The relationship between community diversity and stability remains a controversial issue
(e.g., de Ruiter et al. 1995, Gonzalez and Loreau 2009, Grime 1997, Hooper and Vitousek
1997, Hooper et al. 2005, Schulze and Mooney 1993, Tilman et al. 1997, see Chapter 15).
An early assumption that diversity conferred stability on communities and ecosystems