@article{fdi:010053001,
  title = {{E}xperimental niche evolution alters the strength of the diversity-productivity relationship},
  author = {{G}ravel, {D}. and {B}ell, {T}. and {B}arbera, {C}. and {B}ouvier, {T}hierry and {P}ommier, {T}. and {V}enail, {P}. and {M}ouquet, {N}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}he relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning ({BEF}) has become a cornerstone of community and ecosystem ecology(1-3) and an essential criterion for making decisions in conservation biology and policy planning(4,5). {I}t has recently been proposed that evolutionary history should influence the {BEF} relationship because it determines species traits and, thus, species' ability to exploit resources(6,7). {H}ere we test this hypothesis by combining experimental evolution with a {BEF} experiment. {W}e isolated 20 bacterial strains from a marine environment and evolved each to be generalists or specialists(8). {W}e then tested the effect of evolutionary history on the strength of the {BEF} relationship with assemblages of 1 to 20 species constructed from the specialists, generalists and ancestors(9). {A}ssemblages of generalists were more productive on average because of their superior ability to exploit the environmental heterogeneity(10). {T}he slope of the {BEF} relationship was, however, stronger for the specialist assemblages because of enhanced niche complementarity. {T}hese results show how the {BEF} relationship depends critically on the legacy of past evolutionary events.},
  keywords = {},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{N}ature},
  volume = {469},
  numero = {7328},
  pages = {89--{U}1601},
  ISSN = {0028-0836},
  year = {2011},
  DOI = {10.1038/nature09592},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010053001},
}