Consumer versus resource control of species diversity and ecosystem functioning

Nature

Volumn 417, Issue 6891, 2002, Pages 848-851

  Worm, Boris ^a,b   Lotze, Heike K ^a,b   Hillebrand, Helmut ^c   Sommer, Ulrich ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSUMER PRODUCTS; ROCKS;

MARINE FOOD WEB;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FOOD WEB; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ALGA; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FOOD WEB; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ALGAE; ANIMALS; CARBON; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROGEN; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DENSITY; SAMPLE SIZE; SEAWATER; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ALGAE;

EID: 0037142026     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature00830     Document Type: Article

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