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. 2012 Mar 23;335(6075):1441; author reply 1441.
doi: 10.1126/science.1215042.

Comment on "Productivity is a poor predictor of plant species richness"

Jason D Fridley  1 , J Philip Grime, Michael A Huston, Simon Pierce, Simon M Smart, Ken Thompson, Luca Börger, Rob W Brooker, Bruno E L Cerabolini, Nicolas Gross, Pierre Liancourt, Richard Michalet, Yoann Le Bagousse-Pinguet
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Comment on "Productivity is a poor predictor of plant species richness"

Jason D Fridley et al. Science. .

Abstract

Adler et al. (Reports, 23 September 2011, p. 1750) reported "weak and variable" relationships between productivity and species richness and dispute the "humped-back" model (HBM) of plant diversity. We show that their analysis lacks sufficient high-productivity sites, ignores litter, and excludes anthropogenic sites. If corrected, the data set of Adler et al. would apparently yield strong HBM support.

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