Determinants of biodiversity regulate compositional stability of communities

Nature

Volumn 401, Issue 6754, 1999, Pages 691-693

  Sankaran, Mahesh ^a   McNaughton, S J ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; STABILITY ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033554692     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/44368     Document Type: Article

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