Diversity peaks at intermediate productivity in a laboratory microcosm

Nature

Volumn 406, Issue 6795, 2000, Pages 508-512

  Kassen, Rees ^a   Buckling, Angus ^b   Bell, Graham ^a   Ralney, Paul B ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC MATTER;

LABORATORY METHOD; MICROCOSM; PRODUCTIVITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOSYNTHESIS; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

EID: 0034601511     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35020060     Document Type: Article

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