Biodiversity and stability in grasslands

Nature

Volumn 367, Issue 6461, 1994, Pages 363-365

  Tilman, David ^a   Downing, John A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; GRASSLAND; PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; STABILITY;

USA, MINNESOTA;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 0028181948     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/367363a0     Document Type: Article

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