Species diversity and biomass stability

American Naturalist

Volumn 155, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 618-627

  Hughes, Jennifer B ^a   Roughgarden, Joan ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass variance; Community structure; Diversity; Species interactions; Stability

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 0034030044     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/303348     Document Type: Article

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