Fig. 5: Relationship between plant diversity carbon storage.
From: Biodiversity loss reduces global terrestrial carbon storage
Conceptual graphic representing the role biodiversity plays in biological carbon sequestration. Increasing plant species diversity increases biomass stock. This is depicted as an increasing ratio between carbon sequestration (green arrows) and carbon emissions (yellow arrows). Illustrations from the Integration and Application Network, with no changes made. Images include: “Acer pensylvanicum”, originally published by Joanna Woerner. Integration and Application Network (2010); released under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0, Acer pensylvanicum (Striped Maple) | Media Library | Integration and Application Network (umces.edu)). “Eucalyptus spp.”, originally published by Lana Heydon. QLD Department of Environment and Resource Management (2008); released under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0; Eucalyptus spp. (Eucalypt) 1 | Media Library | Integration and Application Network (umces.edu)). Acer pensylvanicum (Striped Maple) | Media Library | Integration and Application Network (umces.edu)). “Acacia spp.”, originally published by Kim Kraeer and Lucy Van Essen-Fishman. Integration and Application Network (2008); released under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0; Acacia spp. (Acacia) | Media Library | Integration and Application Network (umces.edu)). “Process; primary production”, originally published by Tracey Saxby. Integration and Application Network (2003); released under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0; Process; primary production | Media Library | Integration and Application Network (umces.edu)). “Process; organic carbon release”, originally published by Tracey Saxby. Integration and Application Network (2003); released under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0; Process; organic carbon release | Media Library | Integration and Application Network (umces.edu)).
