Mechanisms behind positive diversity effects on ecosystem functioning: Testing the facilitation and interference hypotheses

Oecologia

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 554-559

  Jonsson, Micael ^a   Malmqvist, Björn ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Detritivores; Process rates; Species richness; Streams

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; DETRITIVORY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FACILITATION; INTERFERENCE COMPETITION; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREAM;

ANIMALIA; INSECTA;

EID: 0037336812     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-002-1148-5     Document Type: Article

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