Species richness promotes ecosystem carbon storage: evidence from biodiversity-ecosystem functioning experiments.

ABSTRACT: Plant diversity has a strong impact on a plethora of ecosystem functions and services, especially ecosystem carbon (C) storage. However, the potential context-dependency of biodiversity effects across ecosystem types, environmental conditions and carbon pools remains largely unknown. In this study, we performed a meta-analysis by collecting data from 95 biodiversity-ecosystem functioning (BEF) studies across 60 sites to explore the effects of plant diversity on different C pools, including aboveground and belowground plant biomass, soil microbial biomass C and soil C content across different ecosystem types. The results showed that ecosystem C storage was significantly enhanced by plant diversity, with stronger effects on aboveground biomass than on soil C content. Moreover, the response m

SUBMITTER: Xu S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7739490 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature