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Mongabay: Rich plant diversity leads to increased productivity, ecosystem services
Gunung Leuser Rain Forest on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Rainforests are the most biodiverse ecosystems in the world.
A new study finds that diversity of plant species matters--big time. Analyzing nearly 600 research studies, the meta-study in the American Journal of Botany found that productivity in biodiverse plant ecosystems was 1.5 times higher than in monocultures. In other words, a prairie is more productive......
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Rich plant diversity leads to increased productivity, ecosystem services
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on March 8th, 2011
Posted in Water Conservation