Terrestrial land-cover type richness is positively linked to landscape-level functioning

Jacqueline Oehri; Bernhard Schmid; Gabriela Schaepman-Strub; Pascal A. Niklaus

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-14002-7

Nature Communications (Jan 2020)

Terrestrial land-cover type richness is positively linked to landscape-level functioning

Jacqueline Oehri,
Bernhard Schmid,
Gabriela Schaepman-Strub,
Pascal A. Niklaus

Affiliations

Jacqueline Oehri: Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich
Bernhard Schmid: Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich
Gabriela Schaepman-Strub: Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich
Pascal A. Niklaus: Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-14002-7
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Species richness is often reported to enhance ecosystem functioning, but it is unclear whether similar diversity-functioning relationships occur at larger scales. Here Oehri et al. combine land cover survey and remote sensing data to show a positive relationship between landscape diversity and landscape functioning.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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