Hidden treatments in ecological experiments: Re-evaluating the ecosystem function of biodiversity

Oecologia

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 449-460

  Huston, Michael A ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Experiment; Productivity; Resources; Species diversity; Stability

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGICAL EXPERIMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 0030613870     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050180     Document Type: Review

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