Comment on “Productivity Is a Poor Predictor of Plant Species Richness”-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Comment on “Productivity Is a Poor Predictor of Plant Species Richness”

Published:2012-03-23 Issue:6075 Volume:335 Page:1441-1441
ISSN:0036-8075
Container-title:Science
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Author:

Fridley Jason D.¹,Grime J. Philip²,Huston Michael A.³,Pierce Simon⁴,Smart Simon M.⁵,Thompson Ken²,Börger Luca⁶,Brooker Rob W.⁷,Cerabolini Bruno E.L.⁸,Gross Nicolas⁶,Liancourt Pierre⁹,Michalet Richard¹⁰,Le Bagousse-Pinguet Yoann¹⁰

Affiliation:

1. Department of Biology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA.

2. Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK.

3. Department of Biology, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX 78666, USA.

4. Department of Plant Production, University of Milan, Via Celoria 2, Milan, Italy.

5. Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster, LA1 4AP, UK.

6. Centre d’Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, CNRS (UPR1934) and INRA (USC1339), 79360 Beauvoir sur Niort, France.

7. The James Hutton Institute, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen, AB15 8QH, UK.

8. Department of Structural and Functional Biology, University of Insubria–Varese, via Dunant 3, I-21100 Varese, Italy.

9. Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.

10. Université Bordeaux 1, UMR 5805 EPOC, Avenue des Facultés, 33405 Talence, France.

Abstract

Adler et al . (Reports, 23 September 2011, p. 1750) reported “weak and variable” relationships between productivity and species richness and dispute the “humped-back” model (HBM) of plant diversity. We show that their analysis lacks sufficient high-productivity sites, ignores litter, and excludes anthropogenic sites. If corrected, the data set of Adler et al . would apparently yield strong HBM support.

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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