Do experiments exploring plant diversity–ecosystem functioning relationships inform how biodiversity loss impacts natural ecosystems?

• Published in: Journal of vegetation science Vol. 27; no. 3; pp. 646 - 653
• Main Author: Wardle, David A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Opulus Press 01.05.2016; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: Anthropocene; Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning; Biological invasions; Ecosystem processes; ecosystems; Extinction; Forest Science; FORUM; new species; Plant traits; Skogsvetenskap; species diversity; Species loss; Species richness

An enormous recent research effort focused on how plant biodiversity (notably species richness) influences ecosystem functioning, usually through experiments in which diversity is varied through random draws of species from a species pool. Such experiments are increasingly used to predict how specie...