The diversity-stability

Nature

Volumn 405, Issue 6783, 2000, Pages 228-233

  McCann, Kevin Shear ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; NATURE CONSERVATION; STABILITY;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; HISTORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THEORY; ANIMAL; FOOD CHAIN; PLANT;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; PLANTS;

EID: 0034636310     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35012234     Document Type: Review

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