What result did you find the most interesting and why?
- We found it extremely interesting that the overall trend in biodiversity loss was not significantly different than zero. It is absolutely fascinating that while global biodiversity is decreasing, local biodiversity is essentially remaining the same due to species turnover. We are curious about what this may mean for ecosystem function over time? Do the authors feel that that ecosystem function will be maintained even in an era of extinction due to this turnover effect?
What did you learn from their research that really fascinated you?
Did you think of any future exciting directions this research could take, or future experiments the researchers could try? Try to include experiments that are not critical to this particular preprint but the research area in general.
Did you learn anything from this preprint that you would include in your future work? Examples could be a new technique, a new way of approaching an idea, a certain way of interpreting the type of data, a good way of summarising the results, the structure of the manuscript if it is clear and logical, etc.
What ideas for further research are based on the preprint? [Note: this encourages preprint authors for their early sharing and promotes openness among reviewers as well.]