Nature 472巻(4月7日)に「種多様性は生産力を高める」と題した記事が掲載されています。人工流路における藻類群落の研究です。
Nature Volume: 472, Pages: 45–46 Date published: (07 April 2011)
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v472/n7341/full/472045a.html
Diversity favours productivity
A consequence of Darwin's 'principle of divergence' is that loss of species can harm the functioning of ecosystems. A study of algal communities in artificial streams suggests that he was right. Check the link.