Approximately 25 years ago, ecologists became increasingly interested in the question of
whether ongoing biodiversity loss matters for the functioning of ecosystems. As such, a new …

Contents Summary 50 I. Introduction 50 II. Drivers of the diversity–productivity relationship
51 III. Patterns of the diversity–productivity relationship 55 IV. Responses of mixed stands to …

Stand structure can strongly influence forest growth and other processes, such as the water
balance, carbon partitioning, nutrient cycling and light dynamics. However, individual …

Through complementarity interactions, mixed-species forests can be more productive than
monocultures, and this effect can increase with tree-species richness. However, this is not …

Species diversity is a part of (forest) stand structure but tree diameter diversity and height
diversity alone or combined are typically defined as stand structural diversity or complexity …

Forest diversity-productivity relationships have been intensively investigated in recent
decades. However, few studies have considered the interplay between species and …

Both theory and evidence suggest that diversity stabilises productivity in herbaceous plant
communities through a combination of overyielding, species asynchrony and favourable …

The growth and yield of mixed-species stands has become an important topic of research
since there are certain advantages of this type of forest as regards functions and services …

Stand structural diversity, typically characterized by variances in tree diameter at breast
height (DBH) and total height, plays a critical role in influencing aboveground carbon (C) …

Background Despite empirical support for an increase in ecosystem productivity with
species diversity in synthetic systems, there is ample evidence that this relationship is …