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ArticlePlants (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Niche Overlap in Forest Tree Species Precludes a Positive Diversity-Productivity Relationship.

Kliffi M S Blackstone, Gordon G McNickle, Morgan V Ritzi, Taylor M Nelson, Brady S Hardiman, Madeline S Montague, Douglass F Jacobs, John J Couture

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Article in Plants (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Kliffi M S BlackstoneDepartment of Biology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA.
Gordon G McNickleDepartment of Biology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA.
Morgan V RitziDepartment of Biology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA.
Taylor M NelsonDepartment of Entomology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA.
Brady S HardimanDepartment of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA.
Madeline S MontagueDepartment of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA.
Douglass F JacobsDepartment of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5580-2516
John J CoutureCenter for Plant Biology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4784-4537

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Niche complementarity is suggested to be a main driver of productivity overyielding in diverse environments due to enhanced resource use efficiency and reduced competition. Here, we combined multiple different approaches to demonstrate that niche overlap is the most likely cause to explain a lack of overyielding of three tree species when grown in different species combinations. First, in an experimental planting we found no relationship between productivity and species diversity for leaf, wood, or root production (no slope was significantly different from zero), suggesting a lack of niche differences among species. Second, data extracted from the United States Department of Agriculture Forest Inventory and Analysis revealed that the species do not significantly co-occur in natural stands (

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diversity productivity relationshipsfunctional traitshardwood forests

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PMCPMC12348305

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