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  "abstract": "Multitrophic interactions can strongly influence the structure and functioning of ecosystems, but how plant diversity influences the direction and predictability of multitrophic interactions across agricultural and natural ecosystems remains unclear. Using 149 field studies across five continents, we found that, on average, increasing plant diversity tended to exert differential top-down and bottom-up effects in croplands versus grasslands and forests. Organic and nonorganic croplands exhibited 846 and 148% higher invertebrate natural enemy-to-herbivore abundance ratios under increased plant diversity, consistent with top-down control patterns where predator gains cause herbivore declines, enhancing crop outcomes. In grasslands and forests, increasing plant diversity was associated with bottom-up effects where enhanced productivity increased both herbivore and predator populations, with the enemy-to-herbivore ratio increasing 4.73% for grasslands and 21.2% for forests. Our findings suggest that biodiversity effects on productivity are not solely explained by direct plant-plant interactions and the resulting biodiversity-productivity relationship. Rather, they reveal patterns consistent with the framework of top-down and bottom-up effects, the relative balance of which may vary depending on ecosystem and management type. The magnitude of the effects of diversified farming on crop pests suggests that crop diversification may be an important avenue for managing crop pests preventatively and thereby enhancing agricultural sustainability.",
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    "Shanghai Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology, State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China",
    "State Key Laboratory of Submarine Geoscience, School of Automation and Intelligent Sensing, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China",
    "State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Institute of Biostatistics, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China",
    "Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Ecology and Resource Use of the Mongolian Plateau, Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Grassland Ecology & Observation and Research Station for the Typical Steppe Ecosystem of the Ministry of Education, School of Ecology and Environment, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot 010021, China",
    "UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford OX10 8BB, UK",
    "Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, CW 405, Biological Sciences Building, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E9, Canada",
    "Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-5131, USA",
    "Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN 55108, USA",
    "Department of Biology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3EL, UK",
    "Institute of Ecology, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China",
    "Theoretical and Experimental Ecology Station, CNRS, 2 route du CNRS, Moulis, 09200 France",
    "Department of Forest Resources, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA",
    "Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Penrith, New South Wales 2751, Australia",
    "Institute for Global Change Biology, School for Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA",
    "Department of Biotechnology, University of Verona, Strada Le Grazie 15, 37134 Verona, Italy",
    "Remote Sensing Laboratories, Department of Geography, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland",
    "Chrysalis Consulting, Danang 550000, Vietnam",
    "School of the Environment, University of Queensland, Saint Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia",
    "State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China",
    "Gulbali Institute, Charles Sturt University, Orange, New South Wales 2800, Australia",
    "Jiangsu Coastal Area Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Yancheng 224002, China",
    "German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Puschstraße 4, Leipzig, 04103, Germany",
    "Institute of Biology, Leipzig University, Puschstraße 4, Leipzig, 04103, Germany",
    "Ecology and Biodiversity Group, Department of Biology, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH, Utrecht, Netherlands",
    "Department of Ecology and Genetics, University of Oulu, Oulu 90014, Finland",
    "Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YQ, UK",
    "Department of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 750 07 Uppsala, Sweden",
    "Department of Natural Resource Science, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, BC V2C 0C8, Canada",
    "Wetland Research Department, Shanghai Wildlife and Protected Natural Areas Research Center, Shanghai 202150, China",
    "Laboratory of Entomology, Wageningen University & Research, P.O. Box 8031, Wageningen 6700 EA, Wageningen, Netherlands",
    "Department of Crop and Forest Sciences, Universitat de Lleida, Agrotecnio Center, Rovira Roure 191, 25198 Lleida, Spain",
    "Agroscope, Agroecology and Environment, Reckenholzstrasse 191 8046 Zurich, Switzerland",
    "Crops Division, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council, Farmgate, Dhaka 1215, Bangladesh",
    "Department of Biogeography and Climate Change, National Museum of Natural Sciences (CSIC), C/ Serrano 115 bis, E-28006 Madrid, Spain",
    "Department of Zoology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Granada, Av. Fuente Nueva s/n, 18071 Granada, Spain",
    "National School of Biosciences and Applied Biotechnologies (ENSBBA), National University of Sciences, Technologies, Engineering and Mathematics (UNSTIM), Dassa, 999105, Benin",
    "Department of Geography, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK",
    "Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China",
    "Department of Aquatic Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Wageningen 6708 PB Netherlands",
    "Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Group, Wageningen University & Research, Droevendaalsesteeg 3a, 6708 PB, Wageningen, Netherlands"
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