期刊
DIVERSITY-BASEL
卷 11, 期 8, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/d11080125
关键词
biodiversity-ecosystem function (BEF); diversity-productivity relationships; herbivory; mycorrhiza; trophic interactions; Salix; short-rotation forestry
资金
- Swedish research council Formas [2016-00998]
- Formas [2016-00998] Funding Source: Formas
- Swedish Research Council [2016-00998] Funding Source: Swedish Research Council
- Vinnova [2016-00998] Funding Source: Vinnova
Plantations of willow (Salix spp.) are today grown as short-rotation coppice (SRC) for the sustainable production of biomass. While developing these production systems in the past, much ecological knowledge on plant-plant, plant-environment and trophic interactions has been generated. This knowledge can contribute to the further development of biodiversity-ecosystem function (BEF) theory, which frequently lacks a sound understanding of the complex mechanisms behind the observed patterns of diversity-productivity relationships. Thus, willow SRC systems are suitable models to explore BEF theory; they are simple enough to allow the study of the complex ecological mechanisms involved and they have many similarities to grassland systems in which much of recent BEF theory development has been achieved. This paper briefly reviews the current observational and mechanistic knowledge on diversity-productivity relationships in willow SRC, as well as the most important above- and below-ground trophic interactions that are likely to affect them. If the available knowledge is integrated and combined with further experimental work targeting mechanisms behind patterns, research on willow SRC as a model offers a great opportunity for filling the gaps in the understanding what presently hampers the development of predictive BEF theory.
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