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CONTRASTING PLANT PRODUCTIVITY–DIVERSITY RELATIONSHIPS ACROSS LATITUDE: THE ROLE OF EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY

doi: 10.1890/06-0997
pmid: 17536394
The relationship between net primary productivity and biological diversity has been a central topic in ecology for several decades. The unimodal ("hump-back") relationship has been the most widely accepted for plants with the decrease in diversity at high productivity usually attributed to competitive exclusion. However, the relatively small species pool size under high productivity conditions may account for this pattern as well. Small species pool sizes for highly productive habitats are characteristic of temperate regions, where productive habitats for speciation and species migration have historically been rare. In contrast, productive habitats in the tropics have been relatively common during evolutionary history, resulting in large species pools. We hypothesize that evolutionary history contributes to the observed productivity-diversity relationship of plants, and that the productivity-diversity relationship differs between temperate and tropical regions. We investigated the productivity-diversity relationship patterns from 163 case studies throughout the world. Latitude described approximately 80% of the variation in the shape of the relationships. The unimodal relationship was found to dominate in the temperate zone, whereas the positive relationship was significantly more common in the tropics. We detected no influence due to methods of productivity measurement, but unimodal or positive productivity-diversity relationships were more likely within larger ranges of productivity. The length of the productivity gradient did not affect the latitudinal influence. In summary, the shape of the productivity-diversity relationship differs between temperate and tropical regions and the different evolutionary history of the local species pools is a probable cause for the difference.
- University of Tartu Estonia
Conservation of Natural Resources, Reproduction, Population Dynamics, Biodiversity, Biological Evolution, Species Specificity, Biomass, Ecosystem, Plant Physiological Phenomena
Conservation of Natural Resources, Reproduction, Population Dynamics, Biodiversity, Biological Evolution, Species Specificity, Biomass, Ecosystem, Plant Physiological Phenomena
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