Abstract
Bezemer and van der Putten observe that greater initial plant diversity is associated with greater productivity (total above-ground plant biomass), greater ecosystem temporal stability and greater stability of plant community composition (that is, lower per-species extinction and colonization rates). Their results are consistent with the results of our biodiversity experiment and with predictions of theory, but with an intriguing twist.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | E7-E8 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | Nature |
| Volume | 446 |
| Issue number | 7135 |
| Publication status | Published - 2010 |
Keywords
- plant communities
- biodiversity