Ziter_et_al_2013

Ziter C, Bennett EM, Gonzalez A (2013) Functional diversity and management mediate aboveground carbon stocks in small forest fragments. Ecosphere 4:1–21. https://doi.org/10.1890/ES13-00135.1

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Keywords: biodiversity, carbon storage, connectivity, fragmentation

Managing forests for C storage and biodiversity is a common goal – is it possible. Forest studies on biodiversity-ecosystem function have ignored landscape structure. Measured connectivity using frag-stats. Large managed forest fragments had highest C stocks. Species richness was highest in connected, unamanaged fragments and lowest in connected, managed fragments. Functional dispersion lowest in large, managed fragments. Functional diversity was a significant predictor of C stocks. Biodiversity conservation can lead to increased quantities of C stored at the landscape scale. Increasing connectivity may strengthen the synergy between biodiversity and C.