TY - JOUR
T1 - Comment on "productivity is a poor predictor of plant species richness"
AU - Fridley, Jason D.
AU - Grime, J. Philip
AU - Huston, Michael A.
AU - Pierce, Simon
AU - Smart, Simon M.
AU - Thompson, Ken
AU - Börger, Luca
AU - Brooker, Rob W.
AU - Cerabolini, Bruno E.L.
AU - Gross, Nicolas
AU - Liancourt, Pierre
AU - Michalet, Richard
AU - Le Bagousse-Pinguet, Yoann
PY - 2012/3/23
Y1 - 2012/3/23
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.1126/science.1215042
DO - 10.1126/science.1215042
M3 - Comment/Debate/Erratum
C2 - 22442464
AN - SCOPUS:84858785871
SN - 0036-8075
VL - 335
SP - 1441-b
JO - Science
JF - Science
IS - 6075
ER -