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#TaxonomicDiversity predicts aboveground biomass mainly through #FunctionalDominance across subtropical #ForestSuccession.

#Diversity_biomassRelationship | #FunctionalDversity | #BiomassRatioHypothesis

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaf038

Chun-Feng Gu et al. investigated how the effect of #TaxonomicDiversity on aboveground biomass (AGB) is related to shifts in the roles of #FunctionalDiversity and #FunctionalDominance of five functional traits.

#Diversity_biomassRelationship | #ForestSuccession | #BiomassRatioHypothesis

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaf038

❓ [🌳 #SubtropicalForestSuccession 🌳] #FunctionalDiversity & #FunctionalDominance ➡️ aboveground biomass (AGB)

Results:
1️⃣ succession ⬆️, AGB ⬆️ → middle stage, AGB 🔝;
2️⃣ strength of action: functional dominance > functional diversity.

#BiomassRatioHypothesis

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaf038