Cracking Open the Relationship between Biological Diversity and Ecosystem Productivity Solves a Long-Standing Riddle (IMAGE)

University of Minnesota

Cracking Open the Relationship between Biological Diversity and Ecosystem Productivity Solves a Long-Standing Riddle

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The fundamental mechanisms underlying global productivity-diversity patterns have been debated by ecologists for decades. Methodological advances are now permitting a glimpse at the processes that lie behind surface patterns.

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Jim Grace

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