RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 Diversity increases carbon storage and tree productivity in Spanish forests A1 Ruiz Benito, Paloma A1 Paquette , A. A1 Gómez-Aparicio, Lorena A1 Messier , C. A1 Kattge, Jens A1 Zavala Gironés, Miguel Ángel de K1 Climate K1 Competition K1 Ecosystem functions and services K1 Forest management K1 Functional diversity K1 Functional identity K1 Maximum likelihood techniques K1 National forest inventory AB Biodiversity loss could reduce primary productivity and the carbon storage provided by forests; however, the mechanisms underpinning the effects of biodiversity on multiple ecosystem functions are not completely understood. Spanish forests are of particular interest because of the broad variation in environmental conditions and management history. We tested for the existence of a relationship between diversity effects and both carbon storage and tree productivity, and examined the relative importance of complementarity and selection mechanisms in a wide variety of forests, from cold deciduous Atlantic to xeric Mediterranean evergreen forests. We used c. 54,000 plots of the Spanish Forest Inventory and maximum likelihood techniques to quantify how climate, stand structure and diversity shape carbon storage and tree productivity. Diversity effects included both complementarity and selection mechanisms, measured respectively through functional diversity and functional identity measures. SN 1466-822X YR 2014 FD 2014 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10017/37652 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10017/37652 LA eng DS MINDS@UW RD 28-mar-2024