Claim · model-written summary
Plant height and root length density had the strongest influence among plant traits on biomass production and biodiversity effects.
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e0“Plant height and RLD for plant functional traits, and soil pH and organic carbon concentration for soil properties, were the variables with the strongest influence on biomass production and biodiversity effects”
Title
Peter Dietrich; Nico Eisenhauer; Christiane Roscher Ecology and Evolution 2023. doi:10.1002/ece3.9883
Other claims from this paper (9)
- Association Community biomass production increased with plant diversity and Arrhenatherum elatius presence.
- Association Net biodiversity effects, complementarity effects and selection effects increased with diversity and dominant grass presence.
- Association Plant height and root length density increased with diversity and dominant grass presence.
- Association Soil properties other than pH increased with diversity and dominant grass presence.
- Association Soil pH decreased with diversity and dominant grass presence.
- Association Soil pH and organic carbon concentration had the strongest influence among soil properties on biomass production and biodiversity effects.
- Mechanism The authors infer that species richness and Arrhenatherum elatius presence increase soil organic carbon over time.
- Mechanism The authors infer that species richness and Arrhenatherum elatius presence decrease soil pH over time.
- Mechanism The authors propose that soil changes increase nutrient availability and favor tall species with dense roots, yielding higher biomass in species-rich communities.