Effects of biodiversity on ecosystem functioning: A consensus of current knowledge

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 3-35

  Hooper, D U ^a   Chapin III, F S ^b   Ewel, J J ^c   Hector, A ^d   Inchausti, P ^e   Lavorel, S ^f   Lawton, J H ^g   Lodge, D M ^h   Loreau, M ⁱ   Naeem, S ^j   Schmid, B ^d   Setala H ^k   Symstad, A J ^l   Vandermeer, J ^m   Wardle, D A ^n,o  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e CENTRE D ETUDES BIOLOGIQUES DE CHIZÉ   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

^g NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

ⁱ ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^j Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^l U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

ⁿ LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^o SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

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Author keywords

Biodiversity; Complementary resource use; Ecosystem goods and services; Ecosystem processes; Ecosystem properties; Functional characteristics; Functional diversity; Net primary production; Sampling effect; Species extinction; Species invasions; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; BIOTIC FACTOR; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR;

EID: 20044377582     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/04-0922     Document Type: Article

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