Why more productive sites have more species: An experimental test of theory using tree-hole communities

American Naturalist

Volumn 152, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 510-529

  Srivastava, Diane S ^a,b   Lawton, John H ^a  

^a NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Detritivores; Productivity; Species richness; Species energy theory; Tree hole

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

INSECTA;

EID: 0031669104     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/286187     Document Type: Article

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