• Medientyp: E-Artikel
  • Titel: Worldwide evidence of a unimodal relationship between productivity and plant species richness
  • Beteiligte: Fraser, Lauchlan H.; Pither, Jason; Jentsch, Anke; Sternberg, Marcelo; Zobel, Martin; Askarizadeh, Diana; Bartha, Sandor; Beierkuhnlein, Carl; Bennett, Jonathan A.; Bittel, Alex; Boldgiv, Bazartseren; Boldrini, Ilsi I.; Bork, Edward; Brown, Leslie; Cabido, Marcelo; Cahill, James; Carlyle, Cameron N.; Campetella, Giandiego; Chelli, Stefano; Cohen, Ofer; Csergo, Anna-Maria; Díaz, Sandra; Enrico, Lucas; Ensing, David; [...]
  • Erschienen: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2015
  • Erschienen in: Science
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • DOI: 10.1126/science.aab3916
  • ISSN: 0036-8075; 1095-9203
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  • Beschreibung: <jats:title>Grassland diversity and ecosystem productivity</jats:title> <jats:p> The relationship between plant species diversity and ecosystem productivity is controversial. The debate concerns whether diversity peaks at intermediate levels of productivity—the so-called humped-back model—or whether there is no clear predictable relationship. Fraser <jats:italic>et al.</jats:italic> used a large, standardized, and geographically diverse sample of grasslands from six continents to confirm the validity and generality of the humped-back model. Their findings pave the way for a more mechanistic understanding of the factors controlling species diversity. </jats:p> <jats:p> <jats:italic>Science</jats:italic> , this issue p. <jats:related-article xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" ext-link-type="doi" issue="6245" page="302" related-article-type="in-this-issue" vol="349" xlink:href="10.1126/science.aab3916">302</jats:related-article> </jats:p>