslands. Communications Biology, 6(1), 1-10. Article 1220. [DOI] [Repository]
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., ... Yahdjian, L. (2023). The positive effect of plant diversity on soil carbon depends on climate. Nature Communications, 14(1), Article 6624. [DOI] [Repository]
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., ... Hautier, Y. (2023). Multidimensional responses of grassland stability to eutrophication. Nature Communications, 14(1), Article 6375. [DOI] [Repository]
Qiao, X., Lamy, T., Wang, S., Hautier, Y., Geng, Y., Han, Z., Zhang, N., He, H., Zhang, Z., Zhang, C., Zhao, X., & von Gadow, K. (2023). Selective logging destabilizes the functioning and composition of forest ecosystems at multiple spatial scales. Oikos, 2023(11), Article e10099. [DOI] [Repository]
Garbowski, M., Boughton, E., Ebeling, A., Fay, P., Hautier, Y., Holz, H., Jentsch, A., Jurburg, S., Ladouceur, E., Martina, J., Ohlert, T., Raynaud, X., Roscher, C., Sonnier, G., Tognetti, P. M., Yahdjian, L., Wilfahrt, P., & Harpole, S. (2023). Nutrient enrichment alters seasonal β-diversity in global grasslands. Journal of Ecology, 111(10), 2134-2145. [DOI] [Repository]
Zhang, M., Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Li, G., Isbell, F., Wang, Y., Hautier, Y., Wang, Y., Xiao, Y., Cai, J., Pan, X., & Wang, L. (2023). Experimental impacts of grazing on grassland biodiversity and function are explained by aridity. Nature Communications, 14(1), Article 5040. [DOI] [Repository]
Huang, M., de Vries, J., Zhou, S., & Hautier, Y. (2023). Aridity and soil fertility, not species richness, interact to affect temporal stability of primary productivity along a natural gradient in northern China. Oikos, 2023(11), Article e10086. [DOI] [Repository]
Song, Z., Hautier, Y., & Wang, C. (2023). Grassland stability decreases with increasing number of global change factors: A meta-analysis. Science of the Total Environment, 898, Article 165651. [DOI] [Repository]
Dee, L. E., Ferraro, P. J., Severen, C. N., Kimmel, K. A., Borer, E. T., Byrnes, J. E. K., Clark, A. T., Hautier, Y., Hector, A., Raynaud, X., Reich, P. B., Wright, A. J., Arnillas, C. A., Davies, K. F., MacDougall, A., Mori, A. S., Smith, M. D., Adler, P. B., Bakker, J. D., ... Loreau, M. (2023). Publisher Correction: Clarifying the effect of biodiversity on productivity in natural ecosystems with longitudinal data and methods for causal inference (Nature Communications, (2023), 14, 1, (2607), 10.1038/s41467-023-37194-5). Nature Communications, 14(1), Article 4131. [DOI] [Repository]
Dee, L. E., Ferraro, P. J., Severen, C. N., Kimmel, K. A., Borer, E. T., Byrnes, J. E. K., Clark, A. T., Hautier, Y., Hector, A., Raynaud, X., Reich, P. B., Wright, A. J., Arnillas, C. A., Davies, K. F., MacDougall, A., Mori, A. S., Smith, M. D., Adler, P. B., Bakker, J. D., ... Loreau, M. (2023). Clarifying the effect of biodiversity on productivity in natural ecosystems with longitudinal data and methods for causal inference. Nature Communications, 14(1), Article 2607. [DOI] [Repository]
Zhang, Z., Zhang, Z., Hautier, Y., Qing, H., Yang, J., Bao, T., Hajek, O. L., & Knapp, A. K. (2023). Effects of intra-annual precipitation patterns on grassland productivity moderated by the dominant species phenology. Frontiers in Plant Science, 14, Article 1142786. [DOI] [Repository]
