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Diversity Enhances Npp, N Retention, And Soil Microbial Diversity In Experimental Urban Grassland Assemblages, Grant L. Thompson, Jenny Kao-Kniffin
Diversity Enhances Npp, N Retention, And Soil Microbial Diversity In Experimental Urban Grassland Assemblages, Grant L. Thompson, Jenny Kao-Kniffin
Grant Thompson
Urban grasslands, landscapes dominated by turfgrasses for aesthetic or recreational ground covers, are rapidly expanding in the United States and globally. These managed ecosystems are often less diverse than the natural or agricultural lands they replace, leading to potential losses in ecosystem functioning. Research in non-urban systems has provided evidence for increases in multiple ecosystem functions associated with greater plant
diversity. To test if biodiversity-ecosystem function findings are applicable to urban grasslands, we examined the effect of plant species and genotypic diversity on three ecosystem functions, using grassland assemblages of increasing diversity that were grown within a controlled environment facility. …