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Microplastic and drought influence the positive effect of plant diversity on plant biomass production
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Researchers found that microplastic pollution and drought stress each reduced the positive effect of plant diversity on biomass production, with their combined presence further weakening this relationship in a glasshouse experiment across plant communities of varying diversity.
Microplastic and drought influence the positive effect of plant diversity on plant biomass production
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Researchers conducted a glasshouse experiment examining how microplastic pollution interacts with drought to affect plant biomass production across a gradient of plant diversity, finding that microplastics influenced the positive biodiversity-productivity relationship. The study reveals that microplastic pollution is a novel stressor that interacts with drought to affect terrestrial ecosystem functionality in ways not predictable from single-factor experiments.
Microplastic and drought influence the positive effect of plant diversity on plant biomass production
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Researchers conducted a glasshouse experiment assembling grassland plant communities across diversity gradients and exposing them to microplastic and drought treatments, finding that drought significantly weakened the positive diversity-biomass relationship through negative complementarity effects, while microplastics tended to reduce this relationship by suppressing grass and legume shoot biomass, though microplastics partially alleviated drought-induced biomass losses in legumes.
Microplastic and drought influence the positive effect of plant diversity on plant biomass production
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Researchers conducted a glasshouse experiment assembling grassland plant communities across diversity gradients and exposing them to microplastic and drought treatments, finding that drought significantly weakened the positive diversity-biomass relationship through negative complementarity effects, while microplastics tended to reduce this relationship by suppressing grass and legume shoot biomass, though microplastics partially alleviated drought-induced biomass losses in legumes.
Microplastic and drought influence the positive effect of plant diversity on plant biomass production
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Researchers conducted a glasshouse experiment assembling grassland plant communities across diversity gradients and exposing them to microplastic and drought treatments, finding that drought significantly weakened the positive diversity-biomass relationship through negative complementarity effects, while microplastics tended to reduce this relationship by suppressing grass and legume shoot biomass, though microplastics partially alleviated drought-induced biomass losses in legumes.
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