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The economic value of grassland species for carbon storage [electronic resource].

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Washington, D.C. : United States. Dept. of Energy. Office of Science, 2017.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy
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Article numbers e1,601,880 : digital, PDF file
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Michigan Technological University, United States. Department of Energy. Office of Science, and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information
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Summary
Carbon storage by ecosystems is valuable for climate protection. Biodiversity conservation may help increase carbon storage, but the value of this influence has been difficult to assess. We use plant, soil, and ecosystem carbon storage data from two grassland biodiversity experiments to show that greater species richness increases economic value: Increasing species richness from 1 to 10 had twice the economic value of increasing species richness from 1 to 2. The marginal value of each additional species declined as species accumulated, reflecting the nonlinear relationship between species richness and plant biomass production. Here, our demonstration of the economic value of biodiversity for enhancing carbon storage provides a foundation for assessing the value of biodiversity for decisions about land management. Combining carbon storage with other ecosystem services affected by biodiversity may well enhance the economic arguments for conservation even further.
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E 1.99:1425607
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Published through SciTech Connect.
04/01/2017.
Science Advances 3 4 ISSN 2375-2548 AM
Bruce A. Hungate; Edward B. Barbier; Amy W. Ando; Samuel P. Marks; Peter B. Reich; Natasja van Gestel; David Tilman; Johannes M. H. Knops; David U. Hooper; Bradley J. Butterfield; Bradley J. Cardinale.
Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (United States)
Funding Information
FG02-96ER62291
FC02-06ER64158
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