Comment on “Worldwide evidence of a unimodal relationship between productivity and plant species richness”
Year: 2016
Type: letter
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.
Source: Science
Authors: Andrew T. Tredennick, Peter B. Adler, James B. Grace, W. Stanley Harpole, Elizabeth T. Borer, Eric W. Seabloom, T. Michael Anderson, Jonathan D. Bakker, Lori A. Biederman, Cynthia S. Brown, Yvonne M. Buckley, Chengjin Chu, Scott L. Collins, Michael J. Crawley, Philip A. Fay, Jennifer Firn, Daniel S. Gruner, Nicole Hagenah, Yann Hautier, Andy Hector, Helmut Hillebrand, Kevin Kirkman, Johannes M. H. Knops, Ramesh Laungani, Eric M. Lind, Andrew S. MacDougall, Rebecca L. McCulley, Charles E. Mitchell, Joslin L Moore, John W. Morgan, John L. Orrock, Pablo L. Peri, Suzanne M. Prober, Anita C. Risch, Martin Schütz, Karina L. Speziale, Rachel J. Standish, Lauren L. Sullivan, Glenda M. Wardle, Ryan J. Williams, Louie H. Yang
Institutions: Utah State University, U.S. Geological Survey, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, University of Minnesota, Wake Forest University, University of Washington, Iowa State University, Colorado State University, Trinity College Dublin, Sun Yat-sen University, University of New Mexico, Imperial College London, Grassland, Soil and Water Research Laboratory, Queensland University of Technology, University of Maryland, College Park, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Utrecht University, University of Oxford, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Doane University, University of Guelph, University of Kentucky, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Monash University, La Trobe University, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, National Agricultural Technology Institute, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, Murdoch University, The University of Sydney, University of California, Davis
Language: English
Subfield: Nature and Landscape Conservation
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2268650657