Andrew L Hector

Jul 12, 2023 | nature.com | Laura E. Dee |Paul J. Ferraro |Elizabeth T. Borer |Yann Hautier |Andrew L Hector |Peter B. Reich | +12 more

Correction to: Nature Communications https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37194-5, published online 05 May 2023The original version of this Article contained errors in the Methods section ‘Target causal effect’, in which terms were omitted from the mathematical definitions of the causal effect and average causal effect.

May 5, 2023 | nature.com | Laura E. Dee |Paul J. Ferraro |Elizabeth T. Borer |Yann Hautier |Andrew L Hector |Peter B. Reich | +12 more

AbstractCausal effects of biodiversity on ecosystem functions can be estimated using experimental or observational designs — designs that pose a tradeoff between drawing credible causal inferences from correlations and drawing generalizable inferences. Here, we develop a design that reduces this tradeoff and revisits the question of how plant species diversity affects productivity.