Biodiversity and functioning of ecological communities - Why is diversity important in some cases and unimportant in others?

Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science

Volumn 164, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 239-246

  Ekschmitt, Klemens ^a   Klein, Annette ^a   Pieper, Barbara ^a   Wolters, Volkmar ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ecosystem function; Microflora; Soil fauna; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038219218     PISSN: 14368730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1522-2624(200106)164:3<239::AID-JPLN239>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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