Ecosystem consequences of biodiversity loss: The evolution of a paradigm

Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1537-1552

  Naeem, Shahid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Community; Ecology; Ecosystem ecology; Ecosystem function; Paradigm

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; PARADIGM SHIFT;

ARISTOTELIA;

EID: 0000418659     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2002)083[1537:ECOBLT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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