ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2025
Forest biodiversity increases productivity via complementarity from greater canopy structural complexity.
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- Resource Quality and Fungal Richness Are Associated with Soil Organic Matter Dynamics in a Temperate Forest in South Korea.Biology · 2026Article
- Tree diversity and mycorrhizal type independently shape multitrophic biodiversity, with stronger effects belowground than aboveground.Nature ecology & evolution · 2026Article
- Links Between Plant Functional Reorganization and a Soil Multifunctionality Proxy During Karst Forest Recovery.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Ecological multifunctionality of watersheds increases with tree species richness.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Diversity affects microclimate temperature and humidity: an overview of the evidence and major unanswered questions.The New phytologist · 2026Review
- Forest Attributes and Soil Moisture Availability Drive Ecosystem Multifunctionality of Forests in Eastern Tibetan Plateau, China.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Different major effects regulating productivity dynamics at different succession stages of monsoon evergreen broad-leaved forests.Frontiers in plant science · 2026Article
- Forest biodiversity increases productivity via complementarity from greater canopy structural complexity.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Article
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Abstract
The horizontal distribution and vertical stratification of tree crowns can affect light interception and tree growth, thus driving forest productivity and carbon storage. However, how canopy structure is affected by tree diversity and thus can mediate its effects on productivity remains unclear. Using 4-y consecutive unmanned aerial vehicle-borne light detection and ranging and ground-based growth measurements from 482 plots and 38,088 trees, 11 to 15 y after planting, within a large-scale forest biodiversity experiment in southeast China, we found that increased canopy structural complexity consistently explains the positive effects of tree diversity on productivity. Species complementarity was the main mediator of diversity-enhanced productivity, with the positive complementarity effects strengthening over time. Our study underscores the importance of establishing multispecies forest communities with complex canopy structure to maximize productivity and carbon sequestration in forest ecosystems.
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