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Meta-analysis reveals global variations in plant diversity effects on productivity.
Synthesis in Nature, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
25 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Neutral interactions among non-native plants are common.The New phytologist · 2026Pooled it
- Meta-analysis shows that plant mixtures reduce pathogens and invertebrate herbivores and increase plant productivity.Nature communications · 2026Pooled it
- Species mixing promotes plant biomass accumulation and nutrient cycling in forest plantations.Communications biology · 2026Pooled it
- Global nitrogen enrichment impacts plant diversity more than soil bacterial and fungal diversity: a meta-analysis.Nature communications · 2026Pooled it
- Plant functional trait dissimilarity drives plant mixture effects on fine root biomass and trait variations.The New phytologist · 2026Pooled it
- Invasive plant richness and abundance synergistically amplify co-invasion success: Experimental evidence for invasional meltdown.Plant diversity · 2026Article
- Biodiversity effects under climate extremes intensify with aridity in grasslands but not forests.Nature ecology & evolution · 2026Article
- Biodiversity buffers the effects of drought on productivity most in drier grasslands and less so in forests.Nature ecology & evolution · 2026Article
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- Plant diversity modifies multi-trophic interactions in croplands, grasslands and forests.Science advances · 2026Article
- Ecological multifunctionality of watersheds increases with tree species richness.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Phylogenetic Diversity Outperforms Functional Diversity in Predicting Aboveground Biomass Across Tree Strata in a Subtropical Forest.Ecology and evolution · 2026Article
- Large slow-growing hydrophytes increase wetland carbon storage.Nature plants · 2026Article
- Urbanization and Spatial Aggregation Impair Multifunctionality in Urban Vacant Lots.Ecology and evolution · 2026Article
- Tree size-dependent effects of tree diversity on aboveground biomass during development in subtropical coniferous forests.Carbon balance and management · 2026Article
- Different major effects regulating productivity dynamics at different succession stages of monsoon evergreen broad-leaved forests.Frontiers in plant science · 2026Article
- Decoupling species richness and interaction frequency reveals how fungal interactions regulate wood decomposition.ISME communications · 2026Article
- Decadal-scale observations are key to detecting the stabilizing effects of plant diversity in natural ecosystems.Nature plants · 2026Article
- Spatiotemporal dynamics and adaptive strategies of plant diversity and functional traits in desert steppe.Frontiers in plant science · 2026Article
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Corrections and comments
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Authors and funding
3 authors.
Funding
Abstract
Positive effects of plant diversity on productivity have been globally demonstrated and explained by two main effects: complementarity effects and selection effects
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