Daleo, P., Alberti, J., Chaneton, E. J., Iribarne, O., Tognetti, P. M., Bakker, J. D., Borer, E. T., Bruschetti, M., MacDougall, A. S., Pascual, J., Sankaran, M., Seabloom, E. W., Wang, S., Bagchi, S., Brudvig, L. A., Catford, J. A., Dickman, C. R., Dickson, T. L., Donohue, I., ... Hautier, Y. (2023). Environmental heterogeneity modulates the effect of plant diversity on the spatial variability of grassland biomass. Nature Communications, 14(1), Article 1809. [DOI] [Repository]
Qiao, X., Hautier, Y., Geng, Y., Wang, S., Wang, J., Zhang, N., Zhang, Z., Zhang, C., Zhao, X., & von Gadow, K. (2023). Biodiversity contributes to stabilizing ecosystem productivity across spatial scales as much as environmental heterogeneity in a large temperate forest region. Forest Ecology and Management, 529, Article 120695. [DOI] [Repository]
Qiao, X., Lamy, T., Wang, S., Hautier, Y., Geng, Y., White, H. J., Zhang, N., Zhang, Z., Zhang, C., Zhao, X., & von Gadow, K. (2023). Latitudinal patterns of forest ecosystem stability across spatial scales as affected by biodiversity and environmental heterogeneity. Global Change Biology, 29(8), 2242-2255. [DOI] [Repository]
Zhang, P., Borer, E. T., Seabloom, E. W., Soons, M. B., Hefting, M. M., Kowalchuk, G. A., Adler, P. B., Chu, C., Zhou, X., Brown, C. S., Guo, Z., Zhou, X., Zhao, Z., Du, G., & Hautier, Y. (2023). Space resource utilization of dominant species integrates abundance- and functional-based processes for better predictions of plant diversity dynamics. Oikos, 2023(4), Article e09519. [DOI] [Repository]
Frey, B., Moser, B., Tytgat, B., Zimmermann, S., Alberti, J., Biederman, L. A., Borer, E. T., Broadbent, A. A. D., Caldeira, M. C., Davies, K. F., Eisenhauer, N., Eskelinen, A., Fay, P. A., Hagedorn, F., Hautier, Y., MacDougall, A. S., McCulley, R. L., Moore, J. L., Nepel, M., ... Risch, A. C. (2023). Long-term N-addition alters the community structure of functionally important N-cycling soil microorganisms across global grasslands. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 176, 1-11. Article 108887. [DOI] [Repository]
Muehleisen, A. J., Watkins, C. R. E., Altmire, G. R., Shaw, E. A., Case, M. F., Aoyama, L., Brambila, A., Reed, P. B., LaForgia, M., Borer, E. T., Seabloom, E. W., Bakker, J. D., Amillas, C. A., Biederman, L., Chen, Q., Cleland, E. E., Fay, P. A., Hagenah, N., Harpole, S., ... Hallett, L. M. (2023). Nutrient addition drives declines in grassland species richness primarily via enhanced species loss. Journal of Ecology, 111(3), 552-563. [DOI] [Repository]
Berlinches de Gea, A., Hautier, Y., & Geisen, S. (2023). Interactive effects of global change drivers as determinants of the link between soil biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. Global Change Biology, 29(2), 296-307. [DOI] [Repository]
Isbell, F., Balvanera, P., Mori, A. S., He, J. S., Bullock, J. M., Regmi, G. R., Seabloom, E. W., Ferrier, S., Sala, O. E., Guerrero-Ramírez, N. R., Tavella, J., Larkin, D. J., Schmid, B., Outhwaite, C. L., Pramual, P., Borer, E. T., Loreau, M., Omotoriogun, T. C., Obura, D. O., ... Palmer, M. S. (2023). Expert perspectives on global biodiversity loss and its drivers and impacts on people. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 21(2), 94-103. [DOI] [Repository]

