Effects of species diversity on the primary productivity of ecosystems: Extending our spatial and temporal scales of inference

Oikos

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 437-450

  Cardinale, Bradley J ^a   Ives, Anthony R ^a   Inchausti, Pablo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 1542379025     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2004.13254.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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