Biomass temporal stability increases at two spatial scales during secondary succession

• Published in: The Journal of ecology Vol. 111; no. 7; pp. 1575 - 1586
• Main Authors: Li, Wenjin, Zhou, Xi, Xiang, Zhiqiang, Li, Jinhua, Wang, Shaopeng, Loreau, Michel, Jiang, Lin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.07.2023
• Subjects: beta diversity; Biodiversity; Biodiversity loss; Biomass; biomass production; Dynamic stability; ecological balance; Ecological succession; ecosystem stability; ecosystems; meadows; old fields; Plant diversity; Plants; secondary succession; spatial asynchrony; spatial scale; Species diversity; Stability; Stabilizing; succession; temporal scale

Ecological stability has long been considered to change over succession, but how secondary succession influences the relationship between diversity and temporal stability of biomass production at different spatial scales is poorly understood. We studied changes in plant diversity, functional tempora...