Diversity and stability in plant communities

T. Martijn Bezemer () and Wim H. van der Putten
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T. Martijn Bezemer: Netherlands Institute of Ecology, PO Box 40, 666, PO Box 406 ZG Heteren, the Netherlands
Wim H. van der Putten: Netherlands Institute of Ecology, PO Box 40, 666, PO Box 406 ZG Heteren, the Netherlands

Nature, 2007, vol. 446, issue 7135, E6-E7

Abstract: Abstract Arising from: D. Tilman, P. B. Reich & J. M. H. Knops Nature 441, 629–632 (2006); Tilman et al. reply The relationship between species diversity and ecosystem stability is controversial1,2. Tilman et al.3 analyse biomass patterns over a decade in a grassland experiment with artificial plant communities, and provide evidence for a positive relationship between the number of plant species and the temporal stability of the ecosystem. Here we use data from a long-term biodiversity experiment with plant communities that were not controlled by weeding4 in order to show that diverse systems can be both stable and unstable.

Date: 2007
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