Plant diversity enhances productivity and soil carbon storage

• Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS Vol. 115; no. 16; pp. 4027 - 4032
• Main Authors: Chen, Shiping, Wang, Wantong, Xu, Wenting, Wang, Yang, Wan, Hongwei, Chen, Dima, Tang, Zhiyao, Tang, Xuli, Zhou, Guoyi, Xie, Zongqiang, Zhou, Daowei, Shangguan, Zhouping, Huang, Jianhui, He, Jin-Sheng, Wang, Yanfen, Sheng, Jiandong, Tang, Lisong, Li, Xinrong, Dong, Ming, Wu, Yan, Wang, Qiufeng, Wang, Zhiheng, Wu, Jianguo, Chapin, F. Stuart, Bai, Yongfei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States National Academy of Sciences 17.04.2018
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Biological Sciences; Biomass; Carbon cycle; Carbon sequestration; Climate; Climate effects; Ecosystem management; Environment models; Forests; Grasslands; High temperature; Human influences; Net Primary Productivity; Organic carbon; Organic soils; pH effects; Plant diversity; Precipitation; Productivity; Shrublands; Soil chemistry; Soil pH; Soils; SPECIAL FEATURE; Species richness; human disturbance; species richness; belowground biomass; aboveground net primary productivity; soil carbon storage

Despite evidence from experimental grasslands that plant diversity increases biomass production and soil organic carbon (SOC) storage, it remains unclear whether this is true in natural ecosystems, especially under climatic variations and human disturbances. Based on field observations from 6,098 fo...