Is forest diversity driving ecosystem function and service

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Is Tree Species Diversity or Species Identity the More Important Driver of Soil Carbon Stocks, C/N Ratio, and pH? (2016, background): “…still not well known whether species diverse forests provide higher soil 51 carbon stocks and soil nutrient status (Scherer-Lorenzen et al., 2007b; Nadrowski et al., 2010) and whether 52 these functions increase with diversity or just level off within mixtures of two or three tree species…”
Crown plasticity enables trees to optimize canopy packing in mixed-species forests (2015, background): “Growing evidence suggests that diverse forests ecosystems are able to function more efficiently and deliver a higher standard of ecosystem services than species poor ones (Nadrowski et al., 2010; Scherer-Lorenzen, 2014).”
Synthesis and future research directions linking tree diversity to growth, survival, and damage in a global network of tree diversity experiments (2018, background): “Although effects of tree diversity can be more difficult to detect with observational approaches (Kambach et al., 2016; Nadrowski et al., 2010), studies conducted along tree diversity gradients in mature forests have often revealed no or even negative effects of tree diversity on predator abundances”