Species functional redundancy, random extinctions and the stability of ecosystems

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 118-125

  Fonseca, Carlos Roberto ^a,b   Ganade, Gislene ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO RIO DOS SINOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Community; Conservation; Functional evenness; Functional group; Species richness

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY; ECOSYSTEM; EXTINCTION; FUNCTIONAL REDUNDANCY; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MOST PROBABLE NUMBER METHOD; PHYSICOCHEMICAL CONCEPTS; PLANT ECOLOGY; SOUTH AMERICA;

ECOLOGICAL STABILITY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; EXTINCTION;

EID: 0034914479     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2001.00528.x     Document Type: Article

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