Disturbance moderates biodiversity-ecosystem function relationships: Experimental evidence from caddisflies in stream mesocosms

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• caddisfly 100%
• mesocosm 78%
• ecosystem function 72%
• species richness 59%
• biodiversity 50%
• disturbance 48%
• particulate organic matter 23%
• productivity 19%
• effect 11%
• stream bed 9%
• nutrient 9%
• shading 8%
• nutrient availability 7%
• resource 7%
• excretion 7%
• biofilm 6%
• respiration 6%
• water column 5%
• recycling 5%
• mortality 5%

Agriculture & Biology

• Trichoptera 82%
• ecological function 81%
• species richness 60%
• biodiversity 57%
• particulate organic matter 29%
• suspension feeding 10%
• stream channels 9%
• nutrients 8%
• nutrient availability 7%
• biofilm 7%
• spinning 7%
• recycling 6%
• shade 6%
• excretion 5%
• ecosystems 5%