Comment on "Worldwide evidence of a unimodal relationship between productivity and plant species richness"
January 29, 2016
Fraser et al. (Reports, 17 July 2015, p. 302) report a unimodal relationship between productivity and species richness at regional and global scales, which they contrast with the results of Adler et al. (Reports, 23 September 2011, p. 1750). However, both data sets, when analyzed correctly, show clearly and consistently that productivity is a poor predictor of local species richness.
Citation Information
| Publication Year | 2016 |
|---|---|
| Title | Comment on "Worldwide evidence of a unimodal relationship between productivity and plant species richness" |
| DOI | 10.1126/science.aad6236 |
| Authors | Andrew Tredennick, Peter Adler, James Grace, W Stanley Harpole, Elizabeth Borer, Eric Seabloom, T. Michael Anderson, Jonathan Bakker, Lori Biederman, Cynthia Brown, Yvonne Buckley, Cheng-Jin Chu, Scott L. Collins, Michael Crawley, Philip Fay, Jennifer Firn, Daniel S. Gruner, Nicole Hagenah, Yann Hautier, Andy Hector, Helmut Hillebrand, Kevin Kirkman, Johannes Knops, Ramesh Laungani, Eric M. Lind, Andrew MacDougall, Rebecca McCulley, Charles E. Mitchell, Joslin Moore, John Morgan, John L. Orrock, Pablo L. Peri, Suzanne Prober, Anita C. Risch, Martin Schuetz, Karina Speziale, Rachel Standish, Lauren Sullivan, Glenda Wardle, Ryan Williams, Louie Yang |
| Publication Type | Article |
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Series Title | Science |
| Index ID | 70162711 |
| Record Source | USGS Publications Warehouse |
| USGS Organization | Wetland and Aquatic Research Center |