@ARTICLE{Ryś_Karolina_Multi-aspect_2025,
 author={Ryś, Karolina and Dyczko, Artur and Chmura, Damian and Woźniak, Gabriela},
 number={No 65},
 journal={Journal of Water and Land Development},
 pages={75-89},
 howpublished={online},
 year={2025},
 publisher={Polish Academy of Sciences; Institute of Technology and Life Sciences - National Research Institute},
 abstract={Studies on biodiversity and biomass productivity in ecosystems indicate that species richness and functional diversity drive ecosystem processes, including biomass productivity. Various models, such as unimodal, negative, and neutral, including complementarity and mass-ratio hypotheses, propose relationships between biodiversity and biomass. Despite numerous studies in natural and seminatural ecosystems, factors affecting biodiversity and biomass relationships remain controversial. This study analyses taxonomic and functional diversity as drivers of above-ground biomass and explores mechanisms influencing biomass production in spontaneous vegetation in post-mining mineral habitats. The study reveals that in the coal mines’ mineral novel ecosystems, the highest biomass in spontaneous vegetation is not significantly correlated with high diversity in vegetation species composition. Harsh conditions in mineral material habitats are reflected in plant species and the functional diversity of spontaneous vegetation. Successional development on post-coal mine heaps exhibits non-analogous species composition. Biotic and abiotic conditions shape gradients along which vegetation species composition is distributed, influencing functional and taxonomical diversity, and ultimately impacting biomass quality, quantity, and ecosystem function. Contrary to expectations, higher biomass is not linked to vegetation types with greater species composition diversity. Regardless of diversity measurement, areas with lower species diversity show higher accumulated biomass. This paradox suggests that factors beyond species diversity significantly impact biomass quantity in ecosystems. These findings challenge assumptions, emphasising the need for further research into specific mechanisms regulating biomass quantity in different vegetation types to refine our understanding of ecosystem dynamics.},
 title={Multi-aspect analysis of biomass production concerning taxonomic and functional trait composition of vegetation on heaps},
 type={Article},
 URL={http://ochroma.man.poznan.pl/Content/135117/2025-02-JWLD-09.pdf},
 doi={10.24425/jwld.2025.154252},
 keywords={biomass, diversity indices, non-analogous species assemblages, primary productivity, taxonomic and functional diversity},
}