Researchers say biodiversity is crucial to ecosystem productivity
Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 13:48
in Earth & Climate
In the first experiment involving a natural environment, scientists at Brown University have shown that richer plant diversity significantly enhances an ecosystem's productivity. The finding underscores the benefits of biodiversity, such as capturing carbon dioxide, a main contributor to global warming...
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