Ecology: Diversity and stability in plant communities

TY - JOUR

T1 - Ecology: Diversity and stability in plant communities

AU - Bezemer, T.M.

AU - Van der Putten, W.H.

N1 - Reporting year: 2007 Metis note: 4035;CTE; MTI; file:///C:/pdfs/Pdfs2007/Bezemer_ea_4035.pdf

PY - 2007

Y1 - 2007

N2 - 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.

AB - 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.

U2 - 10.1038/nature05749

DO - 10.1038/nature05749

M3 - Article

SN - 0028-0836

VL - 446

SP - E6-E7

JO - Nature

JF - Nature

IS - 7135

ER -