The relationship between plant species diversity and its productivity

sea-maid submitted, created time 8 months 1 week (www.pnas.org)

Plant species diversity has a high effect on productivity in natural settings. In this article, they found that aboveground net primary production increased with the number of plant species. They point out that the effect of biodiversity in natural ecosystems may be much larger than currently thought

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How to be a STAR worker

Sipir8 submitted, created time 1 year 10 months (www.oesp.case.edu)

This is a very inspiring article that you must read, no matter you are a bench scientist or a manager. It describes some key characters a star performer usually has. Star performers are not born; everybody can become a star worker if you intend to do so. Read and find the strategies to become a star employee. Although this article only talked about engineers, its theory applies to everyone in the work force.

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