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January 20, 2026New Phytologist2 citationsOpen Access

Diversity Stability Relationship in Global Plant Communities

Reconciling links between diversity and population stability across global plant communities

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XPXiaobin PanYHYann HAUTIERJLJan Lepš

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Analyzes the impact of diversity metrics on population stability in global plant communities, suggesting significant implications for ecosystem management.

Key Points

  • The research aims to clarify the relationship between plant diversity and population stability through different metrics of both concepts.
  • Analyzed data from over 8000 permanent vegetation plots across five continents
  • Compared average annual richness with cumulative richness
  • Evaluated abundance-weighted vs unweighted measures of population stability
  • Found a negative diversity-stability relationship with abundance-weighted measures
  • Cumulative richness showed a stronger destabilizing effect than average annual richness
  • Increased diversity, particularly of dominant species, tends to destabilize populations across ecosystems

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Pan et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/696f1ac19e64f732b51ef00fhttps://doi.org/10.1111/nph.70921
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