Positive biodiversity-productivity relationship predominant in global forests

The relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem productivity has been explored in detail in herbaceous vegetation, but patterns in forests are far less well understood. Liang et al. have amassed a global forest data set from >770,000 sample plots in 44 countries. A positive and consistent relati...

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Main Authors:	Jingjing, L., Crowther, T.W., Picard, N., Wiser, Susan K., Mo, Z., Alberti, G., Schulze, Ernst-Detlef, McGuire, A.D., Bozzato, F., Pretzsch, H., Miguel, S. de, Paquette, A., Hérault, B., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Barrett, Christopher B., Glick, H.B., Hengeveld, G.M., Nabuurs, G-J., Pfautsch, S., Viana, Helder, Vibrans, Alexander C., Ammer, C., Schall, P., Verbyla, D., Tchebakova, N., Fischer, M., Watson, J.V., Han, Y.H.C., Xiandong, L., Schelhaas, M.J., Huicui, L., Gianelle, D., Parfenova, E.I., Salas, C., Lee, E., Lee, B., Hyun, S.K., Bruelheide, H., Coomes, David A., Piotto, D., Sunderland, Terry C.H., Schmid, B., Gourlet-Fleury, S., Sonké, B., Tavani, R., Jun, Z., Brandl, S., Vayreda, J., Kitahara, F., Searle, E.B., Neldner, V.J., Ngugi, M.R., Baraloto, C., Frizzera, L., Balazy, R., Oleksyn, J., Zawila-Niedzwiecki, T., Bouriaud, O., Bussotti, F., Finér, L., Jaroszewicz, B., Jucker, T., Valladares, F., Jagodziński, A.M., Peri, Pablo Luis, Gonmadje, C., Marthy, W., O'Brien, T., Martin, E.H., Marshall, A.R., Rovero, F., Bitariho, R., Niklaus, P.A., Álvarez Loayza, P., Chamuya, N., Valencia, R., Mortier, F., Wortel, V., Engone-Obiang, N.L., Ferreira, L.V., Odeke, D.E., Vásquez, R.M., Lewis, S.L., Reich, P.B.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	Inglés
Published:	American Association for the Advancement of Science 2016
Subjects:	biodiversity ecosystems productivity forest conservation
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/10568/95446