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Andy Hector
Researcher at University of Oxford
Publications - 198
Citations - 42547
Andy Hector is an academic researcher from University of Oxford. The author has contributed to research in topics: Biodiversity & Species richness. The author has an hindex of 74, co-authored 183 publications receiving 36456 citations. Previous affiliations of Andy Hector include University of Zurich & Natural Environment Research Council.
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Effects of biodiversity on ecosystem functioning: a consensus of current knowledge
D. U. Hooper,F. S. Chapin,John J. Ewel,Andy Hector,P. Inchausti,Sandra Lavorel,John H. Lawton,David M. Lodge,Michel Loreau,Shahid Naeem,Bernhard Schmid,Heikki Setälä,Amy J. Symstad,John Vandermeer,David A. Wardle,David A. Wardle +15 more
TL;DR: Understanding this complexity, while taking strong steps to minimize current losses of species, is necessary for responsible management of Earth's ecosystems and the diverse biota they contain.
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Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning: Current Knowledge and Future Challenges
Michel Loreau,Shahid Naeem,Pablo Inchausti,Jan Bengtsson,J. P. Grime,Andy Hector,David U. Hooper,Michael A. Huston,Dave Raffaelli,Bernhard Schmid,David Tilman,David A. Wardle +11 more
TL;DR: Larger numbers of species are probably needed to reduce temporal variability in ecosystem processes in changing environments and to determine how biodiversity dynamics, ecosystem processes, and abiotic factors interact.
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Partitioning selection and complementarity in biodiversity experiments
Michel Loreau,Andy Hector +1 more
TL;DR: The selection effect is zero on average and varies from negative to positive in different localities, depending on whether species with lower- or higher-than-average biomass dominate communities, while the complementarity effect is positive overall, supporting the hypothesis that plant diversity influences primary production in European grasslands through niche differentiation or facilitation.
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Plant diversity and productivity experiments in european grasslands
Andy Hector,Bernhard Schmid,Carl Beierkuhnlein,Maria C. Caldeira,M. Diemer,Panayiotis G. Dimitrakopoulos,John A. Finn,Helena Freitas,Paul S. Giller,J. Good,R. Harris,Peter Högberg,Kerstin Huss-Danell,Jasmin Joshi,Ari Jumpponen,Christian Körner,Paul Leadley,Michel Loreau,A. Minns,Christa P. H. Mulder,G. O'Donovan,S. J. Otway,João Pereira,Alexandra Prinz,David Read,Michael Scherer-Lorenzen,Ernst Detlef Schulze,A.-S. D. Siamantziouras,Eva Spehn,A. C. Terry,Andreas Y. Troumbis,F. I. Woodward,Shigeo Yachi,John H. Lawton +33 more
TL;DR: Niche complementarity and positive species interactions appear to play a role in generating diversity-productivity relationships within sites in addition to sampling from the species pool.
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High plant diversity is needed to maintain ecosystem services
Forest Isbell,Vincent Calcagno,Andy Hector,John Connolly,W. Stanley Harpole,Peter B. Reich,Peter B. Reich,Michael Scherer-Lorenzen,Bernhard Schmid,David Tilman,Jasper van Ruijven,Alexandra Weigelt,Brian J. Wilsey,Erika S. Zavaleta,Michel Loreau +14 more
TL;DR: It is shown that 84% of the 147 grassland plant species studied in 17 biodiversity experiments promoted ecosystem functioning at least once, and many species are needed to maintain multiple functions at multiple times and places in a changing world.