Biodiversity effects on ecosystem functioning: Emerging issues and their experimental test in aquatic environments

Oikos

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 423-436

  Giller, Paul S ^a   Hillebrand, Helmut ^b   Berninger, Ulrike G ^c   Gessner, Mark O ^d   Hawkins, Stephen ^e,f   Inchausti, Pablo ^g   Inglis, Cheryl ^h   Leslie, Heather ⁱ   Malmqvist, Björn ^j   Monaghan, Michael T ^k   Morin, Peter J ^l   O'Mullan, Gregory ^m  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

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

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d Limnological Research Center   (Switzerland)

^e THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^k DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^l RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION;

METAZOA;

EID: 10744232738     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2004.13253.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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