Biotic control over the functioning of ecosystems

Science

Volumn 277, Issue 5325, 1997, Pages 500-504

  Chapin III, F Stuart ^a   Walker, Brian H ^b   Hobbs, Richard J ^b   Hooper, David U ^a   Lawton, John H ^c   Sala, Osvaldo E ^d   Tilman, David ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSPHERE; BIOTIC CONTROL; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC STABILITY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 0030816574     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.277.5325.500     Document Type: Article

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