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Scholarly publications

Hautier, Y., & Van Der Plas, F. (2022). Biodiversity and Temporal Stability of Naturally Assembled Ecosystems Across Spatial Scales in a Changing World. In M. Loreau, & A. Hector (Eds.), The Ecological and Societal Consequences of Biodiversity Loss (pp. 189-209). Wiley. [DOI] [Repository]
Jessen, M., Auge, H., Harpole, W. S., Hautier, Y., Eskelinen, A., & Li, M. (Ed.) (2022). Grazing and light modify Silene latifolia responses to nutrients and future climate. PLoS One, 17(11), 1-16. Article e0276789. [DOI] [Repository]
Zhang, Z., Hautier, Y., Bao, T., Yang, J., Qing, H., Liu, Z., Wang, M., Li, T., Yan, M., & Zhang, G. (2022). Species richness and asynchrony maintain the stability of primary productivity against seasonal climatic variability. Frontiers in Plant Science, 13, 1-12. Article 1014049. [DOI] [Repository]
Wang, Y., Du, J., Pang, Z., Liu, Y., Xue, K., Hautier, Y., Zhang, B., Tang, L., Jiang, L., Ji, B., Xu, X., Zhang, J., Hu, R., Zhou, S., Wang, F., Che, R., Wang, D., Zhou, C., Cui, X., ... Hao, Y. (2022). Unimodal productivity-biodiversity relationship along the gradient of multidimensional resources across Chinese grasslands. National Science Review, 9(12), 1-14. Article nwac165. [DOI] [Repository]
Eskelinen, A., Harpole, W. S., Jessen, M.-T., Virtanen, R., & Hautier, Y. (2022). Light competition drives herbivore and nutrient effects on plant diversity. Nature, 611(7935), 301-305. [DOI] [Repository]
Ladouceur, E., Blowes, S. A., Chase, J. M., Clark, A. T., Garbowski, M., Alberti, J., Arnillas, C. A., Bakker, J. D., Barrio, I. C., Bharath, S., Borer, E. T., Brudvig, L. A., Cadotte, M. W., Chen, Q., Collins, S. L., Dickman, C. R., Donohue, I., Du, G., Ebeling, A., ... Harpole, W. S. (2022). Linking changes in species composition and biomass in a globally distributed grassland experiment. Ecology Letters, 25(12), 2699-2712. [DOI] [Repository]
Zhang, Z., Bao, T., Hautier, Y., Yang, J., Liu, Z., & Qing, H. (2022). 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, 12(10), 1-13. Article e9385. [DOI] [Repository]
Wu, A., Zhou, G., He, H., Hautier, Y., Tang, X., Liu, J., Zhang, Q., Wang, S., Wang, A., Lin, L., Zhang, Y., Xie, Z., & Chang, R. (2022). Tree diversity depending on environmental gradients promotes biomass stability via species asynchrony in China's forest ecosystems. Ecological Indicators, 140, 1-10. Article 109021. [DOI] [Repository]
Liang, M., Baiser, B., Hallett, L. M., Hautier, Y., Jiang, L., Loreau, M., Record, S., Sokol, E. R., Zarnetske, P. L., & Wang, S. (2022). Consistent stabilizing effects of plant diversity across spatial scales and climatic gradients. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 6(11), 1669-1675. [DOI] [Repository]
Li, M., Pommier, T., Yin, Y., Cao, W., Zhang, X., Hu, J., Hautier, Y., Yang, T., Xu, Y., Shen, Q., Kowalchuk, G. A., Jousset, A., & Wei, Z. (2022). Resource availability drives bacteria community resistance to pathogen invasion via altering bacterial pairwise interactions. Environmental Microbiology, 24(12), 5680-5689. [DOI] [Repository]
Price, J. N., Sitters, J., Ohlert, T., Tognetti, P. M., Brown, C. S., Seabloom, E. W., Borer, E. T., Prober, S. M., Bakker, E. S., MacDougall, A. S., Yahdjian, L., Gruner, D. S., Olde Venterink, H., Barrio, I. C., Graff, P., Bagchi, S., Arnillas, C. A., Bakker, J. D., Blumenthal, D. M., ... Wardle, G. M. (2022). Evolutionary history of grazing and resources determine herbivore exclusion effects on plant diversity. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 6(9), 1290-1298. [DOI] [Repository]
Huang, M., Wang, S., Liu, X., Nie, M., Zhou, S., & Hautier, Y. (2022). Intra- and interspecific variability of specific leaf area mitigate the reduction of community stability in response to warming and nitrogen addition. Oikos, 2022(9), Article e09207. [DOI] [Repository]
Timmers, R., van Kuijk, M., Verweij, P. A., Ghazoul, J., Hautier, Y., Laurance, W. F., Arriaga-Weiss, S. L., Askins, R. A., Battisti, C., Berg, Å., Daily, G. C., Estades, C. F., Frank, B., Kurosawa, R., Pojar, R. A., Woinarski, J. C. Z., & Soons, M. B. (2022). Conservation of birds in fragmented landscapes requires protected areas. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 20(6), 361-369. [DOI] [Repository]
Zheng, L. T., Chen, H. Y. H., Hautier, Y., Bao, D. F., Xu, M. S., Yang, B. Y., Zhao, Z., Zhang, L., & Yan, E. R. (2022). Functionally diverse tree stands reduce herbaceous diversity and productivity via canopy packing. Functional Ecology, 36(4), 950-961. [DOI] [Repository]
Yang, G.-J., Hautier, Y., Zhang, Z.-J., Lü, X.-T., & Han, X.-G. (2022). Decoupled responses of above- and below-ground stability of productivity to nitrogen addition at the local and larger spatial scale. Global Change Biology, 28(8), 2711-2720. [DOI] [Repository]
Chen, Q., Wang, S., Seabloom, E. W., MacDougall, A. S., Borer, E. T., Bakker, J. D., Donohue, I., Knops, J. M. H., Morgan, J. W., Carroll, O., Crawley, M., Bugalho, M. N., Power, S. A., Eskelinen, A., Virtanen, R., Risch, A. C., Schütz, M., Stevens, C., Caldeira, M. C., ... Hautier, Y. (2022). Nutrients and herbivores impact grassland stability across spatial scales through different pathways. Global Change Biology, 28(8), 2678-2688. [DOI] [Repository]
Carroll, O., Batzer, E., Bharath, S., Borer, E. T., Campana, S., Esch, E., Hautier, Y., Ohlert, T., Seabloom, E. W., Adler, P. B., Bakker, J. D., Biederman, L., Bugalho, M. N., Caldeira, M., Chen, Q., Davies, K. F., Fay, P. A., Knops, J. M. H., Komatsu, K., ... MacDougall, A. S. (2022). Nutrient identity modifies the destabilising effects of eutrophication in grasslands. Ecology Letters, 25(4), 754-765. [DOI] [Repository]
Hong, P., Schmid, B., De Laender, F., Eisenhauer, N., Zhang, X., Chen, H., Craven, D., De Boeck, H. J., Hautier, Y., Petchey, O. L., Reich, P. B., Steudel, B., Striebel, M., Thakur, M. P., & Wang, S. (2022). Biodiversity promotes ecosystem functioning despite environmental change. Ecology Letters, 25(2), 555-569. [DOI] [Repository]

