Biodiversity regulates ecosystem predictability

Nature

Volumn 390, Issue 6656, 1997, Pages 162-165

  McGrady Steed, Jill ^a   Harris, Patricia M ^a   Morin, Peter J ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ORGANIC MATTER;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM PREDICTABILITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; DECOMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES;

EID: 0030718540     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/36561     Document Type: Article

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