Hydraulic diversity stabilizes productivity in a large-scale subtropical tree biodiversity experiment
F. Schnabel, X. Liu, M. Kunz, K. E. Barry, F. J. Bongers, H. Bruelheide, A. Fichtner, W. Härdtle, S. Li, C.-T. Pfaff, B. Schmid, J. A. Schwarz, Z. Tang, B. Yang, J. Bauhus, , C. Wirth
The paper shows that tree species richness stabilizes forest productivity through increased species asynchrony and hydraulic trait diversity, not community-weighted means.
bioRxiv · Jan 6, 2021Ecology