2021

Scholarly publications

Arnillas, C. A., Borer, E. T., Seabloom, E. W., Alberti, J., Baez, S., Bakker, J. D., Boughton, E. H., Buckley, Y. M., Bugalho, M. N., Donohue, I., Dwyer, J., Eskelinen, A., Firn, J., Gridzak, R., Hagenah, N., Hautier, Y., Helm, A., Jentsch, A., Knops, J. M. H., ... Cadotte, M. W. (2021). Opposing community assembly patterns for dominant and jonnondominant plant species in herbaceous ecosystems globally. Ecology and Evolution, 11(24), 17744-17761. [DOI] [Repository]
Hu, J., Yang, T., Friman, V.-P., Kowalchuk, G. A., Hautier, Y., Li, M., Wei, Z., Xu, Y., Shen, Q., & Jousset, A. (2021). Introduction of probiotic bacterial consortia promotes plant growth via impacts on the resident rhizosphere microbiome. Proceedings. Biological sciences, 288(1960), Article 20211396. [DOI] [Repository]
O'Connor, M. I., Mori, A. S., Gonzalez, A., Dee, L. E., Loreau, M., Avolio, M., Byrnes, J. E. K., Cheung, W., Cowles, J., Clark, A. T., Hautier, Y., Hector, A., Komatsu, K., Newbold, T., Outhwaite, C. L., Reich, P. B., Seabloom, E., Williams, L., Wright, A., & Isbell, F. (2021). Grand challenges in biodiversity-ecosystem functioning research in the era of science-policy platforms require explicit consideration of feedbacks. Proceedings. Biological sciences, 288(1960), 1-10. Article 20210783. [DOI] [Repository]
Wilfahrt, P. A., Asmus, A. L., Seabloom, E. W., Henning, J. A., Adler, P., Arnillas, C. A., Bakker, J. D., Biederman, L., Brudvig, L. A., Cadotte, M., Daleo, P., Eskelinen, A., Firn, J., Harpole, W. S., Hautier, Y., Kirkman, K. P., Komatsu, K. J., Laungani, R., MacDougall, A., ... Borer, E. T. (2021). Temporal rarity is a better predictor of local extinction risk than spatial rarity. Ecology, 102(11), Article e03504. [DOI] [Repository]
Liang, M., Liang, C., Hautier, Y., Wilcox, K. R., & Wang, S. (2021). Grazing-induced biodiversity loss impairs grassland ecosystem stability at multiple scales. Ecology Letters, 24(10), 2054-2064. [DOI] [Repository]
Tognetti, P. M., Prober, S. M., Báez, S., Chaneton, E. J., Firn, J., Risch, A. C., Schuetz, M., Simonsen, A. K., Yahdjian, L., Borer, E. T., Seabloom, E. W., Arnillas, C. A., Bakker, J. D., Brown, C. S., Cadotte, M. W., Caldeira, M. C., Daleo, P., Dwyer, J. M., Fay, P. A., ... Sankaran, M. (2021). Negative effects of nitrogen override positive effects of phosphorus on grassland legumes worldwide. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 118(28), Article e2023718118. [DOI] [Repository]
Mori, A. S., Dee, L. E., Gonzalez, A., Ohashi, H., Cowles, J., Wright, A. J., Loreau, M., Hautier, Y., Newbold, T., Reich, P. B., Matsui, T., Takeuchi, W., Okada, K. I., Seidl, R., & Isbell, F. (2021). Biodiversity–productivity relationships are key to nature-based climate solutions. Nature Climate Change, 11(6), 543–550. [DOI] [Repository]
Wagg, C., Hautier, Y., Pellkofer, S., Banerjee, S., Schmid, B., & van der Heijden, M. (2021). Diversity and asynchrony in soil microbial communities stabilizes ecosystem functioning. eLife, 10, 1-19. Article e62813. [DOI] [Repository]
Hautier, Y., Zhang, P., Loreau, M., Wilcox, K. R., Seabloom, E. W., Borer, E. T., Byrnes, J. E. K., Koerner, S. E., Komatsu, K. J., Lefcheck, J. S., Hector, A., Adler, P. B., Alberti, J., Arnillas, C. A., Bakker, J. D., Brudvig, L. A., Bugalho, M. N., Cadotte, M., Caldeira, M. C., ... Wang, S. (2021). Author Correction: General destabilizing effects of eutrophication on grassland productivity at multiple spatial scales (Nature Communications, (2020), 11, 1, (5375), 10.1038/s41467-020-19252-4). Nature Communications, 12(1), Article 630. [DOI] [Repository]
Yang, X., Mariotte, P., Guo, J., Hautier, Y., & Zhang, T. (2021). Suppression of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi decreases the temporal stability of community productivity under elevated temperature and nitrogen addition in a temperate meadow. Science of the Total Environment, 762, Article 143137. [DOI] [Repository]
Seabloom, E. W., Adler, P. B., Alberti, J., Biederman, L., Buckley, Y. M., Cadotte, M. W., Collins, S. L., Dee, L., Fay, P. A., Firn, J., Hagenah, N., Harpole, W. S., Hautier, Y., Hector, A., Hobbie, S. E., Isbell, F., Knops, J. M. H., Komatsu, K. J., Laungani, R., ... Borer, E. T. (2021). Increasing effects of chronic nutrient enrichment on plant diversity loss and ecosystem productivity over time. Ecology, 102(2), Article e03218. [DOI] [Repository]

