Adler, Peter B.; Seabloom, Eric W.; Borer, Elizabeth T.; Hillebrand, Helmut; Hautier, Yann; Hector, Andy; Harpole, W. Stanley; O'Halloran, Lydia R.; Grace, James B.; Anderson, T. Michael; Bakker, Jonathan D.; Biederman, Lori A.; Brown, Cynthia S.; Buckley, Yvonne M.; Calabrese, Laura B.; Chu, Cheng-Jin; Cleland, Elsa E.; Collins, Scott L.; Cottingham, Kathryn L.; Crawley, Michael J.; Damschen, Ellen I.; Davies, Kendi F.; DeCrappeo, Nicole M.; Fay, Philip A.; Firn, Jennifer; Frater, Paul; Gasarch, Eve I.; Gruner, Daniel S.; Hagenah, Nicole; Hille Ris Lambers, Janneke; Humphries, Hope; Jin, Virginia L.; Kay, Adam D,; Kirkman, Kevin P.; Klein, Julia A.; Knops, Johannes M. H.; La Pierre, Kimberley J.; Lambrinos, John G.; Li, Wei; MacDougall, Andrew S.; McCulley, Rebecca L.; Melbourne, Brett A.; Mitchell, Charles E.; Moore, Joslin L.; Morgan, John W.; Mortensen, Brent; Orrock, John L.; Prober, Suzanne M.; Pyke, David A.; Risch, Anita C.; Schuetz, Martin; Smith, Melinda D.; Stevens, Carly J.; Sullivan, Lauren L.; Wang, Gang; Wragg, Peter D.; Wright, Justin P. and Yang, Louie H.
(2011).
Productivity is a poor predictor of plant species richness.
Science, 333(6050)
pp. 1750–1753.
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Abstract
For over 30 years, the relationship between net primary productivity and species richness has generated intense debate in ecology about the processes regulating local diversity. The original view, still widely accepted, holds that the relationship is hump-shaped, with richness first rising and then declining with increasing productivity. Although recent meta-analyses questioned the generality of hump-shaped patterns, these syntheses have been criticized for failing to account for methodological differences among studies. We addressed such concerns by conducting standardized sampling in 48 herbaceous-dominated plant communities on five continents. We found no clear relationship between productivity and fine-scale (meters-2) richness within sites, within regions, or across the globe. Ecologists should focus on novel, mechanistic approaches to understand the multivariate links between productivity and richness.
| Item Type: |
Journal Article
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| Copyright Holders: |
2011 AAAS |
| ISSN: |
0036-8075 |
| Funders: |
Individual researchers and coordinated through Research Coordination Network funding from NSF to E. Borer and E. Seabloom (grant DEB-0741952). |
| Academic Unit/Department: |
Science > Environment, Earth and Ecosystems |
| Item ID: |
29657 |
| Depositing User: |
Carly Stevens
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| Date Deposited: |
05 Oct 2011 10:27 |
| Last Modified: |
20 May 2013 17:27 |
| URI: |
http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/29657 |
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