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Comment on "Productivity is a poor predictor of plant species richness"

Fridley, Jason D.; Grime, J. Philip; Huston, Michael A.; Pierce, Simon; Smart, Simon M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2750-7832; Thompson, Ken; Borger, Luca; Brooker, Rob W.; Cerabolini, Bruno E.L.; Gross, Nicolas; Liancourt, Pierre; Michalet, Richard; Le Bagousse-Pinguet, Yoann. 2012 Comment on "Productivity is a poor predictor of plant species richness". Science, 335 (6075). 1441. 10.1126/science.1215042

Abstract
Adler et al. (Reports, 23 September 2011, p. 1750) reported “weak and variable” relationships between productivity and species richness and dispute the “humped-back” model (HBM) of plant diversity. We show that their analysis lacks sufficient high-productivity sites, ignores litter, and excludes anthropogenic sites. If corrected, the data set of Adler et al. would apparently yield strong HBM support.
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