2020

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Nutrient Network, Hautier, Y., Zhang, P., & Pos, E. T. (2020). General destabilizing effects of eutrophication on grassland productivity at multiple spatial scales. Nature Communications, 11(1), Article 5375. [DOI] [Repository]
Zhang, B., Hautier, Y., Tan, X., You, C., Cadotte, M. W., Chu, C., Jiang, L., Sui, X., Ren, T., Han, X., & Chen, S. (2020). Species responses to changing precipitation depend on trait plasticity rather than trait means and intraspecific variation. Functional Ecology, 34(12), 2622-2633. [DOI] [Repository]
Zhang, P., Hefting, M. M., Soons, M. B., Kowalchuk, G. A., Rees, M., Hector, A., Turnbull, L. A., Zhou, X., Guo, Z., Chu, C., Du, G., & Hautier, Y. (2020). Fast and furious: Early differences in growth rate drive short-term plant dominance and exclusion under eutrophication. Ecology and Evolution, 10(18), 10116-10129. [DOI] [Repository]
Eskelinen, A., Gravuer, K., Harpole, S., Harrison, S., Virtanen, R., & Hautier, Y. (2020). Resource-enhancing global changes drive a whole-ecosystem shift to faster cycling but decrease diversity. Ecology, 101(12), 1-12. Article e03178. [DOI] [Repository]
van 't Veen, H., Chalmandrier, L., Sandau, N., Nobis, M. P., Descombes, P., Psomas, A., Hautier, Y., & Pellissier, L. (2020). A landscape-scale assessment of the relationship between grassland functioning, community diversity, and functional traits. Ecology and Evolution, 10(18), 9906-9919. [DOI] [Repository]
Firn, J., McGree, J. M., Harvey, E., Flores-Moreno, H., Schütz, M., Buckley, Y. M., Borer, E. T., Seabloom, E. W., La Pierre, K. J., MacDougall, A. M., Prober, S. M., Stevens, C. J., Sullivan, L. L., Porter, E., Ladouceur, E., Allen, C., Moromizato, K. H., Morgan, J. W., Harpole, W. S., ... Risch, A. C. (2020). Author Correction: Leaf nutrients, not specific leaf area, are consistent indicators of elevated nutrient inputs. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 4, 886–891. [DOI] [Repository]
Gilbert, B., MacDougall, A. S., Kadoya, T., Akasaka, M., Bennett, J. R., Lind, E. M., Flores-Moreno, H., Firn, J., Hautier, Y., Borer, E. T., Seabloom, E. W., Adler, P. B., Cleland, E. E., Grace, J. B., Harpole, W. S., Esch, E. H., Moore, J. L., Knops, J., McCulley, R., ... Fay, P. A. (2020). Climate and local environment structure asynchrony and the stability of primary production in grasslands. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 29(7), 1177-1188. [DOI] [Repository]
Broadbent, A. A. D., Firn, J., McGree, J. M., Borer, E. T., Buckley, Y. M., Harpole, W. S., Komatsu, K. J., MacDougall, A. S., Orwin, K. H., Ostle, N. J., Seabloom, E. W., Bakker, J. D., Biederman, L., Caldeira, M. C., Eisenhauer, N., Hagenah, N., Hautier, Y., Moore, J. L., Nogueira, C., ... Stevens, C. J. (2020). Dominant native and non-native graminoids differ in key leaf traits irrespective of nutrient availability. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 29(7), 1126-1138. [DOI] [Repository]
Sitters, J., Wubs, E. R. J., Bakker, E. S., Crowther, T. W., Adler, P. B., Bagchi, S., Bakker, J. D., Biederman, L., Borer, E. T., Cleland, E. E., Eisenhauer, N., Firn, J., Gherardi, L., Hagenah, N., Hautier, Y., Hobbie, S. E., Knops, J. M. H., MacDougall, A. S., McCulley, R. L., ... Veen, G. F. C. (2020). Nutrient availability controls the impact of mammalian herbivores on soil carbon and nitrogen pools in grasslands. Global Change Biology, 26(4), 2060-2071. [DOI] [Repository]

2019

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Risch, A. C., Zimmermann, S., Ochoa-Hueso, R., Schütz, M., Frey, B., Firn, J. L., Fay, P. A., Hagedorn, F., Borer, E. T., Seabloom, E. W., Harpole, W. S., Knops, J. M. H., McCulley, R. L., Broadbent, A. A. D., Stevens, C. J., Silveira, M. L., Adler, P. B., Báez, S., Biederman, L. A., ... Moser, B. (2019). Soil net nitrogen mineralisation across global grasslands. Nature Communications, 10(1), Article 4981. [DOI] [Repository]
Zhang, P., Kowalchuk, G. A., Soons, M. B., Hefting, M. M., Chu, C., Firn, J., Brown, C. S., Zhou, X., Zhou, X., Guo, Z., Zhao, Z., Du, G., & Hautier, Y. (2019). SRUD: A simple non-destructive method for accurate quantification of plant diversity dynamics. Journal of Ecology, 107(5), 2155-2166. [DOI] [Repository]
Cleland, E. E., Lind, E. M., DeCrappeo, N. M., DeLorenze, E., Wilkins, R. A., Adler, P. B., Bakker, J. D., Brown, C. S., Davies, K. F., Esch, E., Firn, J., Gressard, S., Gruner, D. S., Hagenah, N., Harpole, W. S., Hautier, Y., Hobbie, S. E., Hofmockel, K. S., Kirkman, K., ... Seabloom, E. W. (2019). Belowground Biomass Response to Nutrient Enrichment Depends on Light Limitation Across Globally Distributed Grasslands. Ecosystems, 22(7), 1466–1477. [DOI] [Repository]
Firn, J., McGree, J. M., Harvey, E., Flores-Moreno, H., Schütz, M., Buckley, Y. M., Borer, E. T., Seabloom, E. W., La Pierre, K. J., MacDougall, A. M., Prober, S. M., Stevens, C. J., Sullivan, L. L., Porter, E., Ladouceur, E., Allen, C., Moromizato, K. H., Morgan, J. W., Harpole, W. S., ... Risch, A. C. (2019). Leaf nutrients, not specific leaf area, are consistent indicators of elevated nutrient inputs. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 3, 400-406. [DOI] [Repository]

