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The effect of plant diversity on plant productivity and on the performance of decomposers increases over time. Regression between the R² of the relationship between plant diversity and plant productivity and the R² of the relationship between plant diversity and decomposer biomass/density. Data from the Jena Experiment from different years [plant productivity in 2003 – 2009; microbial biomass in 2003 – 2009 (white circles); meso- (gray circles) and macroinvertebrate densities (black circles) in 2004, 2006 and 2008].
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