Which species? What kind of diversity? Which ecosystem function? Some problems in studies of relations between biodiversity and ecosystem function

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 191-199

  Bengtsson, Jan ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

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EID: 0001468814     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-1393(98)00120-6     Document Type: Article

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