Species diversity and ecosystem function : A review of hypothesis and research perpectives in marine ecology;Diversité spécifique et fonctionnement des écosystèmes : Revue des hypothèses et perspectives de recherche en écologie marine

Vie et Milieu

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 307-316

  Boucher, Guy ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Diversity; Functional attributes; Productivity; Scales

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MARINE ECOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 0031403121     PISSN: 02408759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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