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Comment on “Worldwide evidence of a unimodal relationship between productivity and plant species richness”
Science
  • Andrew T. Tredennick, Utah State University
  • Peter B. Adler, Utah State University
  • James B. Grace, Wetland and Aquatic Research Cente
  • W. Stanley Harpole, Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research
  • Elizabeth T. Borer, University of Minnesota
  • Eric W. Seabloom, University of Minnesota
  • T. Michael Anderson, Wake Forest University
  • Jonathan D. Bakker, University of Washington
  • Lori A. Biederman, Iowa State University
  • Ryan J. Williams, Iowa State University
  • Philip A. Fay, United States Department of Agriculture
  • Cynthia S. Brown, Colorado State University
  • Yvonne M. Buckley, University of Dublin, Trinity College
  • Chengjin Chu, Sun Yat-sen University
  • Scott L. Collins, University of New Mexico
  • Michael J. Crawley, Imperial College London
  • Jennifer Firn, Queensland University of Technology
  • Daniel S. Gruner, University of Maryland at College Park
  • Nicole Hagenah, University of KwaZulu-Natal
  • Yann Hautier, Utrecht University
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Article
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Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
1-29-2016
DOI
10.1126/science.aad6236
Abstract

Fraser et al. (Reports, 17 July 2015, p. 302) report a unimodal relationship between productivity and species richness at regional and global scales, which they contrast with the results of Adler et al. (Reports, 23 September 2011, p. 1750). However, both data sets, when analyzed correctly, show clearly and consistently that productivity is a poor predictor of local species richness.

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This article is published as Tredennick, Andrew T., Peter B. Adler, James B. Grace, W. Stanley Harpole, Elizabeth T. Borer, Eric W. Seabloom, T. Michael Anderson et al. "Comment on “Worldwide evidence of a unimodal relationship between productivity and plant species richness”." Science 351, no. 6272 (2016): 457-457. doi: 10.1126/science.aad623.

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Andrew T. Tredennick, Peter B. Adler, James B. Grace, W. Stanley Harpole, et al.. "Comment on “Worldwide evidence of a unimodal relationship between productivity and plant species richness”" Science Vol. 351 Iss. 6272 (2016) p. 457 - 457
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