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Comment on 'Productivity Is a Poor Predictor of Plant Species Richness'

Authors :
Bruno Enrico Leone Cerabolini
Pierre Liancourt
Luca Börger
J. Philip Grime
Ken Thompson
Simon M. Smart
Richard Michalet
Nicolas Gross
Rob W. Brooker
Jason D. Fridley
Yoann Le Bagousse-Pinguet
Michael A. Huston
Simon Pierce
Department of Biology (Syracuse University)
Syracuse University
Department of Animal and Plant Sciences [Sheffield]
University of Sheffield [Sheffield]
Department of Biology (Texas State University)
Texas State University
Department of Plant Production (University of Milan)
University of Milan
Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
CEH
Centre d'études biologiques de Chizé (CEBC)
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
The James Hutton Institute
Department of Structural and Functional Biology (University of Insubria-Varese)
Universitá degli Studi dell’Insubria
Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé - UMR 7372 (CEBC)
Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Université de La Rochelle (ULR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Department of Biology (University of Pennsylvania)
University of Pennsylvania [Philadelphia]
Environnements et Paléoenvironnements OCéaniques (EPOC)
Observatoire aquitain des sciences de l'univers (OASU)
Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École pratique des hautes études (EPHE)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Université de La Rochelle (ULR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)
Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École pratique des hautes études (EPHE)
Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Université de La Rochelle (ULR)
Source :
Science, Science, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2012, 335, pp.1441-b. ⟨10.1126/science.1215042⟩, Science, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2012, 335 (6075), pp.1441-b. ⟨10.1126/science.1215042⟩
Publication Year :
2012
Publisher :
HAL CCSD, 2012.

Abstract

Adler et al . (Reports, 23 September 2011, p. 1750) reported “weak and variable” relationships between productivity and species richness and dispute the “humped-back” model (HBM) of plant diversity. We show that their analysis lacks sufficient high-productivity sites, ignores litter, and excludes anthropogenic sites. If corrected, the data set of Adler et al . would apparently yield strong HBM support.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00368075 and 10959203
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Science, Science, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2012, 335, pp.1441-b. ⟨10.1126/science.1215042⟩, Science, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2012, 335 (6075), pp.1441-b. ⟨10.1126/science.1215042⟩
Accession number :
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