Biodiversity in soil ecosystems: The role of energy flow and community stability

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 217-228

  De Ruiter, Peter C ^a   Neutel, Anje Margriet ^a   Moore, John C ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Community stability; Energetics; Functional groups; Interaction strengths; Keystone interactions; Soil ecosystems

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001136552     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-1393(98)00121-8     Document Type: Article

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