Response to Comments on 'Productivity Is a Poor Predictor of Plant Species Richness'

摘要

Pan et al. claim that our results actually support a strong linear positive relationship between productivity and richness, whereas Fridley et al. contend that the data support a strong humped relationship. These responses illustrate how preoccupation with bivariate patterns distracts from a deeper understanding of the multivariate mechanisms that control these important ecosystem properties. Full text at www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/335/ 6075/1441-c.