Phenotypic diversity and stability of ecosystem processes

Theoretical Population Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 29-47

  Loreau, Michel ^a   Behera, Narayan ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ecosystem processes; Energy flow; Nutrient cycling; Perturbation; Productivity; Resilience; Resistance; Stability

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; GENETIC VARIATION; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 0033179794     PISSN: 00405809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/tpbi.1998.1408     Document Type: Article

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