Published in Nature · View the paper (DOI)
A global study finds that adding nutrients to grassland ecosystems reduces biodiversity by removing niche opportunities for species. Researchers challenge the idea that single resources limit species diversity, instead discovering complex interactions between multiple nutrients and light.
Coverage from 2 institutions
- Multiple resources jointly control plant diversity German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig · Sep 1, 2016 · first to report
- Global study shows link between fertilizer and plant diversity University of Minnesota · Sep 2, 2016