NCEAS Working Groups
An Analysis of the Relationship between Productivity and Diversity using Experimental Results from the Long-Term Ecological Research Network
Project Description
We propose to synthesize data available from the 18 Long-Term Ecological Research sites and the literature to search for general patterns in the relationship between productivity and diversity of both producers and consumers. We will emphasize intra- and inter-ecosystem comparisons over broad ranges of productivity, diversity, and spatial scale. Meta-analysis will be used to synthesize results from experimental manipulations of productivity at LTER sites. The product of the analysis will be a published
synthetic review to be used by ecologists and resource managers.
Principal Investigator(s)
Robert B. Waide, Michael R. Willig
Project Dates
completed
Participants
- Linda K. Blum
- University of Virginia
- Scott L. Collins
- National Science Foundation
- Stephen B. Cox
- Texas Tech University
- Stanley I. Dodson
- University of Wisconsin
- Laura Gough
- Louisiana State University
- Katherine L. Gross
- Michigan State University
- Jeff Herrick
- US Department of Agriculture (USDA)
- Glenn P. Juday
- University of Alaska
- Michael Kaspari
- University of Oklahoma
- Clarence L. Lehman
- University of Minnesota
- Gary G. Mittelbach
- Michigan State University
- John C. Moore
- University of Northern Colorado
- Glenn Motzkin
- Harvard University
- Craig W. Osenberg
- University of Florida
- Robert R. Parmenter
- University of New Mexico
- Michael L. Rosenzweig
- University of Arizona
- Samuel M. Scheiner
- Arizona State University
- P. Lee Turner
- University of Colorado
- Maria Vernet
- University of California, San Diego
- Robert B. Waide
- University of Puerto Rico
- Bruce J. Wallace
- University of Georgia
- Michael R. Willig
- Texas Tech University
Products
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Presentations / 1998
An assessment of species area relations for use in the synthesis of data: A simulation approach
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Presentations / 1998
Species-area relationships: Simulations and synthesis
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Journal Article / 2000
The relationship in lake communities between primary productivity and species richness
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Journal Article / 2000
Fertilization effects on species density and primary productivity in herbaceous plant communities
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Presentations / 1998
Evaluating patterns of diversity at different spatial scales in plant communities
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Presentations / 1999
Patterns and consequences of diversity in agricultural ecosystems
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Presentations / 1999
Patterns and consequences of diversity in plant communities
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Journal Article / 2000
Patterns of species density and productivity at different spatial scales in herbaceous plant communities
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Journal Article / 2001
What is the observed relationship between species richness and productivity?
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Presentations / 1998
A conceptual analysis of species richness, species-area curves, and scale
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Journal Article / 2000
Species richness, species-area curves, and Simpson's paradox.
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Journal Article / 2005
Developing unified theories in ecology as exemplified with diversity gradients
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Report or White Paper / 1997
Analysis of relationships between productivity and diversity using experimental results from the Long-Term Ecological Research Network
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Presentations / 1998
Integrating ecological data over space and time: Challenges for the future
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Presentations / 1998
The relationship between species richness and productivity depends on scale
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Presentations / 1999
Relating biodiversity and ecosystem function in dryland ecosystems
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Presentations / 1999
The relation between diversity and productivity in drylands of the world
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Journal Article / 1999
The relationship between productivity and species richness
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Journal Article / 1998
An analytical model of latitudinal gradients of species richness with an empirical test for marsupials and bats in the New World
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Presentations / 1998
Scale-dependence in the relationship between productivity and species diversity of low stature vascular plants
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Presentations / 1998
Species density, productivity, and scale-dependence