Terrestrial land-cover type richness is positively linked to landscape-level functioning

oleh: Jacqueline Oehri, Bernhard Schmid, Gabriela Schaepman-Strub, Pascal A. Niklaus

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2020-01-01

Deskripsi

Species richness is often reported to enhance ecosystem functioning, but it is unclear whether similar diversity-functioning relationships occur at larger scales. Here Oehri et al. combine land cover survey and remote sensing data to show a positive relationship between landscape diversity and landscape functioning.