Sapling Census:FAB 2 -DIV: Forests and Biodiversity Experiment - Low density diversity experiment

The long-term forest biodiversity experiment (FAB2), is designed to expand the capacity and scope of FAB1, established in 2012. Like its predecessor, FAB2 focuses on trees of our region, tested for survival and growth at Cedar Creek. The experiment provides the ability to examine the same diversity of plant, soil, decomposer, food web, and ecosystem responses that have been studied in the grassland biodiversity experiments but also allows us to pose novel questions regarding the effects of functional and phylogenetic diversity on ecosystem processes and the long-term consequences of species-specific effects on ecosystem properties.

长期森林生物多样性实验（FAB2）旨在拓展2012年设立的FAB1的研究能力与覆盖范围。如其前身一般，FAB2以本地区林木为研究对象，在雪松溪（Cedar Creek）开展林木存活与生长相关测试。本实验不仅能够探究与草原生物多样性实验中一致的植物、土壤、分解者、食物网及生态系统响应多样性，还可针对功能多样性与系统发育多样性对生态系统过程的影响，以及物种特异性效应作用于生态系统属性的长期后果提出全新研究问题。