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SUBMITTER: Maestre FT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3558739 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Science (New York, N.Y.) 20120101 6065
Experiments suggest that biodiversity enhances the ability of ecosystems to maintain multiple functions, such as carbon storage, productivity, and the buildup of nutrient pools (multifunctionality). However, the relationship between biodiversity and multifunctionality has never been assessed globally in natural ecosystems. We report here on a global empirical study relating plant species richness and abiotic factors to multifunctionality in drylands, which collectively cover 41% of Earth's land ...[more]