Biodiversity may regulate the temporal variability of ecological systems

Ecology Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 72-85

  Cottingham, K L ^a   Brown, B L ^a   Lennon, J T ^a  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity, insurance effect, species richness, stability, statistical averaging

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 0035125454     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2001.00189.x     Document Type: Review

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