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Publication Date
2005
Location
Dublin Ireland
Description
Niche complementarity was suggested to largely explain the positive relationship noted between plant diversity and productivity in some recent studies. This suggests that an increasing number of species exploits resources more efficiently and thus enhance ecosystem functions. This hypothesis, however, implies that niches occupied by different plant species are rather distinct so that niches from extinct or missing species stay unoccupied by the remaining species of an ecosystem. This experiment tested if plant species occupy different and distinct niches with respect to soil N uptake, being a possible functional explanation for the biodiversity ecosystem functioning relationship.
Citation
Buchmann, Nina and Kahmen, A., "Does Niche Complementarity Explain the Relationship Between Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning in Managed Grasslands?" (2005). IGC Proceedings (1985-2023). 176.
(URL: https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/20/themeB/176)
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Does Niche Complementarity Explain the Relationship Between Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning in Managed Grasslands?
Dublin Ireland
Niche complementarity was suggested to largely explain the positive relationship noted between plant diversity and productivity in some recent studies. This suggests that an increasing number of species exploits resources more efficiently and thus enhance ecosystem functions. This hypothesis, however, implies that niches occupied by different plant species are rather distinct so that niches from extinct or missing species stay unoccupied by the remaining species of an ecosystem. This experiment tested if plant species occupy different and distinct niches with respect to soil N uptake, being a possible functional explanation for the biodiversity ecosystem functioning relationship.
