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Integrative modelling reveals mechanisms linking productivity and plant species richness

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  • James B. Grace

    (US Geological Survey, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center
    Lafayette)

  • T. Michael Anderson

    (206 Winston Hall, Wake Forest University)

  • Eric W. Seabloom

    (Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota)

  • Elizabeth T. Borer

    (Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota)

  • Peter B. Adler

    (Utah State University)

  • W. Stanley Harpole

    (Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research – UFZ
    German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv)
    Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg)

  • Yann Hautier

    (Ecology and Biodiversity Group, Utrecht University)

  • Helmut Hillebrand

    (Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, University of Oldenburg)

  • Eric M. Lind

    (Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota)

  • Meelis Pärtel

    (Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu)

  • Jonathan D. Bakker

    (School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, University of Washington)

  • Yvonne M. Buckley

    (School of Natural Sciences, Zoology, Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin)

  • Michael J. Crawley

    (Imperial College London)

  • Ellen I. Damschen

    (University of Wisconsin)

  • Kendi F. Davies

    (UCB 334, University of Colorado)

  • Philip A. Fay

    (Grassland Soil and Water Research Laboratory)

  • Jennifer Firn

    (#15 Queensland University of Technology, School of Earth, Environment and Biological Sciences)

  • Daniel S. Gruner

    (University of Maryland, College Park)

  • Andy Hector

    (University of Oxford)

  • Johannes M. H. Knops

    (School of Biological Sciences, 348 Manter Hall, University of Nebraska)

  • Andrew S. MacDougall

    (University of Guelph)

  • Brett A. Melbourne

    (UCB 334, University of Colorado)

  • John W. Morgan

    (Environment, and Evolution, La Trobe University)

  • John L. Orrock

    (University of Wisconsin)

  • Suzanne M. Prober

    (CSIRO Land and Water)

  • Melinda D. Smith

    (Colorado State University)

Abstract

Data from grasslands across five continents show clear signals of numerous underlying mechanisms linking ecosystem productivity and species richness.

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  • James B. Grace & T. Michael Anderson & Eric W. Seabloom & Elizabeth T. Borer & Peter B. Adler & W. Stanley Harpole & Yann Hautier & Helmut Hillebrand & Eric M. Lind & Meelis Pärtel & Jonathan D. Bakke, 2016. "Integrative modelling reveals mechanisms linking productivity and plant species richness," Nature, Nature, vol. 529(7586), pages 390-393, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:529:y:2016:i:7586:d:10.1038_nature16524
    DOI: 10.1038/nature16524
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