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Tree species and genetic diversity increase productivity via functional diversity and trophic feedbacks.
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- Among-individual asynchrony but not genetic diversity is associated with temporal stability of tree growth in naturalBiology letters · 2025Article
- Stand Diversity Does Not Mitigate Increased Herbivory on Climate-Matched Oaks in an Assisted Migration Experiment.Plant, cell & environment · 2025Article
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- Genotypic diversity alters invasive ability ofFrontiers in plant science · 2025Article
- Relationship Between Evolutionary Diversity and Aboveground Biomass During 150 Years of Natural Vegetation Regeneration in Temperate China.Ecology and evolution · 2024Article
- Effects of species diversity on trait expression of the clonal herbEcology and evolution · 2024Article
- Foliar functional and genetic variation in a keystone Hawaiian tree species estimated through spectroscopy.Oecologia · 2023Article
- Tree species and genetic diversity increase productivity via functional diversity and trophic feedbacks.eLife · 2022Article
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Abstract
Addressing global biodiversity loss requires an expanded focus on multiple dimensions of biodiversity. While most studies have focused on the consequences of plant interspecific diversity, our mechanistic understanding of how genetic diversity within plant species affects plant productivity remains limited. Here, we use a tree species × genetic diversity experiment to disentangle the effects of species diversity and genetic diversity on tree productivity, and how they are related to tree functional diversity and trophic feedbacks. We found that tree species diversity increased tree productivity via increased tree functional diversity, reduced soil fungal diversity, and marginally reduced herbivory. The effects of tree genetic diversity on productivity via functional diversity and soil fungal diversity were negative in monocultures but positive in the mixture of the four tree species tested. Given the complexity of interactions between species and genetic diversity, tree functional diversity and trophic feedbacks on productivity, we suggest that both tree species and genetic diversity should be considered in afforestation.
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