W. Stanley Harpole

1 month ago | nature.com | Qingqing Chen |Shane A. Blowes |W. Stanley Harpole |Elizabeth T. Borer |Jason P. Martina |Jonathan D. Bakker | +29 more

AbstractNutrient enrichment typically causes local plant diversity declines. A common but untested expectation is that nutrient enrichment also reduces variation in nutrient conditions among localities and selects for a smaller pool of species, causing greater diversity declines at larger than local scales and thus biotic homogenization.