Abstract
Our understanding of the effects of plant biodiversity on ecosystem function rests in large part on experiments that have disentangled environmental variables from local diversity. Yet phylogenetic diversity (PD) effects can be confounded by phylogenetic identity effects in such experiments if assemblages with low or high PD tend to be dominated by a single clade. We illustrate this problem in a 127-species experiment designed to test the effects of angiosperm PD and trait diversity on tallgrass prairie restoration outcomes.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | Phylogenetic Diversity |
Subtitle of host publication | Applications and Challenges in Biodiversity Science |
Publisher | Springer International Publishing |
Pages | 189-210 |
Number of pages | 22 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9783319931449 |
ISBN (Print) | 9783319931449 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Aug 31 2018 |
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