Response to Comments on "Productivity Is a Poor Predictor of Plant Species Richness"

Abstract

Pan et al. claim that the results by Adler et al. actually show a strong linear positive relationship between productivity and richness, while Fridley et al. contend that the data show a strong humped relationship. These responses illustrate how the preoccupation with bivariate patterns distracts from a deeper understanding of the multivariate mechanisms that control these important ecosystem properties