Functional diversity revealed by removal experiments

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 140-146

  Díaz, Sandra ^a   Symstad, Amy J ^b   Chapin III, F Stuart ^c   Wardle, David A ^d,e   Huenneke, Laura F ^f  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^d LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^e SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^f NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; PLANT COMMUNITY; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 17344393241     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(03)00007-7     Document Type: Review

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