While various relationships between productivity and biodiversity are found in forests, the
processes underlying these relationships remain unclear and theory struggles to coherently …

Questions Tree species diversity is widely reported to positively influence forest productivity.
Yet, a consistent attribution of productivity effects is complicated by the fact that …

Recently, many studies have found positive biodiversity–productivity relationships in forests.
In contrast, different types of correlations have been identified in the analyses of tree …

Forest diversity-productivity relationships have been intensively investigated in recent
decades. However, few studies have considered the interplay between species and …

Understanding the relationship between stand-level tree diversity and productivity has the
potential to inform the science and management of forests. History shows that plant diversity …

Aim An important issue regarding biodiversity concerns its influence on ecosystem
functioning. Experimental work has led to the proposal of mechanisms such as niche …

The relationship between species richness and ecosystem function, as measured by
productivity or biomass, is of long‐standing theoretical and practical interest in ecology. This …

Field experiments conducted in randomly assembled grassland communities have
demonstrated that changes in plant species diversity affect ecosystem productivity over a …

Plant structural diversity is usually considered as beneficial for ecosystem functioning. For
instance, numerous studies have reported positive species diversity-productivity …

Background In recent studies, mixed forests were found to be more productive than
monocultures with everything else remaining the same. Methods To find out if this …