2018

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Hautier, Y., Vojtech, E., & Hector, A. (2018). The importance of competition for light depends on productivity and disturbance. Ecology and Evolution, 8(22), 10655-10661. [DOI] [Repository]
Craven, D., Eisenhauer, N., Pearse, W. D., Hautier, Y., Isbell, F., Roscher, C., Bahn, M., Beierkuhnlein, C., Bönisch, G., Buchmann, N., Byun, C., Catford, J. A., Cerabolini, B. E. L., Cornelissen, J. H. C., Craine, J. M., De Luca, E., Ebeling, A., Griffin, J. N., Hector, A., ... Manning, P. (2018). Multiple facets of biodiversity drive the diversity-stability relationship. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 2, 1579–1587. [DOI] [Repository]
Hodapp, D., Borer, E. T., Harpole, W. S., Lind, E. M., Seabloom, E. W., Adler, P. B., Alberti, J., Arnillas, C. A., Bakker, J. D., Biederman, L. A., Cadotte, M., Cleland, E. E., Collins, S. L., Fay Jennifer Firn, P. A., Firn, J., Hagenah, N., Hautier, Y., Iribarne, O., Knops, J. M. H., ... Hillebrand, H. (2018). Spatial heterogeneity in species composition constrains plant community responses to herbivory and fertilisation. Ecology Letters, 21(9), 1364-1371. [DOI] [Repository]
Mortensen, B., Danielson, B., Harpole, W. S., Alberti, J., Arnillas, C. A., Biederman, L. A., Borer, E. T., Cadotte, M. W., Dwyer, J. M., Hagenah, N., Hautier, Y., Peri, P. L., & Seabloom, E. W. (2018). Herbivores safeguard plant diversity by reducing variability in dominance. Journal of Ecology, 106(1), 101-112. [DOI] [Repository]
Hautier, Y., Isbell, F., Borer, E. T., Seabloom, E. W., Harpole, W. S., Lind, E. M., MacDougall, A. S., Stevens, C. J., Adler, P. B., Alberti, J., Bakker, J. D., Brudvig, L. A., Buckley, Y. M., Cadotte, M., Caldeira, M. C., Chaneton, E. J., Chu, C., Daleo, P., Dickman, C. R., ... Hector, A. (2018). Local loss and spatial homogenization of plant diversity reduce ecosystem multifunctionality. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 2(1), 50-56. [DOI] [Repository]

2017

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Harpole, W. S., Sullivan, L. L., Lind, E. M., Firn, J., Adler, P. B., Borer, E. T., Chase, J., Fay Jennifer Firn, P. A., Hautier, Y., Hillebrand, H., MacDougall, A. S., Seabloom, E. W., Bakker, J. D., Cadotte, M. W., Chaneton, E. J., Chu, C., Hagenah, N., Kirkman, K., La Pierre, K. J., ... Stevens, C. J. (2017). Out of the shadows: multiple nutrient limitations drive relationships among biomass, light and plant diversity. Functional Ecology, 31(9), 1839-1846. [DOI] [Repository]
Seabloom, E. W., Kinkel, L., Borer, E. T., Hautier, Y., Montgomery, R. A., & Tilman, D. (2017). Food webs obscure the strength of plant diversity effects on primary productivity. Ecology Letters, 20(4), 505–512. [DOI] [Repository]

2016

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Harpole, W. S., Sullivan, L. L., Lind, E. M., Firn, J., Adler, P. B., Borer, E. T., Chase, J., Fay, P. A., Hautier, Y., Hillebrand, H., MacDougall, A. S., Seabloom, E. W., Williams, R., Bakker, J. D., Cadotte, M. W., Chaneton, E. J., Chu, C., Cleland, E. E., D'Antonio, C., ... Wragg, P. D. (2016). Addition of multiple limiting resources reduces grassland diversity. Nature, 537(7618), 93-96. [DOI] [Repository]
Craven, D., Isbell, F., Manning, P., Connolly, J., Bruelheide, H., Ebeling, A., Roscher, C., van Ruijven, J., Weigelt, A., Wilsey, B., Beierkuhnlein, C., de Luca, E., Griffin, J. N., Hautier, Y., Hector, A., Jentsch, A., Kreyling, J., Lanta, V., Loreau, M., ... Eisenhauer, N. (2016). Plant diversity effects on grassland productivity are robust to both nutrient enrichment and drought. Philosophical transactions / Royal Society of London. Biological sciences, 371(1694), Article 20150277. [DOI] [Repository]
Grace, J. B., Anderson, T. M., Seabloom, E. W., Borer, E. T., Adler, P. B., Harpole, W. S., Hautier, Y., Hillebrand, H., Lind, E. M., Pärtel, M., Bakker, J. D., Buckley, Y. M., Crawley, M. J., Damschen, E. I., Davies, K. F., Fay, P. A., Firn, J., Gruner, D. S., Hector, A., ... Smith, M. D. (2016). Integrative modelling reveals mechanisms linking productivity and plant species richness. Nature, 529(7586), 390-393. [DOI] [Repository]
Tredennick, A. T., Adler, P. B., B.Grace, J., Stanley Harpole, W., Borer, E. T., Seabloom, E. W., Michael Anderson, T., Bakker, J. D., Biederman, L. A., Brown, C. S., Buckley, Y. M., Chu, C., Collins, S. L., Crawley, M. J., Fay Jennifer Firn, P. A., Gruner, D. S., Hagenah, N., Hautier, Y., Hector, A., ... Yang, L. H. (2016). Comment on Worldwide evidence of a unimodal relationship between productivity and plant species richness. Science, 351(6272), 457. [DOI] [Repository]

