Biodiversity and the productivity and stability of ecosystems

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 372-377

  Johnson, Kris H ^a   Vogt, Kristiina A ^a   Clark, Heidi J ^a   Schmitz, Oswald J ^a   Vogt, Daniel J ^a  

^a Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; PRODUCTIVITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STABILITY;

EID: 0030466296     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-5347(96)10040-9     Document Type: Review

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