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Plant species richness and ecosystem multifunctionality in global drylands. 2012
Fernando T Maestre, and
José L Quero, and
Nicholas J Gotelli, and
Adrián Escudero, and
Victoria Ochoa, and
Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo, and
Miguel García-Gómez, and
Matthew A Bowker, and
Santiago Soliveres, and
Cristina Escolar, and
Pablo García-Palacios, and
Miguel Berdugo, and
Enrique Valencia, and
Beatriz Gozalo, and
Antonio Gallardo, and
Lorgio Aguilera, and
Tulio Arredondo, and
Julio Blones, and
Bertrand Boeken, and
Donaldo Bran, and
Abel A Conceição, and
Omar Cabrera, and
Mohamed Chaieb, and
McHich Derak, and
David J Eldridge, and
Carlos I Espinosa, and
Adriana Florentino, and
Juan Gaitán, and
M Gabriel Gatica, and
Wahida Ghiloufi, and
Susana Gómez-González, and
Julio R Gutiérrez, and
Rosa M Hernández, and
Xuewen Huang, and
Elisabeth Huber-Sannwald, and
Mohammad Jankju, and
Maria Miriti, and
Jorge Monerris, and
Rebecca L Mau, and
Ernesto Morici, and
Kamal Naseri, and
Abelardo Ospina, and
Vicente Polo, and
Aníbal Prina, and
Eduardo Pucheta, and
David A Ramírez-Collantes, and
Roberto Romão, and
Matthew Tighe, and
Cristian Torres-Díaz, and
James Val, and
José P Veiga, and
Deli Wang, and
Eli Zaady
Área de Biodiversidad y Conservación, Departamento de Biología y Geología, Escuela Superior de Ciencias Experimentales y Tecnología, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Calle Tulipán Sin Número, 28933 Móstoles, Spain. fernando.maestre@urjc.es
Experiments suggest that biodiversity enhances the ability of ecosystems to maintain multiple functions, such as carbon storage, productivity, and the buildup of nutrient pools (multifunctionality). However, the relationship between biodiversity and multifunctionality has never been assessed globally in natural ecosystems. We report here on a global empirical study relating plant species richness and abiotic factors to multifunctionality in drylands, which collectively cover 41% of Earth's land surface and support over 38% of the human population. Multifunctionality was positively and significantly related to species richness. The best-fitting models accounted for over 55% of the variation in multifunctionality and always included species richness as a predictor variable. Our results suggest that the preservation of plant biodiversity is crucial to buffer negative effects of climate change and desertification in drylands.
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