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: Received: 8 November 2020 / Approved: 10 November 2020 / Online: 10 November 2020 (08:28:28 CET)
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Wang, Z.; Arratia, J.; Yan, T.; Zhang, C.; Chiarucci, A. Diverse and Integrative Explanations for Plant Productivity–Richness Relationships. Preprints2020, 2020110290. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202011.0290.v1
Wang, Z.; Arratia, J.; Yan, T.; Zhang, C.; Chiarucci, A. Diverse and Integrative Explanations for Plant Productivity–Richness Relationships. Preprints 2020, 2020110290. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202011.0290.v1
Wang, Z.; Arratia, J.; Yan, T.; Zhang, C.; Chiarucci, A. Diverse and Integrative Explanations for Plant Productivity–Richness Relationships. Preprints2020, 2020110290. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202011.0290.v1
APA Style
Wang, Z., Arratia, J., Yan, T., Zhang, C., & Chiarucci, A. (2020). Diverse and Integrative Explanations for Plant Productivity–Richness Relationships. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202011.0290.v1
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Wang, Z., Cong Zhang and Alessandro Chiarucci. 2020 "Diverse and Integrative Explanations for Plant Productivity–Richness Relationships" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202011.0290.v1
Abstract
The plant productivity-richness relationship (PPR) is one of the most debated and important issues in ecology. There have been distinct stages in the research of this issue, including the discovery of the different PPR shapes, respective tests of influencing processes, and integrative research with vegetation investigation, manipulation experiments, and theoretical analysis. The debate largely focuses on what the dominant shapes and underlying mechanisms are. Recent integrative research works following analyses of respective processes affecting PPR have found that the humped, asymptotic, positive, negative, and irregular shapes of PPR are linked to each other. One shape of PPR may change into another. The balance between positive and negative processes determines the different shapes of PPR. Plant diversity has a globally positive effect on plant productivity.
Keywords
plant diversity; plant productivity; humped pattern; intrinsic rate of species richness; complementary effect; resource availability; disturbance; species pool effect; competition exclusion; process integration
Subject
Biology and Life Sciences, Plant Sciences
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