Ecology: More Is Less. Wilkinson, R. 537(7618):42.
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[Excerpt] Plants compete for the same resources, such as nutrients, light and water. Because these resources are often limited, the coexistence of plant species requires the creation of trade-offs in resource use. In this issue, Harpole et al. report that increasing a limited nutrient in grassland can eliminate these potential trade-offs, reducing overall species diversity (W. S. Harpole et al. Nature 537, 93-96; 2016). [] The authors considered 45 grassland sites across 6 continents, and measured species diversity in response to various nutrient additions. [...] The greater the number of limiting resources that were added, the more species were lost, although productivity and turnover improved. [...]
@article{wilkinsonEcologyMoreLess2016,
  title = {Ecology: More Is Less},
  author = {Wilkinson, Ryan},
  date = {2016-08},
  journaltitle = {Nature},
  volume = {537},
  pages = {42},
  issn = {0028-0836},
  doi = {10.1038/537042a},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1038/537042a},
  abstract = {[Excerpt] Plants compete for the same resources, such as nutrients, light and water. Because these resources are often limited, the coexistence of plant species requires the creation of trade-offs in resource use. In this issue, Harpole et al. report that increasing a limited nutrient in grassland can eliminate these potential trade-offs, reducing overall species diversity (W. S. Harpole et al. Nature 537, 93-96; 2016).

[] The authors considered 45 grassland sites across 6 continents, and measured species diversity in response to various nutrient additions. [...] The greater the number of limiting resources that were added, the more species were lost, although productivity and turnover improved. [...]},
  keywords = {*imported-from-citeulike-INRMM,~INRMM-MiD:c-14128921,biodiversity,global-scale,grasslands,limiting-factor,multiplicity,nutrients,primary-productivity,species-richness,trade-offs,vegetation},
  number = {7618}
}

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