Response to comments on "productivity is a poor predictor of plant species richness"

James B. Grace; Peter B. Adler; Eric W. Seabloom; Elizabeth T. Borer; Helmut Hillebrand; Yann Hautier; Andy Hector; W. Stanley Harpole; Lydia R. O'Halloran; T. Michael Anderson; Jonathan D. Bakker; Cynthia S. Brown; Yvonne M. Buckley; Scott L. Collins; Kathryn L. Cottingham; Michael J. Crawley; Ellen I. Damschen; Kendi F. Davies; Nicole M. DeCrappeo; Philip A. Fay; Jennifer Firn; Daniel S. Gruner; Nicole Hagenah; Virginia L. Jin; Kevin P. Kirkman; Johannes M.H. Knops; Kimberly J. La Pierre; John G. Lambrinos; Brett A. Melbourne; Charles E. Mitchell; Joslin L. Moore; John W. Morgan; John L. Orrock; Suzanne M. Prober; Carly J. Stevens; Peter D. Wragg; Louie H. Yang

doi:10.1126/science.1214939

Response to comments on "productivity is a poor predictor of plant species richness"

James B. Grace^*
, Peter B. Adler
, Eric W. Seabloom
, Elizabeth T. Borer
, Helmut Hillebrand
, Yann Hautier
, Andy Hector
, W. Stanley Harpole
, Lydia R. O'Halloran
, T. Michael Anderson
, Jonathan D. Bakker
, Cynthia S. Brown
, Yvonne M. Buckley
, Scott L. Collins
, Kathryn L. Cottingham
, Michael J. Crawley
, Ellen I. Damschen
, Kendi F. Davies
, Nicole M. DeCrappeo
, Philip A. Fay

Jennifer Firn, Daniel S. Gruner, Nicole Hagenah, Virginia L. Jin, Kevin P. Kirkman, Johannes M.H. Knops, Kimberly J. La Pierre, John G. Lambrinos, Brett A. Melbourne, Charles E. Mitchell, Joslin L. Moore, John W. Morgan, John L. Orrock, Suzanne M. Prober, Carly J. Stevens, Peter D. Wragg, Louie H. Yang

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Pan et al. claim that our results actually support a strong linear positive relationship between productivity and richness, whereas Fridley et al. contend that the data support a strong humped relationship. These responses illustrate how preoccupation with bivariate patterns distracts from a deeper understanding of the multivariate mechanisms that control these important ecosystem properties.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1441-c
Journal	Science
Volume	335
Issue number	6075
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1214939
Publication status	Published - 23 Mar 2012
Externally published	Yes

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Grace, J. B., Adler, P. B., Seabloom, E. W., Borer, E. T., Hillebrand, H., Hautier, Y., Hector, A., Harpole, W. S., O'Halloran, L. R., Anderson, T. M., Bakker, J. D., Brown, C. S., Buckley, Y. M., Collins, S. L., Cottingham, K. L., Crawley, M. J., Damschen, E. I., Davies, K. F., DeCrappeo, N. M., ... Yang, L. H. (2012). Response to comments on "productivity is a poor predictor of plant species richness". Science, 335(6075), 1441-c. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1214939

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