An improved model to predict the effects of changing biodiversity levels on ecosystem function

Connolly, John; Bell, Thomas; Bolger, Thomas; Brophy, Caroline; Carnus, Timothee; Finn, John A.; Kirwan, Laura; Isbell, Forest; Levine, Jonathan; Lüscher, Andreas; Picasso, Valentin; Roscher, Christiane; Sebastià, Ma. T.; Suter, Matthias; Weigelt, Alexandra

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Issue date

2013

Author

Connolly, John

Bell, Thomas

Bolger, Thomas

Brophy, Caroline

Carnus, Timothee

Finn, John A.

Kirwan, Laura

Isbell, Forest

Levine, Jonathan

Lüscher, Andreas

Picasso, Valentin

Roscher, Christiane

Sebastià, Ma. T.

Suter, Matthias

Weigelt, Alexandra

Abstract

The development of models of the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem function (BEF) has advanced rapidly over the last 20 years, incorporating insights gained through extensive experimental work. We propose Generalised Diversity-Interactions models that include many of the features of existing

models and have several novel features. Generalised Diversity-Interactions models characterise the contribution of two species to ecosystem function as being proportional to the product of their relative abundances raised to the power of a coefficient θ.

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/58520

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12052

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Journal of Ecology 2013, vol. 101, núm. 2, p. 344-355