Plant and soil biodiversity have non?substitutable stabilising effects on biomass production

The stability of plant biomass production in the face environmental change is fundamental for maintaining terrestrial ecosystem functioning, as ultimate source energy nearly all life forms. However, most studies have focused on stabilising effect diversity, neglecting soil biodiversity, largest reservoir biodiversity Earth. Here we investigated effects and temporal under varying simulated precipitation grassland microcosms. Soil loss reduced by suppressing asynchronous responses functional groups. Greater especially terms promoted stability, but this was independent loss. Moreover, multitrophic combined, positively associated with stability. Our study highlights importance both sustainable production.