2015

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Yang, Z., Hautier, Y., Borer, E. T., Zhang, C., & Du, G. (2015). Abundance- and functional-based mechanisms of plant diversity loss with fertilization in the presence and absence of herbivores. Oecologia, 179(1), 261-270. [DOI] [Repository]
Fay, P. A., Prober, S. M., Harpole, W. S., Knops, J. M. H., Bakker, J. D., Borer, E. T., Lind, E. M., MacDougall, A. S., Seabloom, E. W., Wragg, P. D., Adler, P. B., Blumenthal, D. M., Buckley, Y. M., Chu, C., Cleland, E. E., Collins, S. L., Davies, K. F., Du, G., Feng, X., ... Yang, L. H. (2015). Grassland productivity limited by multiple nutrients. Nature Plants, 1, Article 15080. [DOI] [Repository]
Stevens, C. J., Lind, E. M., Hautier, Y., Harpole, W. S., Borer, E. T., Hobbie, S., Seabloom, E. W., Ladwig, L., Bakker, J. D., Chu, C., Collins, S., Davies, K. F., Firn, J., Hillebrand, H., La Pierre, K. J., MacDougall, A., Melbourne, B., McCulley, R. L., Morgan, J., ... Wragg, P. D. (2015). Anthropogenic nitrogen deposition predicts local grassland primary production worldwide. Ecology, 96(6), 1459-1465. [DOI]
Prober, S. M., Leff, J. W., Bates, S. T., Borer, E. T., Firn, J., Harpole, W. S., Lind, E. M., Seabloom, E. W., Adler, P. B., Bakker, J. D., Cleland, E. E., DeCrappeo, N. M., DeLorenze, E., Hagenah, N., Hautier, Y., Hofmockel, K. S., Kirkman, K. P., Knops, J. M. H., La Pierre, K. J., ... Fierer, N. (2015). Plant diversity predicts beta but not alpha diversity of soil microbes across grasslands worldwide. Ecology Letters, 18(1), 85-95. [DOI]
Hautier, Y., Tilman, D., Isbell, F., Seabloom, E. W., Borer, E. T., & Reich, P. B. (2015). Anthropogenic environmental changes affect ecosystem stability via biodiversity. Science, 348(6232), 336-340. [DOI] [Repository]
Seabloom, E. W., Borer, E. T., Buckley, Y. M., Cleland, E. E., Davies, K. F., Firn, J., Harpole, W. S., Hautier, Y., Lind, E. M., Macdougall, A. S., Orrock, J. L., Prober, S. M., Adler, P. B., Anderson, T. M., Bakker, J. D., Biederman, L. A., Blumenthal, D. M., Brown, C. S., Brudvig, L. A., ... Yang, L. (2015). Plant species origin predicts dominance and response to nutrient enrichment and herbivores in global grasslands. Nature Communications [E], 6, Article 8710. [DOI] [Repository]
Isbell, F., Craven, D., Connolly, J., Loreau, M., Schmid, B., Beierkuhnlein, C., Bezemer, T. M., Bonin, C., Bruelheide, H., De Luca, E., Ebeling, A., Griffin, J. N., Guo, Q., Hautier, Y., Hector, A., Jentsch, A., Kreyling, J., Lanta, V., Manning, P., ... Eisenhauer, N. (2015). Biodiversity increases the resistance of ecosystem productivity to climate extremes. Nature, 526(7574), 574-577. [DOI] [Repository]

2014

Scholarly publications

MacDougall, A. S., Seabloom, E. W., & Hautier, Y. (2014). Anthropogenic-based regional-scale factors most consistently explain plot-level exotic diversity in grasslands. Global Ecology and Biogeography.
Borer, E. T., Seabloom, E. W., Gruner, D. S., Harpole, W. S., Hillebrand, H., Lind, E. M., Adler, P. B., Alberti, J., Anderson, T. M., Bakker, J. D., Biederman, L., Blumenthal, D., Brown, C. S., Brudvig, L. A., Buckley, Y. M., Cadotte, M., Chu, C., Cleland, E. E., Crawley, M. J., ... Yang, L. H. (2014). Herbivores and nutrients control grassland plant diversity via light limitation. Nature, 508(7497), 517-520. [DOI]
Hautier, Y., Seabloom, E. W., Borer, E. T., Adler, P. B., Harpole, W. S., Hillebrand, H., Lind, E. M., MacDougall, A. S., Stevens, C. J., Bakker, J. D., Buckley, Y. M., Chu, C., Collins, S. L., Daleo, P., Damschen, E. I., Davies, K. F., Fay, P. A., Firn, J., Gruner, D. S., ... Hector, A. (2014). Eutrophication weakens stabilizing effects of diversity in natural grasslands. Nature, 508(7497), 521-525. [DOI]

2013

Scholarly publications

Seabloom, E. W., Borer, E. T., Buckley, Y., Cleland, E. E., Davies, K., Firn, J., Harpole, W. S., Hautier, Y., Lind, E., Macdougall, A., Orrock, J. L., Prober, S. M., Adler, P., Alberti, J., Michael Anderson, T., Bakker, J. D., Biederman, L. A., Blumenthal, D., Brown, C. S., ... Yang, L. (2013). Predicting invasion in grassland ecosystems: Is exotic dominance the real embarrassment of richness? Global Change Biology, 19(12), 3677-3687. [DOI]
Lind, E. M., Borer, E., Seabloom, E., Adler, P., Bakker, J. D., Blumenthal, D. M., Crawley, M., Davies, K., Firn, J., Gruner, D. S., Stanley Harpole, W., Hautier, Y., Hillebrand, H., Knops, J., Melbourne, B., Mortensen, B., Risch, A. C., Schuetz, M., Stevens, C., & Wragg, P. D. (2013). Life-history constraints in grassland plant species: A growth-defence trade-off is the norm. Ecology Letters, 16(4), 513-521. [DOI]

