Publication Date:
2012-07-17
Description:
Maestre et al. (Reports, 13 January 2012, p. 214) reported a general, but weak, positive relationship between plant diversity and ecosystem multifunctionality in global drylands. We show that the strength of this relationship changes consistently along multiple environmental gradients, becoming strongly positive in stressed habitats. This suggests that biodiversity loss may have especially strong consequences in harsh environments.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Jucker, Tommaso -- Coomes, David A -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2012 Jul 13;337(6091):155; author reply 155. doi: 10.1126/science.1220473.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Forest Ecology and Conservation Group, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EA, UK. tj272@cam.ac.uk〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22798584" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
*Biodiversity
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*Climate
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*Ecosystem
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*Plants
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Computer Science
,
Medicine
,
Natural Sciences in General
,
Physics
