M Vilà, P Inchausti, J Vayreda, O Barrantes… - Forest diversity and …, 2005 - Springer
Field experiments conducted in randomly assembled grassland communities have demonstrated that changes in plant species diversity affect ecosystem productivity over a …
M Jacob, C Leuschner, FM Thomas - Annals of Forest Science, 2010 - afs-journal.org
Understanding the effects of tree species diversity on biomass and production of forests is fundamental for carbon sequestration strategies, particularly in the perspective of the current …
Through complementarity interactions, mixed-species forests can be more productive than monocultures, and this effect can increase with tree-species richness. However, this is not …
A Paquette, C Messier - Global Ecology and Biogeography, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Aim An important issue regarding biodiversity concerns its influence on ecosystem functioning. Experimental work has led to the proposal of mechanisms such as niche …
At the beginning of regular forest management and systematic forestry sciences the primary objective was sustainable timber production. The sustainability principle, originally …
C Schöb, S Kerle, AJ Karley, L Morcillo… - New …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Biodiversity regulates ecosystem functions such as productivity, and experimental studies of species mixtures have revealed selection and complementarity effects driving these …
One of the central research themes in ecology is evaluating the extent to which biological richness is necessary to sustain the Earth's system and the functioning of individual …
M Silva Pedro, W Rammer… - Journal of Vegetation …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Questions Tree species diversity is widely reported to positively influence forest productivity. Yet, a consistent attribution of productivity effects is complicated by the fact that …
Despite growing evidence that, on average, diverse forests tend to be more productive than species‐poor ones, individual studies often report strongly contrasting relationships …