This repository inherits code and data of the publication: "Thresholds for ecological responses to global change do not emerge from empirical data" Authors: Helmut Hillebrand1,2,3*, Ian Donohue4, W. Stanley Harpole5,6,7, Dorothee Hodapp2,3, Michal Kucera8 , Aleksandra M. Lewandowska9, Julian Merder10, Jose M.Montoya11, Jan A. Freund12 Affiliations: 1Plankton Ecology Lab, Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Schleusenstrasse 1, 26382 Wilhelmshaven, Germany. 2Helmholtz-Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity at the University of Oldenburg [HIFMB], Ammerländer Heerstrasse 231, 26129 Oldenburg. 3Alfred-Wegener-Institute, Helmholtz-Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven,Germany. 4School of Natural Sciences, Department of Zoology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2,Ireland. 5Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research – UFZ, Department of Physiological Diversity, Permoserstrasse 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany. 6German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Deutscher Platz 5e, 04103 Leipzig, Germany. 7Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Am Kirchtor 1, 06108 Halle (Saale), Germany. 8MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, Leobener Strasse 8, 28359 Bremen, Germany. 9Tvärminne Zoological Station, University of Helsinki, J.A. Palménin tie 260, 10900 Hanko, Finland. 10Marine Geochemistry, Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Carl von Ossietzky Straße 9-11, D-26129 Oldenburg, Germany. 11Centre for Biodiversity Theory and Modelling, Theoretical and Empirical Ecology Station, CNRS and Paul Sabatier University, Moulis, France. 12Theoretical Physics / Complex Systems, Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Carl von Ossietzky Straße 9-11, D-26129 Oldenburg, Germany. *Correspondence to: helmut.hillebrand@uni-oldenburg.de