Impacts of climate on the biodiversity-productivity relationship in natural forests

Songlin Fei; Insu Jo; Qinfeng Guo; David A. Wardle; Jingyun Fang; Anping Chen; Christopher M. Oswalt; Eckehard G. Brockerhoff

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-07880-w

Nature Communications (Dec 2018)

Impacts of climate on the biodiversity-productivity relationship in natural forests

Songlin Fei,
Insu Jo,
Qinfeng Guo,
David A. Wardle,
Jingyun Fang,
Anping Chen,
Christopher M. Oswalt,
Eckehard G. Brockerhoff

Affiliations

Songlin Fei: Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University
Insu Jo: Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University
Qinfeng Guo: Eastern Forest Threat Assessment Center, Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture
David A. Wardle: Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University
Jingyun Fang: Institute of Ecology and College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University
Anping Chen: Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University
Christopher M. Oswalt: Southern Research Station, Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture
Eckehard G. Brockerhoff: Scion (New Zealand Forest Research Institute)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07880-w
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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There has been recent interest in understanding why the biodiversity-productivity relationship varies among studies and across scales. Here Fei et al. show that climatic variation drives forest biodiversity-productivity relationships at large spatial scales, whilst biotic and abiotic factors are important in given climate units.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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