… use of phylogenetic diversity to predict ecosystem functioning, one … biodiversity–ecosystem-function
research. First, the use of PD to predict ecosystem functioning assumes phylogeny …

… by zooplankton trait-based functional richness, while phytoplankton … phylogenetic diversity.
Our results suggest that the positive relationship between diversity and ecosystem function …

… (PD) describes the total amount of phylogenetic distance among species in a … ecosystem
functioning is just beginning. We argue that PD may be useful in predicting ecosystem functions …

… First, if we could measure the trait(s) relevant to ecosystem function, this would obviously … ,
yet we find that phylogenetic diversity can outperform indices of functional diversity (Cadotte et …

… negative phylogenetic diversity–ecosystem functioning … functional diversity) and inhibition
(phylogenetic diversity) we observed at the 16 species level suggest that phylogenetic diversity …

… , in a long-term diversity–ecosystem function experiment at Cedar … that more phylogenetically
diverse assemblages result in … of diversity on ecosystem function using diversity measures …

… and weakest with a greater diversity of heights, while … phylogenetic diversity (ie high MPD
a ). Our work revealed that the mechanisms underpinning biodiversity–ecosystem function …

… ecosystem functioning [8,… phylogenetic diversity, FD to functional diversity. FD·PD are the
residuals of the three-way partial regression of functional diversity against phylogenetic diversity…

… or phylogenetic diversity (Grime, 1998). Therefore, the goal of the current study … functional
and phylogenetic diversity indices and mean trait values as predictors of green roof ecosystem …

… that link manipulated biodiversity to ecosystem function ( EF ), phylogenetic diversity ( PD )
… and assume that ecological differences are proportional to phylogenetic distances. Yet, it is …