Note to users. If you're seeing this message, it means that your browser cannot find this page's style/presentation instructions -- or possibly that you are using a browser that does not support current Web standards. Find out more about why this message is appearing, and what you can do to make your experience of our site the best it can be.

Site Tools

  • AAAS
  • Subscribe
  • Feedback

Site Search

Search Advanced

Science 5 November 1999:
Vol. 286. no. 5442, p. 1049
DOI: 10.1126/science.286.5442.1049g
Prev | Table of Contents | Next

This Week in Science

Satisfactory answers to major ecological questions frequently demand large-scale experiments. Hector et al. (p. 1123; see the Perspective by Tilman) examined the key question of the relation between biodiversity and ecosystem productivity in an experimental study at eight different locations across Europe. Different levels of grassland plant species diversity were simulated by synthesizing communities of different numbers of species. After harvesting, a consistent pattern of decreasing productivity was seen with decreasing plant diversity.




ADVERTISEMENT
Click Me!

ADVERTISEMENT
Click Me!

To Advertise     Find Products

Science. ISSN 0036-8075 (print), 1095-9203 (online)