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Bernhard Schmid
Researcher at University of Zurich
Publications - 502
Citations - 52943
Bernhard Schmid is an academic researcher from University of Zurich. The author has contributed to research in topics: Biodiversity & Species richness. The author has an hindex of 103, co-authored 460 publications receiving 46419 citations. Previous affiliations of Bernhard Schmid include University of Basel & University of Alaska Fairbanks.
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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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Quantifying the evidence for biodiversity effects on ecosystem functioning and services.
Patricia Balvanera,A. B. Pfisterer,Nina Buchmann,Jing Shen He,Tohru Nakashizuka,David Raffaelli,Bernhard Schmid +6 more
TL;DR: The first rigorous quantitative assessment of the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem process rates through meta-analysis of experimental work spanning 50 years to June 2004 shows that biodiversity effects are weaker if biodiversity manipulations are less well controlled.
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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.