Biodiversity and the productivity and stability of ecosystems

Attempts to unveil the relationships between the taxonomic diversity, productivity and stability of ecosystems continue to generate inconclusive, contradictory and controversial conclusions. New insights from recent studies support the hypothesis that species diversity enhances productivity and stab...

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Published inTrends in Ecology & Evolution Vol. 11; no. 9; pp. 372 - 377
Main Authors Johnson, Kris H., Vogt, Kristiina A., Clark, Heidi J., Schmitz, Oswald J., Vogt, Daniel J.
Format Book Review Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.09.1996
Elsevier
Subjects
Animal and plant ecology
Animal, plant and microbial ecology
Biological and medical sciences
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
General aspects
Synecology
Species diversity
Stability
Ecosystem
Biological productivity
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Summary:Attempts to unveil the relationships between the taxonomic diversity, productivity and stability of ecosystems continue to generate inconclusive, contradictory and controversial conclusions. New insights from recent studies support the hypothesis that species diversity enhances productivity and stability in some ecosystems, but not in others. Appreciation is growing for the ways that particular ecosystem features, such as environmental variability and nutrient stress, can influence biotic interactions. Alternatives to the diversity-stability hypothesis have been proposed, and experimental approaches are starting to evolve to test these hypotheses and to elucidate the mechanisms underlying the functional role of species diversity.
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ISSN:0169-5347
1872-8383
DOI:10.1016/0169-5347(96)10040-9