HerbDivNet

      The Herbaceous Diversity Network

 

· HerbDivNet is a global network of scientists united to study patterns of diversity in herbaceous plant communities, and the factors that cause those patterns.

· We use coordinated distributed experiments, which are standardized research protocols, to address questions in plant ecology.

· Our first experiment tests the humped-back model, the unimodal relationship between plant productivity, measured as plant above-ground biomass and litter, and species richness. The sampling design includes a wide range of plant productivities, plant community types, and a scaling component (from 1-8 m^2).

· So far, HerbDivNet includes more than 66 participants from 6 continents and 19 countries. We are expanding our scope and invite others to join our network.

For further information contact:

Dr. Lauch Fraser lfraser@tru.ca.

World map identifying HerbDivNet site locations.

HerbDivNet Steering Committee:

Dr. Lauchlan Fraser, Thompson Rivers University, Canada

Dr. Anke Jentsch, University of Bayreuth, Germany

Dr. Marcelo Sternberg, Tel Aviv University, Israel

Dr. Martin Zobel, University of Tartu, Estonia

 

List of Participants:

 

Alice Altesor, Sandor Bartha, Carl Beierkuhnlein, Jon Bennett, Bazartseren Boldgiv, Edward Bork, Leslie Brown, James Cahill, Cameron Carlyle, Stefano Chelli, Elsa Cleland, Ofer Cohen, Anna-Maria Csergo, Sandra Diaz, Lucas Enrico, David Ensing, Allesandra Fidelis, Bryan Foster, Heath Garris, Campetella Giandiego, Jacob R. Goheen, Hugh Henry, Maria Hohn, Mohammad Jouri, John Klironomos, Kadri Koorem, A. Lkhagva, Ruijan Long, Randall Mitchell, Mari Moora, Carlo Nabinger, Kamal Naseri, Gerhard E. Overbeck, Todd M. Palmer, Marcelo Pareira, Pete Manning, Valério D. Pillar, Jason Pither, Robert M. Pringle, Amanda Schmidt, Zhanguan Shang, Gisela Stotz, Shu-ichi Sugiyama, Szilárd Szentes, Don Thompson, S. Undrakhbold, Gretel van Rooyen, Camilla Wellstein, Bastow Wilson, Talita Zupo