Figure 3.

Pathogen load versus species richness for random and realistic species loss scenarios. (a) Random species losses: y = 6.977 − 2.175x; information‐theoretic evidence ratio (ER) = 5.34 × 10⁶; percent deviance explained (De) = 5.57. Pathogen load decreased significantly with species richness overall: ER = 12.95; De = 6.42. (b) Realistic species losses simulated from warming: y = 7.408 − 2.764x; ER = 4.45 × 10¹⁸; De = 14.15; (c) Realistic species losses simulated from fertilization: y = 10.964 − 6.543x; ER = 1.536 × 10⁶¹; De = 38.90. Each point represents a plot in the removal experiment (n = 108 plots, 12 control plots not included)