Comment on "Worldwide evidence of a unimodal relationship between productivity and plant species richness"

Comment on "Worldwide evidence of a unimodal relationship between productivity and plant species richness"

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 cle...

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Veröffentlicht in:Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 2016-01, Vol.351 (6272), p.457-457
Hauptverfasser: Tredennick, Andrew T, Adler, Peter B, Grace, James B, Harpole, W Stanley, Borer, Elizabeth T, Seabloom, Eric W, Anderson, T Michael, Bakker, Jonathan D, Biederman, Lori A, Brown, Cynthia S, Buckley, Yvonne M, Chu, Chengjin, Collins, Scott L, Crawley, Michael J, Fay, Philip A, Firn, Jennifer, Gruner, Daniel S, Hagenah, Nicole, Hautier, Yann, Hector, Andy, Hillebrand, Helmut, Kirkman, Kevin, Knops, Johannes M H, Laungani, Ramesh, Lind, Eric M, MacDougall, Andrew S, McCulley, Rebecca L, Mitchell, Charles E, Moore, Joslin L, Morgan, John W, Orrock, John L, Peri, Pablo L, Prober, Suzanne M, Risch, Anita C, Schütz, Martin, Speziale, Karina L, Standish, Rachel J, Sullivan, Lauren L, Wardle, Glenda M, Williams, Ryan J, Yang, Louie H
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Biodiversity
Ecosystems
Grassland
Plant Development
Plant populations
Statistical analysis
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Zusammenfassung: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.
ISSN:0036-8075
1095-9203
DOI:10.1126/science.aad6236