Martin Baruffol

Tree Species Traits but Not Diversity Mitigate Stem Breakage in a Subtropical Forest following a Rare and Extreme Ice Storm

Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)

Date: 30-05-2014

DOI: 10.1371/JOURNAL.PONE.0096022

Impacts of species richness on productivity in a large-scale subtropical forest experiment.

Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Date: 05-10-2018

DOI: 10.1126/SCIENCE.AAT6405

Abstract: Bio ersity experiments have shown that species loss reduces ecosystem functioning in grassland. To test whether this result can be extrapolated to forests, the main contributors to terrestrial primary productivity, requires large-scale experiments. We manipulated tree species richness by planting more than 150,000 trees in plots with 1 to 16 species. Simulating multiple extinction scenarios, we found that richness strongly increased stand-level productivity. After 8 years, 16-species mixtures had accumulated over twice the amount of carbon found in average monocultures and similar amounts as those of two commercial monocultures. Species richness effects were strongly associated with functional and phylogenetic ersity. A shrub addition treatment reduced tree productivity, but this reduction was smaller at high shrub species richness. Our results encourage multispecies afforestation strategies to restore bio ersity and mitigate climate change.

Community assembly during secondary forest succession in a Chinese subtropical forest

Publisher: Wiley

Date: 02-2011

DOI: 10.1890/09-2172.1

University Of Zurich

Location: Switzerland

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Pontificia Universidad Javeriana

Location: Colombia

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Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew

Location: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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Wageningen University

Location: Netherlands

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Wageningen University

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Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew

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