2012

Scholarly publications

Grace, J. B., Adler, P. B., Seabloom, E. W., Borer, E. T., Hillebrand, H., Hautier, Y., Hector, A., Harpole, W. S., O'Halloran, L. R., Anderson, T. M., Bakker, J. D., Brown, C. S., Buckley, Y. M., Collins, S. L., Cottingham, K. L., Crawley, M. J., Damschen, E. I., Davies, K. F., DeCrappeo, N. M., ... Yang, L. H. (2012). Response to comments on "productivity is a poor predictor of plant species richness". Science, 335(6075), 1441-c. [DOI]
Turnbull, L. A., Philipson, C. D., Purves, D. W., Atkinson, R. L., Cunniff, J., Goodenough, A., Hautier, Y., Houghton, J., Marthews, T. R., Osborne, C. P., Paul-Victor, C., Rose, K. E., Saner, P., Taylor, S. H., Woodward, F. I., Hector, A., & Rees, M. (2012). Plant growth rates and seed size: A re-evaluation. Ecology, 93(6), 1283-1289. [DOI]
Hector, A., von Felten, S., Hautier, Y., Weilenmann, M., & Bruelheide, H. (2012). Effects of Dominance and Diversity on Productivity along Ellenberg's Experimental Water Table Gradients. PLoS One, 7(9), Article e43358. [DOI]
Albrecht, M., Schmid, B., Hautier, Y., & Müller, C. B. (2012). Diverse pollinator communities enhance plant reproductive success. Proceedings - Royal Society. Biological sciences , 279(1748), 4845-4852. [DOI]

2011

Scholarly publications

Steudel, B., Hautier, Y., Hector, A., & Kessler, M. (2011). Diverse marsh plant communities are more consistently productive across a range of different environmental conditions through functional complementarity. Journal of Applied Ecology, 48(5), 1117-1124. [DOI]
Firn, J., Moore, J. L., MacDougall, A. S., Borer, E. T., Seabloom, E. W., HilleRisLambers, J., Harpole, W. S., Cleland, E. E., Brown, C. S., Knops, J. M. H., Prober, S. M., Pyke, D. A., Farrell, K. A., Bakker, J. D., O'Halloran, L. R., Adler, P. B., Collins, S. L., D'Antonio, C. M., Crawley, M. J., ... Buckley, Y. M. (2011). Abundance of introduced species at home predicts abundance away in herbaceous communities. Ecology Letters, 14(3), 274-281. [DOI]
Hector, A., Bell, T., Hautier, Y., Isbell, F., Kéry, M., Reich, P. B., van Ruijven, J., & Schmid, B. (2011). BUGS in the analysis of biodiversity experiments: Species richness and composition are of similar importance for grassland productivity. PLoS One, 6(3), Article e17434. [DOI]
Adler, P. B., Seabloom, E. W., Borer, E. T., Hillebrand, H., Hautier, Y., Hector, A., Stanley Harpole, W., O'Halloran, L. R., Grace, J. B., Michael Anderson, T., Bakker, J. D., Biederman, L. A., Brown, C. S., Buckley, Y. M., Calabrese, L. B., Chu, C.-J., Cleland, E. E., Collins, S. L., Cottingham, K. L., ... Yang, L. H. (2011). Productivity is a poor predictor of plant species richness. Science, 333(6050), 1750-1753. [DOI]

2010

Scholarly publications

Hautier, Y., Hector, A., Vojtech, E., Purves, D., & Turnbull, L. A. (2010). Modelling the growth of parasitic plants. Journal of Ecology, 98(4), 857-866. [DOI]
Hector, A., Hautier, Y., Saner, P., Wacker, L., Bagchi, R., Joshi, J., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Spehn, E. M., Bazeley-White, E., Weilenmann, M., Caldeira, M. C., Dimitrakopoulos, P. G., Finn, J. A., Huss-Danell, K., Jumpponen, A., Mulder, C. P. H., Palmborg, C., Pereira, J. S., Siamantziouras, A. S. D., ... Loreau, M. (2010). General stabilizing effects of plant diversity on grassland productivity through population asynchrony and overyielding. Ecology, 91(8), 2213-2220. http://www.academia.edu/17573339/GENERAL_STABILIZING_EFFECTS_OF_PLANT_DIVERSITY_ON_GRASSLAND_PRODUCTIVITY_AT_MULTIPLE_SITES_THROUGH_POPULATION_ASYNCHRONY_AND_OVERYIELDING
Hautier, Y., Saner, P., Philipson, C., Bagchi, R., Ong, R. C., & Hector, A. (2010). Effects of seed predators of different body size on seed mortality in bornean logged forest. PLoS One, 5(7), Article e11651. [DOI]

2009

Scholarly publications

Hautier, Y., Randin, C. F., Stöcklin, J., & Guisan, A. (2009). Changes in reproductive investment with altitude in an alpine plant. Journal of Plant Ecology, 2(3), 125-134. [DOI]
Hautier, Y., Niklaus, P. A., & Hector, A. (2009). Competition for light causes plant biodiversity loss after eutrophication. Science, 324(5927), 636-638. [DOI]
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