Article
Diversity-dependent temporal divergence of ecosystem functioning in experimental ecosystems
Nature Ecology & Evolution
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Article
Disciplines
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
11-1-2017
DOI
10.1038/s41559-017-0325-1
Abstract
The effects of biodiversity on ecosystem functioning generally increase over time, but the underlying processes remain unclear. Using 26 long-term grassland and forest experimental ecosystems, we demonstrate that biodiversity–ecosystem functioning relationships strengthen mainly by greater increases in functioning in high-diversity communities in grasslands and forests. In grasslands, biodiversity effects also strengthen due to decreases in functioning in low-diversity communities. Contrasting trends across grasslands are associated with differences in soil characteristics.
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en
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Citation Information
Nathaly R. Guerrero-Ramírez, Dylan Craven, Peter B. Reich, John J. Ewel, et al.. "Diversity-dependent temporal divergence of ecosystem functioning in experimental ecosystems" Nature Ecology & Evolution Vol. 1 Iss. 11 (2017) p. 1639 - 1642 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/brian_wilsey/67/
This article is published as Guerrero-Ramírez, Nathaly R., Dylan Craven, Peter B. Reich, John J. Ewel, Forest Isbell, Julia Koricheva, John A. Parrotta et al. "Diversity-dependent temporal divergence of ecosystem functioning in experimental ecosystems." Nature ecology & evolution 1, no. 11 (2017): 1639. doi: 10.1038/s41559-017-0325-1.