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THE INFLUENCE OF PRODUCTIVITY ON THE SPECIES RICHNESS OF PLANTS: A CRITICAL ASSESSMENT

Gillman, Len N., Wright, Shane D.·2006·Ecology
DOI 10.1890/0012-9658(2006)87[1234:tiopot]2.0.co;2
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Despite much scrutiny the relationship between productivity and species richness remains controversial, and there is little agreement about causal processes. We present the results of a survey of 159 productivity-plant species richness (P-PSR) relationships from 131 published studies. We critically assessed each study with respect to experimental design and for the appropriateness of the surrogates used for productivity. We were able to accept only 60 of the reported relationships as robust tests of the P-PSR relationship and a further 18 as robust tests of the biomass species richness relationship. Previous analyses have found that unimodal P-PSR relationships predominate. In contrast, we found that, in studies that used data of continental to global extent, all P-PSR relationships were positive regardless of grain, that almost all were also positive in data sets of regional extent, and that unimodal relationships were not dominant even in studies of fine grain or small spatial extent. Our results differ substantially from previous meta-analyses because previous studies have included a large number of studies that do not meet basic experimental design criteria for objectively testing P-PSR relationships. These results have important implications for theory that attempts to explain species richness patterns. We critically review four dominant theories in light of our results and develop new falsifiable predictions of relationship from these theories at both small and large spatial scales.

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  1. R. E. Ricklefs, and D. Schluter .1993 .Species diversity: regional and historical influences .Pages350 -363 in R. E. Ricklefs, and D. Schluter, editors.Species diversity in ecological communities University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
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Authors
Gillman, L. N., & Wright, S. D.
Affiliations
  • Auckland University of Technology (NZ)
  • University of Auckland (NZ)
ORCID
Venue
Ecology
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2006-05
Volume
87
Issue
5
Pages
1234-1243
ISSN
0012-9658 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1890/0012-9658(2006)87[1234:tiopot]2.0.co;2
OpenAlex
W2120326925
Cited by
305
References
103
Citations by year
2026: 6 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 8 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 18 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 36 · 2018: 18 · 2017: 11 · 2016: 12 · 2015: 18 · 2014: 21 · 2013: 17 · 2012: 15
FWCI
1.26
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
doi.wiley.com/10.1002/tdm_license_1.1 (tdm, 3410 d)
Locations
  • Ecology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • ResearchSpace (University of Auckland) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Nature and Landscape Conservation › Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Forestry › Forest ecology and management
Keywords
plant species richness, biomass, experimental design, spatial scale, biodiversity gradients
MeSH terms
Climate, Biological Evolution, Plants, Population Dynamics, Species Specificity, Ecosystem, Biomass, Biodiversity, Plant Development

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Gillman, L. N., & Wright, S. D. (2006). THE INFLUENCE OF PRODUCTIVITY ON THE SPECIES RICHNESS OF PLANTS: A CRITICAL ASSESSMENT. Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1890/0012-9658(2006)87%5B1234%3Atiopot%5D2.0.co%3B2